Magpie

Magpie is the name given to the pattern, as opposed to a color of rabbit. The rabbit is patterned like a patchwork quilt with a half black/half white face, one black ear, one white ear and with corresponding colored feet (one front leg black, the other white, one back leg black, the other white) and then stripes of black and white across the back. This is a very difficult pattern to breed, and when a rabbit does not have the uniform patterning, it is then classed as a broken magpie (carries the magpie gene, but not perfect in pattern). The Dwarf Lop pictured to the right, is classed as a 'broken' magpie, as although he does not look like a magpie, he does carry the magpie genes, and therefore can re-produce magpie patterned kits.