It may seem like a very ordinary animal, but this little neighbor is one of the great protagonists of our land. The rabbit is native to the Iberian Peninsula, and from here it spread to the rest of the world. In fact, all domestic rabbits descend from wild Iberian rabbits. It is the keystone of the Mediterranean scrubland: more than thirty species of predators depend on it, such as the Iberian lynx or the Spanish imperial eagle. Without rabbits, there are no lynxes. It lives in colonies with burrows full of tunnels, and when it detects danger it thumps the ground with its hind legs to warn the others. Incredible as it may seem, in its native land it is endangered, because of disease and habitat loss. Protecting the rabbit means protecting the entire Mediterranean scrubland.