What is a female rabbit called?

Answer by  Jess35 (445)

A female rabbit is called a Doe. Many people associate a "Doe" with a deer, however the definition of doe actually involves the female of the deer, antelope, goats, and rabbits.

Answer by  canospamo (87)

As with deer, an adult female rabbit is a doe, and an adult male is a buck. Young rabbits, however, are known as kits, not fawns.

Answer by  golfgirl (173)

Just like a deer, a female rabbit is called a doe. Though it can also be referred to as a jill. The male is called a buck.

Answer by  JEG (37)

We raised rabbits both when I was a kid and as an adult. Funny that they are named the same as the deer family in that males are called bucks, females,does.

Answer by  slarp (52)

Most people do not know that a female rabbit has a different name than that of a male. While most people refer to both female and male rabbits as simply rabbits, a female rabbit is in fact called a doe.

Answer by  katie23 (22)

Similar to deer, they're called Doe's when they are younger and rabbits when they are older. They can also be called Jill's