The visibility of the peripheral vasculature in albino rabbits is advantageous to the biomedical use of this rabbit. Rabbits like rodents have two large upper incisors and two large lower incisors. This additional pair of upper incisors is greatly reduced in size and is why rabbits are members of the order Lagomorpha rather than the order Rodentia.
Rabbits have several unique anatomical characteristics.
As previously mentioned the long slender ears of the albino New Zealand White breed facilitate phlebotomy procedures. The long backbone predisposes rabbits to spinal fractures, if not captured and restrained properly. Rabbit teeth continue to grow throughout life. Malocclusion occasionally occurs in rabbits preventing normal tooth wear resulting in severe overgrow of the teeth inhibiting normal mastication. The neutrophil of the rabbit resembles an eosinophil due to the numerous intracytoplasmic eosinophilic granules.