The trend in the number of outbreaks increased through time for both domestic and wild rabbits, although it only approached significance for outbreaks in wild rabbits (domestic: X 2 = 2.37, p =0.124; wild: X 2 = 3.56, p =0.059, Figure 5 a).
Lagomorph species were categorised as being native or non-native, and the native ones were further categorised according to their population trends and conservation status as reported by IUCN, and we calculated the percentage of lagomorph species with a decreasing trend and the percentage of lagomorph species whose conservation status was critically endangered (CR), endangered (EN) or vulnerable (VU).