Rabbits only spawn in deserts, mega taiga, cold taiga, ice plains, ice mountains, ice spikes

@redstonehelper why is this invalid?
How do you get the other colours of rabid when only desert and snow rabbits spawn? Yellow and white.

You all say they only spawn in certain biomes. Are plains no longer one?

Are we not clear enough of what the bug is?
It's not about size or them running away.
I checked all over in creative.
Prove me wrong then. Make a NEW world in 1.9 pre2 and show me a rabbit outside desert and snow.

They spawn in snow plains (white), deserts (yellow), forests (mixed colours) and a couple of other biomes. They definitely do not spawn in the plains, however, and this can make them seem very rare. That was partly the point of the changes I think. If you want rabbits to spawn more frequently, consider making a suggestion on the suggestions subreddit.
https://www.reddit.com/r/minecraftsuggestions

But dear Bob.

What if i told you, rabbits do not spawn in "forests (mixed colours) and a couple of other biomes."
Would you - then - consider that a bug?

Because they don't spawn there in pre2.! Only Desert and ice.
I will shut up, if you show me a screenshot with cords and seed. 🙂

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And no i don't want them to spawn more frequently, because you can't walk 10 meters in a desert or ice biome without tripping over a bunny. They are plenty there 😉

Apparently I was wrong about the forest. The wiki says: In Pocket Edition, Console Edition, and 1.9,[upcoming] rabbits naturally spawn in deserts, flower forests, taiga, mega taiga, cold taiga, ice plains, ice mountains, ice spikes, and the "hills" and "M" variants of these biomes.

I know the wiki doesn't decide if it is a bug or not, but this also describes the original implementation of rabbits in MCPE which has been ported to PC.

Tnx for clarification Bob.
Wiki says 1.9,[upcoming] rabbits naturally spawn in deserts, flower forests, taiga, mega taiga, cold taiga, ice plains, ice mountains, ice spikes, and the "hills" and "M" variants of these.

Still cant find rabbits in hills, flowers, and taiga. Will report back if i find any. So far i still call it a bug 🙂

In that case it is a bug; thanks for the explanation. Just remember that 'hills' only applies to taiga hills, desert hills etc. and not forest hills, birch forest hills and other hills biomes where rabbits would not normally spawn.

Spent 1+ hours looking in those biomes too. No rabbits 🙂
Maybe we only get to have the yellow and white rabbits now in survival. /sarcasm

Mods please reopen or prove that rabbits do spawn in those biomes.

I have experienced this as well. I have spent considerable time in 1.9.4 exploring. Rabbits abound in deserts, and I just found my first ice plains biome and the first thing I saw was a white rabbit. I have seen several flower forests and lots of taiga, but not a single rabbit in any of those. I brought back a breeding pair from the desert to my home base in grassland, and successfully bred a small proportion of brown rabbits (as well as lots of gold) there as the wiki says can happen.

Update: Having now explored the ice plains for a while, I have seen both ice colors of rabbits (white and black/white) frequently. They do not seem to spawn in the cold taiga, however. I can only confirm ice plains and ice plains spikes. Also, I finally found mega taiga, and there are bunnies there as well.

Haven't you now just listed all the biomes the rabbits were changed to spawn in?

Well, the summary is now the sum of the biomes where single users have seen rabbits.