Bible is correct - rabbits chew cud

Rabbits do chew food that they have previously ingested, and partially digested. Rabbits chew cecotropes. Scientists do not classify cecotrophy as cud-chewing. That simply means that GOD’S DEFINITION of DEUTERONOMY 14:7 "cud" [ translated from the Hebrew noun gerah (Strong’s 1625)] is broader than scientists’ definition of cud is. Some kind(s) of rabbit is referenced in LEVITICUS 11:6, and LEVITICUS 11:5 contains a reference to an animal that is referenced by the Hebrew word shaphan (Strong's 8227). GOD referenced the LEVITICUS 11:5 Shaphan in circa 1440 BC, and we might not ever be able to positively identify what genus, species or breed GOD referenced. LEVITICUS 11:5, "...the coney...cheweth the cud..." (KJV). The word "coney" is sometimes used in reference to Oryctolagus cuniculus which is a rabbit whose range stilll includes the northern Atlas mountains in Africa. If Oryctolagus cuniculus was in the Sinai Desert when the Israelites were wandering in the Sinai Desert, and if (in LEVITICUS 11:5) GOD referenced Oryctolagus cuniculus, then so it was. Three kinds of rabbits that are in Egypt are the Giza White, the Baladi and the Gabali. There is a Baladi Red, a Baladi White, and a Baladi Black. There is a Sinai Gabali, and a Desert Gabali. Identifying modern-day breeds of rabbits does not constitute a claim that those breeds existed when the Israelites were wandering in the the Sinai Desert. However, mentioning various breeds does alert us to a scenario in which a then-contempary breed was referenced in LEVITICUS 11:5, for instance. We might never prove how many breeds and species of rabbits existed in the Sinai Desert when the Israelites we wandering in the Sinai Desert. We cannot prove whether or not GOD referenced Lepus capensis sinaiticus in LEVITICUS 11:5 or LEVITICUS 11:6. If Lepus capensis (the Cape Hare) was in the Sinai Desert in circa 1440 BC, and if Lepus capensis was referenced in LEVITICUS 11:5 or LEVITICUS 11:6, then so it was. We do not know what species (or how many species) GOD referenced in LEVITICUS 11:5. We do not know what species (or how many species) GOD referenced in LEVITICUS 11:6. When the Israelites were in the Sinai Desert in circa 1400 BC, for instance, there might have been 2 kinds of rabbits that they understood to be referenced in LEVITICUS 11:5 and LEVITICUS 11:6. The Israelites knew what animals were referenced in LEVITICUS 11:5-6. Even if we know all of the species that are currently in the Sinai Desert, that would not mean that we know all of the species that were in the Sinai Desert in 1440 BC, for instance. In LEVITICUS 11:5 and LEVITICUS 11:6, GOD referenced animals using words (shaphan and arnebeth) that conveyed to the Israelites which animals HE was referencing. That does not mean that we can prove exactly what species (or breeds) GOD referenced. The Rock Hyrax does eat hyrax feces, which is previously digested food. If LEVITICUS 11:5 references the hyrax and coprophagy, then so it is. Such a reference to the LEVITICUS 11:5 Shaphan chewing such gerah (Strong’s 1625) would not necessitate that the Israelites were aware of such chewing (of feces gerah). Some English Bibles translated "hyax" into LEVITICUS 11:5. LEVITICUS 11:5, "The hyrax chews the cud..." (NLT). .