Separator (de)
The German Separator is a small-to-medium rabbit breed with a pale sandy yellow-brown coat and a deliberately unusual genetic role. German breed descriptions explain the name from separare, to separate, because the coat-color factors were useful in test matings and purity checks. Visually it is a quiet sand-colored rabbit with a compact body, not a flashy marked or silvered breed.
Separator rabbits are mainly of interest to European breeders, genetic-color students, and people preserving less common German standards. Their practical management is normal-fur rabbit management: dry housing, measured feeding, and attention to condition, teeth, and feet. Breeding value depends on keeping both the pale color and the correct body type, because a random beige rabbit is not the same thing. Outside German-speaking circles, the label should be explained instead of assumed familiar.
Colors: Agouti, Albino, Black, Blue, Broken, Charlie, Chestnut, Chinchilla, Chocolate, Cream, Fawn, Harlequin, Himalayan, Lilac, Lynx, Magpie, Marten, Opal, Orange, Otter, Pointed White, Red, Sable, Seal, Squirrel, Tortoise, Tri-Color, Vienna Marked, White
