The Amami rabbit ( `` Pentalagus furnessi '' ; ) , or , also known as the Ryukyu rabbit , is a primitive , dark-furred rabbit which is only found in Amami Ōshima and Toku-no-Shima , two small islands between southern Kyūshū and Okinawa in Kagoshima Prefecture ( but actually closer to Okinawa ) in Japan .
The Amami Rabbit ( `` Pentalagus furnessi '' ; Amami : '' ʔosagi '' ) also known as the Ryukyu Rabbit , is a primitive dark-furred rabbit which is only found in Amami Ōshima and Toku-no-Shima , two small islands in between southern Kyūshū and Okinawa in Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan .