A rabbit is a rodent too. And, as I’ve explained to my suburb raised wife and offspring (still averse to ever eating one, stewed, fried, or otherwise), it’s nature’s best little four footed meal. Squirrels would be a close second. Surprising that Cajuns in particular, the people who can make chicken salad out of chicken $#/+, wouldn’t try something else in the same genus.
Rabbits aren’t rodents, and you need to look up “genus.”