Apparent competition is generally associated with inter rather than intraspecific competition, whereby two different species share a common rabbits ( " Oryctolagus cuniculus " ).
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The "'European Rabbit "'( " Oryctolagus cuniculus " ) is a species of rabbit native to the Iberian Peninsula and Northwest Africa.
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He introduced 24 breeding rabbits ( " Oryctolagus cuniculus " ) on his estate in southern Australia, near Melbourne, in October 1859 as game for shooting parties.
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The European rabbit ( " Oryctolagus cuniculus " ) has been introduced at various times onto Leo Island, Middle Island, Morley Island, Pelsaert Island and Wooded Island.
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The "'mountain paca "'( " Cuniculus taczanowskii " ) is a small burrow-dwelling rodent whose habitats are high altitude South American forests.
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Confusingly, the related pacas were placed by some authorities in a genus called " Agouti ", though " Cuniculus " has priority and is the correct term.
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The food of this carnivore consists mainly of mid-sized mammals; the introduced European rabbit ( " Oryctolagus cuniculus " ) seems to have become a key prey item.
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Furthermore, rabbits, most significantly the European rabbit, " Oryctolagus cuniculus ", also have been introduced to most of Oceania and to many other islands, where they pose serious ecological and commercial threats.
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Eight European rabbits ( " Oryctolagus cuniculus " ) were introduced in 1934, and were found to be " exceedingly numerous " by 1945, but by 1960 they were extinct, apparently from predation by feral cats.
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In rabbits of the genus " Sylvilagus " ( cottontail rabbits ) living in the Americas, myxomatosis causes only localized skin tumors, but the European rabbit ( " Oryctolagus cuniculus " ) is more severely affected.
