What is the name for a female rabbit?

A female rabbit is called a doe. The term is used for both domestic rabbits and wild rabbits, while an adult male rabbit is called a buck.

These names belong to a traditional set of animal terms shared with other mammals. “Buck” is also used for male goats and deer, and “doe” is used for female deer. For rabbits, the terms are especially common in breeding, showing, veterinary care, and farming contexts.

A rabbit’s reproductive vocabulary includes several other useful distinctions. A young rabbit is commonly called a kit or kitten, while “bunny” is an informal term often used for rabbits of any age. A group of young rabbits born from one mating is a litter; domestic rabbits living together may be described as a colony or herd.

The answer is not “hen” or “ewe”: a hen is an adult female chicken, and an ewe is an adult female sheep. “Mare” refers to an adult female horse. Rabbit terminology can also be confused with hares: a young hare is called a leveret, whereas a young rabbit is a kit.