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Holland Lops are domestic rabbits that were bred by Dutch breeder Adrian De Cock from the Netherlands. The process began when Adrian wanted a hybrid of the French Lop and the Netherland Dwarf. The result was one of the most popular rabbit breeds in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Although Holland Lops are miniature rabbits that only weigh from 7 to 12 pounds, they are muscular relative to their compact statures. Holland Lops' fur comes in many shades of different colors. Their lopped ears are one of their most distinct feature, hence the name Holland "Lop".

References for rabbit

A pair of two-month-old Holland Lops

Appearance:

LUVER, Animal. “Holland Lop Appearance.” Holland Lop Appearance, 1 Jan. 1970, hollandloprabbits.blogspot.com/2011/02/holland-lop-appearance.html.

“What Is a Holland Lop? | How to Care, Lifespan, FAQ (With Pictures).” RabbitPedia.com, rabbitpedia.com/holland-lop/.

History:

History of the Holland Lop, dnarabbitry.tripod.com/history.htm.

Brown, Kathryn. “The History of the Mini Lop Rabbit and the True UK Mini Lop Standard.” Mini Lops Scotland, minilopscotland.co.uk/mini-lop-history.

“Home.” Home, www.sandnpinesrabbitry.com/

“Welcome to the HLRSC.” Hlrsc.com, hlrsc.com/Breed_History.php.

Holland Lop Appearance written

Similar to most rabbits, Holland Lops' fur is very diverse with a wide variety of colors and combinations. The first type of fur color is light orange, which can also be referred to as "fawn". The second type of fur color is a mix between purple and grey. Although there are many shades of grey, Holland Lops' grey is usually luminous. The third type of fur color is dark brown, which is distributed evenly across the Holland Lop's fur. The fourth type of fur color is luminous brown, which makes Holland Lops resemble squirrels. The fifth type of fur color is white. Interestingly, Holland Lops with white skin and red eyes look a lot like white rats, because they are also very small animals with single-colored eyes (For example: Humans have very large sclera, the white part of our eyes, while rabbits and rats don't). The sixth type of fur color is dark orange, which is very rare among Holland Lops.

The ears are one of Holland Lops' most distinct features. As mentioned in the history of Holland Lops above, they inherit their lopped ears from French Lop and Sooty Fawns. These almond-shaped ears are about 4.7 inches (12 centimeters) long. Since Holland Lops are very small, their legs are also short and stubby. They also have claws that are not used very often.

Holland Lop's tails are small but straight, sturdy, and fluffy.

As mentioned above, Holland Lops, unlike humans, have very small sclera. Their eye color is usually black.

Holland Lop Appearance outline

- fur

+Holland Lops' coloring is very diverse

*the first type is light orange (fawn).

*second type is a mix between purple and grey. Although there are many shades of grey, Holland lops' grey is usually luminous.

*third type is dark brown, which spreads even across the rabbit's fur.

*fourth type is luminous brown, which makes rabbits resemble squirrels

*fifth type is white. Some white rabbits have eyes that make them look like rats. Some white rabbits have red eyes.

*sixth type is dark orange, which is very rare.

- leg size, shape

+legs are short and stubby (1)

- tail

+ small but straight and sturdy(https://rabbitpedia.com/holland-lop/)

- eyes

+ round and single-colored

- head

+round shaped

- EARS

+very distinct features of holland lops

+straight at birth, but floppy when older

+almond-shaped

-size

josh:

-body shape

-height

- mouth

-teeth

-nose

-feet

-weight

http://hollandloprabbits.blogspot.com/2011/02/holland-lop-appearance.html1

History of Holland Lops outline

- Recognized by arba (american rare breed association) in 1979 (official showing in 1980)

- British council calls them the miniature lop

- Holland lops are also called "Hallmark Breed"

- related breeds are french lop and netherland dwarf

- the holland lop breed took more than a decade to develop

- breeding process began in 1949 by adrian de cock

- origin breeds has netherland dwarfs, french lop, one english lop.

- national rabbit club recognize 1964, arrive us 1970

- very popular now

(https://lafeber.com/mammals/holland-lop-rabbit-breed/)

- De cock like both netherland and french

- french lop was too big

- 1949 breed french lop and female netherland dwarf doe in hopes that the offspring will bigger than a netherland dwarf but smaller than a french lop (didn't work because the offsprings were too large)

- 1951: french lop female breed with dwarf buck (6 came out) all have normal ears. small closed ears of dwarf provided a dominant feature

- 1952: a doe from this litter bred to a sooty fawn colored english lop buck = 5 young

- one lopped ear, 2 normal, one half lopped

- in 1955 holland lops of sorts weighing under 6.6 lbs

- jan 1964, 4 specimens for acceptance less than 4.4 lbs.

