New SOP diagram for Commercial Structure
I strongly dislike this illustration. It isn’t based on actual rabbit anatomy or skeletal alignment—it reflects a narrow aesthetic preference that became popular, not a structurally sound model.
When this outline is selected for, it produces a “chopped” hindquarter, forces the pelvis to tuck under, and narrows the pelvic outlet. That combination predictably leads to reproductive and structural problems, including a pinched birth canal and compromised locomotion.
The placement of the high point is the core issue. In this illustration it’s pushed too far back, effectively over the pelvic joint. In a correctly aligned skeleton, the high point falls just behind the knee, not over the pelvis. You can see this clearly when you overlay a naturally positioned skeleton.
In the X-ray example below, the feet are slightly overposed, but once you visualize the alignment, the topline matches correctly—and the high point lands where anatomy dictates, not where a few people say it should be.
This illustration has been overused, unchallenged, and repeated long past the point where it should have been corrected. When layered over real skeletal structure, it simply doesn’t hold up.
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New SOP diagram for Commercial Structure
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