As you known by now, this rabbit insurance site loves to get news of record breaking bunnies. Today’s scoop comes all the way from the United States, from a rabbit who has made it into the Guinness World Records.

A rabbit living in Carroll County in Maryland has been recognised as the world’s oldest living rabbit. According to an article in the Associated Press, the rabbit’s owner – Jennifer Russell – received confirmation earlier this month.

Heather – the record holding bunny – was adopted in 1995 with papers that said she was 2 years old. Owner Russell believes that now makes Heather somewhere between 15 and 16 years old.

According to NBC Philadelphia, in her prime Heather was a “diva”, growling if the cat got too close.

While most rabbits live to be around 6 or 8 years old, Heather’s lengthy lifespan is put down to excellent care and good genes.

Although Heather takes the record for oldest living rabbit, the oldest rabbit on record actually lived to be 18 years and 10 months, according to the Guinness World Records. Flopsy, the world’s oldest rabbit ever, lived in Tasmania in the 1960s.