Recognizing American beyond a single feature
Knowledge for understanding and preserving American.
The American specialty club emphasizes a deep body and mandolin-shaped outline, with Blue and White as the recognized varieties. ARBA gives a maximum of 12 pounds. The blue variety's color and the white variety's ruby-colored eyes provide visual clues, but no single feature proves ancestry. Think of breed identification as the agreement of several kinds of evidence: breeder identification, family information and the appropriate combination of body and coat characteristics. American is a breed name here, not a catch-all label for a rabbit's country of residence.
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