Rabbit Diagram With No Labels – Printable Sheet and Key

All 15 parts on the diagram

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Ears Long ears. They listen for danger and help shed heat.
Eye Set on the side of the head, for a wide view.
Nose At the tip of the face. A rabbit breathes through it.
Whiskers Long stiff hairs. A rabbit feels its food with them.
Tail Short and fluffy, at the back of the rump.
Front legs Shorter than the hind legs. They take the landing after a hop.
Hind legs Long and strong. They drive every hop.
Hind foot A long foot with four toes and fur under it.
Back The top of the body, from the shoulders to the loin.
Belly The underside of the body, between the front and hind legs.
Dewlap A fold of skin under the chin. Many does have one.
Shoulder The front of the body, above the front legs.
Loin The lower back, between the ribs and the rump.
Rump The rounded rear of the body, above the tail.
Hock The joint at the heel of a hind leg.

How this list was compiled: Every name checked on 2026-09-30, a name kept only where two of these use it: (1) U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rabbit Production (Farmers' Bulletin 1730, 1950), https://archive.org/details/CAT87204751 (ears, shoulders, loin, rump, hindquarters, front legs, hind legs, belly, tail, the hock, and the dewlap, or fold of skin, under the rabbit's chin); (2) B. C. Platt, The Bonanza Rabbitry Manual (1900), https://archive.org/details/bonanzarabbitrym00plat (ears, shoulders, back, loins, rump, haunches, dewlap, front legs, hind legs and feet, hock, belly, tail, in its breed standards); (3) Wikipedia, Rabbit and Domestic rabbit, text only, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_rabbit (ears, eyes, nose, whiskers, tail, hind legs longer than the front limbs, the hind foot with four toes and no paw pads, the dewlap, hocks); (4) B. A. Bensley, Practical Anatomy of the Rabbit (1910), External features, https://archive.org/details/practicalanatomy00bens (the head, neck, trunk, tail and limbs; the nose, the eye, the external ear, and the large sensory hairs or vibrissae). Licence: own work

The drawing: Drawn for this site on 2026-09-30 from plain geometry; no photograph or plate followed. Licence: own work

How it works

On this rabbit diagram with no labels a line leads off each part, and the name goes at its end. Ten are everyday names, such as ears and tail; five are a keeper's words, such as dewlap and hock.

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Rabbit diagram, no labels: the fifteen names

In the order of the numbered copy: ears, eye, nose, whiskers, tail, front legs, hind legs, hind foot, back, belly, dewlap, shoulder, loin, rump, hock.

Rabbit diagram not labeled: the lines that get swapped

Four lines rise from the body. Front to rear, they start on the shoulder, the back, the loin and the rump. Three slant down to the left, one under another: from the whiskers, from the dewlap, which is the fold under the chin, and from a front leg. On the big folded hind leg, the hind foot is the long part flat on the ground and the hock is the joint at its heel.

For a younger class, ask for the ten everyday names only, ears to belly.

Questions and answers

What is a female rabbit called?

A doe. A male rabbit is a buck, and a young one is a kit or kitten. The rabbit on this sheet is drawn as a doe, which is why she has a dewlap to label.

What are a rabbit's whiskers called?

Vibrissae: large sensory hairs beside the mouth. A rabbit cannot see what is just below its mouth, so it tells what it is eating with its lips and whiskers.

What is the outer ear of a rabbit called?

The pinna, also called the auricle. It is the long upright part on top of the head, and the key writes it as Ears.

Does the label-a-rabbit worksheet have an answer key?

Yes. The sheet prints the rabbit with her fifteen lines and nothing written, and the answer key prints her again with a name at the end of every line.