- 1970 de cock wanted to get the weight down to 3.3

- winter 78 79, holland lops imported from holland and have significant positive impact on bloodlines in great britain

- dutch lines introduced in us produced madagascar and sable point.

(http://hlrsc.com/media/Holland_Lop_History.pdf)

-dutch breeder adrain de cock is from tilburg holland

-breed is populr in northern europe

-he didn't try to breed french lop with netherland dwarf buck because the netherland dwarf was too small.

- the ears start to fall and lopped at 5 months

- he wanted the ears loppy(https://minilopscotland.co.uk/mini-lop-history)

- 1953-1955: adrain wanted litter to get smaller

- weight has reduced under 6.6 lbs.

- he wanted to get the dutch rabbt to be recognised which took 8 years

-1970: a parent club in holland wanted to reduce the weight of this breed to 3.3 lbs (max weight breeders will work with today)

-travelled around the world. If the rabbits get bigger but better we change standards to fit the rabbits

- got more popular

- introduced in the usa in early 1990s

- very popular as pets.

- one of the most popular rabbit breeds in the UK

https://minilopscotland.co.uk/mini-lop-history

https://www.sandnpinesrabbitry.com/

http://dnarabbitry.tripod.com/history.htm

- Holland lop breed society wanted holland lop to be 3.3 lbs.

- 1980 these lops got into britain after yorkshire breeder george scott found them

- he bred smallest examples of these guys and got the mini lop (holland lop)

History of Holland Lop written

The history of Holland Lops began with Dutch breeder Adrian De Cock from Tilburg, Holland (Netherlands). Holland Lops, or the "Nederlandse Hangoor Dwerg" , are acknowledged by ARBA (American Rare Breed Association) in 1979 and made known to the public in 1980.

When Adrian De Cock realized that French Lops were over-sized and Netherland Dwarfs were under-sized in 1949, he decided to make the two breed with each other in hopes that their off-springs will inherit the best of both worlds. French Lops weigh anywhere from 10 pounds (4.5 kilograms) to 15 pounds (6.8 kilograms) while Netherland Dwarfs only weigh around 1.1 pound (0.5 kilogram) to 2.5 pounds (1.13 kilogram). Unfortunately, the results were nothing like what Adrian expected. Their off-springs were way too big and died as a result. The mother (female Netherland Dwarf) also died from the breeding process. In 1951, Adrian decided to try the breeding process again. Instead of using a Netherlands Dwarf doe, he used a male Netherland Dwarf buck. He did not think that this was possible at first, because the French Lop was much bigger than the Netherland Dwarf buck. Fortunately, the results exceeded Adrian's expectations this time. All of the off-springs were normal-sized and had standard ear positions. In 1952, Adrian wanted the rabbits' ears to be lopped (hanging limply), so he let a French Lop's and a Netherland Dwarf Buck's off-springs breed with the Sooty Fawn, an English Lop with visibly lopped ears. The results were one with lopped ears, 2 with normal ears, and one with semi-lopped ears. At the end of the breeding process in 1955, a Holland Lop weighing less than 6.6 pounds (2.7 kilograms) was born. 11 years after this significant event, Adrian announced Holland Lops weighing less than 4.4 pounds (2 kilograms) . Another one of Adrian's primary goal at the time was to publicize Holland Lops. In 1964, these rabbits were finally recognized by Dutch breeders and authorities . The event was followed by the presence of Holland Lops across many countries in Europe.

In 1970, these rabbits made their first appearance in the United Kingdom thanks to George Scott, an English rabbits breeder from Yorkshire county who found these Holland Lops. At this time, the average weight of this breed was only about 3.3 pounds (1.5 kilogram) . The history of the well-known Mini Lop is also related to the history of the Holland Lop. When George Scott found these Holland Lops, he had the desire to make them even smaller, so be let the lightest Holland Lop off-springs breed with each other. The result of this breeding process was the Mini Lop, which was acknowledged by the British Rabbit Council in 1994. In 1976, Holland Lops made their way to the United States, where they were acknowledged by the American Rabbit Breeders Association 3 years later . Over the years, Holland Lops have traveled across the globe and their breeders' accepted maximum weight has changed insignificantly with the actual weight of these rabbits. Holland Lops are now one of the most well-known rabbit breeds in the United States and the United Kingdom.

What I've changed from my previous draft

I included an example of an info box in the info box section and

a table of contents in the comprehensiveness section. I've also talked about what kind of sources you should use for an animal article in the sources section.

