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Why: I don't know if you have noticed this, but he doesn't resemble a rabbit in any way:
Answer: He was first influenced by the Disney character Max Hare (1934), who looked like this:
An "unnamed rabbit" (alternately known as Happy Rabbit or as Bugs's Bunny - after artist Ben "Bugs" Hardaway) appeared in "Porky's Hare Hunt" in 1938. He looked like this:
In the March 1939 cartoon "Prest-O Change-O," he looked like this:
In "Hare-um Scare-um" (August 1939), he looked like this:
In March 1940, he was in "Elmer's Candid Camera" looking like this:
Source: Wikipedia
The More You Know: The character Bugs Bunny made his first official appearance in "A Wild Hare" in July 1940. He looked like this:
