---
title: "Coelho-de-amami"
description: "Pentalagus furnessi — Mamíferos. The Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi), also known as the Ryukyu rabbit, is a dark-furred species of rabbit which is found only on Amami Ōshima and Tokunoshima, two small islands between southern Kyūshū and Okinawa in Japan."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/amami-rabbit
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Coelho-de-amami

> Pentalagus furnessi — Mamíferos. The Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi), also known as the Ryukyu rabbit, is a dark-furred species of rabbit which is found only on Amami Ōshima and Tokunoshima, two small islands between southern Kyūshū and Okinawa in Japan.

- Scientific name: *Pentalagus furnessi*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 169
- Wikidata: [Q687102](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q687102)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43164](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43164)

## Names

- en: Amami Rabbit
- de: Ryukyu-Kaninchen
- es: Conejo de Ryukyu
- nl: Amamikonijn
- pt: Coelho-de-amami
- pl: Pięciozębik leśny

## Countries with the most observations

JP (160)

## Summary

The Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi), also known as the Ryukyu rabbit, is a dark-furred species of rabbit which is found only on Amami Ōshima and Tokunoshima, two small islands between southern Kyūshū and Okinawa in Japan. Often called a living fossil, the Amami rabbit is a living remnant of ancient rabbits that once lived on the Asian mainland, where they died out, remaining only on the two small Japanese islands where they live today.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amami_rabbit

## Photo

![Coelho-de-amami](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/amami-rabbit/medium.jpg)

Photo: Philip Precey · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208440140

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/amami-rabbit?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).