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The Dutch rabbit has been around for hundreds of years, although the markings certainly weren't as refined as we see them today. The breed is descended from the very old Brabancon race and may be found in paintings from the fifteenth century. The Dutch rabbit did not originate in Holland, as the name would suggest, but instead England must be given credit for the development of the breed. It should be noted that the ancestors of the Dutch rabbit did come from the Netherlands. In the later part of the 1800s large consignments of meat rabbits were arriving in London every week from Ostend in the Netherlands. Rabbits with neatly divided markings were selected from the consignments and breeders set out to fix the markings of the Dutch rabbit we know today.
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