The American Mini Lop is different from the Dutch Lop(holland lop) or the English Mini Lop(miniature lop), The American Mini lop is an ancient breed of rabbits that existed hundreds of years ago. Now let Xiu Chongjun introduce to you!

American Mini Lop

The origin of the American Mini Lop is attributed to a group of monks in Central Europe. The German and French history museums recorded that the wild American Mini Lop was domesticated and selectively bred by this group of Central European monks as early as 1194. These early American mini lops were named Patagonia or Andalusian lops by the Germans. At that time, the early American Mini Lop was a kind of meat rabbit.

In 1869, in Darwin's second book Variations of Animals and Plants under Domestication, with indisputable facts and rigorous scientific assertions, he further elaborated on his large lop-eared rabbit. The Evolutionary Perspective.

In 1840, rabbit exhibitions became popular throughout Europe, but breeders also began to worry about the issue of breeding space. In 1954, German breeder Erhard Diener began experimental breeding, comparing the slightly smaller American Mini Lop. In 1957, the small American Mini Lop was first boarded, certified by the Central Association of German Rabbit Breeder's. However, it wasn't until 1964 that the American Mini Lop was officially certified for the first time. At the time, the American Mini Lop was the smallest lop-eared rabbit breed in the world, which is where the American Mini Lop got its name from. The English Lop is the largest breed of lop-eared rabbits in the world. Other large lop-eared rabbit breeds are, French Lop (French Lop), German Lop (German Lop).

In 1964, Mr. Herschbach, an American, bought three American Mini Lops at the Rabbit Exhibition of the Center of the German Rabbit Breeders Association and brought them back to the United States. After 10 years of selective breeding, Mr. Herschbach, for the first time, brought the American Mini Lop to the stage of the American Rabbit Breeders Association. But it wasn't until 1980 that the American Mini Lop was first confirmed in the United States, and was named Mini Lop. As the smallest lop-eared rabbit breed at the time, the American Mini Lop was popular throughout the United States. Within a year, the American Mini Lop Rabbit was purchased by more than 500 people from the American Rabbit Breeders Association.

At the same time that the American Mini Lop Association was formally established, a smaller breed of lop-eared rabbits - the holland lop (holland lop) and a smaller British mini-lop rabbit bred a few years later (miniature lop), also subsequently breeding certified. As a result, the American Mini Lop (mini lop) is no longer the smallest and most miniature lop-eared rabbit.

In the late 1980s, the American mini lop was introduced back to Europe. But at that time, the British miniature lop was certified by the British Rabbit Association as the smallest lop-eared rabbit in the UK. Therefore, the American mini lop was renamed Dwarf Lop in Europe.