Points & Body Type

Body (43) - The general aspect of the Mini Lop is the massive, thickset body. Their shoulders are to be broad, well filled, with good depth and rising to a slightly heavier hindquarter which is deep broad, smooth and rounded; the lower hips should also be well filled. In general, Mini Lops are very muscular, compact and balanced. Does can have dewlaps but should remain balanced with the rest of the rabbit. - Shaped similar to a basket ball.
Faults - Flatness over the shoulders or hips, undercut or chopped off hindquarters, long narrow bodies & overly large dewlaps.


Head (20) - The head should be set close to the body, strongly developed and sturdy without being too narrow. The crown should be boldly arched and there should be a slight curvature of the skull from the base of the crown to the nose. -a Bull Dog type head
Faults - Long, narrow head, pointed nose


Ears & Crown (12) - The ears should hang down close to the cheeks, be in proportion and balance with the size of the head and body. They should be well furred and well rounded at their extremity's. - a bold, wide horseshoe shaped crown which make the ears lop, instead of winging out to the sides (air plane ears)
Faults - Narrow ears, very thick or thin ears, thinly furred ears, ear openings turned away from head, poor ear carriage.


Feet, Legs & Bone (5) - Thick, short, straight and heavy leg bones. Broken pattern group toe nails may be either light or dark; a difference in pigmentation between rear and front toenails is permitted; All front toe nails should match and all rear toe nails should match.
Faults - Extremely fine bone, Unmatched toenails in the broken group.
Disqualification - General toenail color disqualifications apply on all solid pattern animals.


Fur (10) - Coat should be glossy and uniform in length, very thick and dense, with a good rollback.
Faults - Silky, long, harsh, thin or extremely short fur.


Color & Markings (5) - Solid pattern is to include all recognized colors within the recognized groups. The broken pattern is to include any recognized color within a recognized group in conjunction with white. It is preferred for the brokens to have a butterfly like pattern on the face, solid color encircling the eyes and solid colored ears. The body color should be evenly distributed in patched or blanketed markings. The rear feet may be white, colored, or partially colored. Half of the color points for brokens go to color, the other half to their patterns.
Faults - Excessive white hairs in the solid pattern group, Brokens with few face markings or partial nose/eye markings.
Disqualifications -Solids with excessive white hairs. Brokens with less than 10% coloration., no head markings