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Humpback whale breaching
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Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Parvorder:	Mysticeti Cope, 1891
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Title

The first thing that readers notice when they read a Wikipedia article is its title. An article's title should be precise and unambiguous like Baleen whale (a featured article) or American black duck (a good article).

Lead section

The lead section of a good or featured article should be able to outline all the main points of the article without being either too long or too short. According to Dr. Schick from James Madison University, a good rule of thumb is to divide the word count of the article by 10 to get the approximate length of its lead section (Baleen whale is also a good example for this. American black duck's lead section is not very good because it is long compared to the rest of the article).

Info box

An info box containing an image of the particular animal stated in the title next to the lead section is also very useful for gathering some of the most important information of the article. Like the lead section, an info box should be concise with only information that can be found in the article.

The info box of an animal-related article like Baleen whale or American black duck should contain the following information: Scientific classification (kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species), binomial name, families, diversity, and synonyms.

Images

In order for an article to be more easily understood like Baleen whale and American black duck, it should contain images or anything besides words that can represent the article's main ideas.

For each heading, you should have at least one image that represents the main idea of that heading. In most articles. there are smaller headings inside those big headings, so it would be better if you could include an image for each of those small headings.

Neutral point of view

When writing a good or featured article, you should also have a neutral point of view. The best way to do this is to use as many perspectives from clear and unbiased sources as possible. American black duck is not a good example of an unbiased article because it used unknown sources of points of view. Baleen whale used sources that are unbiased because the authors who wrote those sources did not take sides and maintained a neutral writing tone. The rest of your article should also follow this rule.

Writing style

Your article should be written fluidly and professionally. This can be done by avoiding word repetition, using paragraphs to divide information appropriately, using correct grammar and punctuation.

Word count

Since Baleen whale, a featured article, is 8000 words long, your animal-related article should also be around that length. However, if you can't find enough information, you can write only 2000 words and still cover all the main points of an animal-related article like American black duck.

Comprehensiveness

A good or featured article about animals like American black duck and Baleen whale should have these headings and main points: the animal's taxonomy (classification), anatomy, etymology (origin), behavior, habitat, and relationship with humans.

Sources

When it comes to writing a good Wikipedia article about animals, having the right number of quality sources should be one of the most important steps. For an article like Baleen whale that's about 8000 words long , you should have about 150 - 200 references (or 30-40 references for 2000 words like American black duck) that are distributed evenly and consistently along with 2 external links and a couple of further readings. Research information from your article should come from credible sources, not your own or unknown research. Your article should end with a bibliography that shows numbered sources or references that it has used.Your sources should also be credible, accessible, and unbiased.

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The first thing that readers notice when they read a Wikipedia article is its title. An article's title should be precise and unambiguous like Baleen whale (a featured article) or American black duck (a good article). The lead section of a good article should be able to outline all the main points of the article without being either too long or too short. According to Dr. Schick, a good rule of thumb is to divide the word count of the article by 10 to get the approximate length of its lead section (Baleen whale is also a good example for this).

In order for an article to be more easily understood like Baleen whale and American black duck, it should contain images or anything besides words that can represent the article's main ideas. For each heading, you should have at least one image that represents the main idea of that heading. In most articles. there are smaller headings inside main headings, so it would be better if you could include an image for each of those small headings.

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Sources and Reliability

When it comes to writing a good Wikipedia article about animals, having the right number of quality sources should be one of the most important steps. For an article like Baleen whale that's about 8000 words long, you should have about 150 - 200 references (or 30-40 references per 2000 words like American black duck) along with 2 external links and a couple of further readings. Every good article should also end with a bibliography that shows numbered sources or references that it has used.Your sources should also be credible, accessible, and unbiased (Wikipedia:Reliable sources). Research information from your article should come from credible sources, not your own or unknown research.

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Contents

A good article about animals like American black duck and Baleen whale should have most of these headings or main points: the animal's taxonomy (classification), anatomy, etymology (origin), behavior, habitat, and relationship with humans. When writing a good article, you should also have a neutral point of view. The best way to do this is to use as many perspectives from unbiased sources as possible. American black duck is not a good example of an unbiased article because it used unknown sources of points of view. An unbiased source like in Baleen whale is a source that doesn't take sides and treat every claim and viewpoint equally (Wikipedia:Neutral point of view).

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copied from Cat anatomy.

Original lead section:

The anatomy of the domestic cat is similar to that of other members of the genus Felis.

My lead section:

Anatomy is the study of organisms' biological parts, which is very important for veterinary . The anatomy of a cat contains information on the locations and functions of its mouth, ears, nose, legs, claws, Thermoregulation, heart rate, skin (scruff and primordial pouches), skeleton, muscles , digestive system, and genitalia. A cat's anatomy is quite similar to that of other Felis animals.