I’ve noticed that skinned cat and skinned rabbit looks similar. Rabbit had much batter flavor and is less greasy though.
Honest story. In high school, we knew an old black guy that, if you carried him a dead rabbit or tow, preferably cleaned, he'd buy a six-pack of beer for every rabbit. So we were all country boys and it wasn't anything to pop two or three rabbits, clean up and take to Robert, who we called 'Snaps' for some reason. One Saturday there were no rabbits, so we killed two feral cats. Once they're skinned and with the tail off, they look exactly like a rabbit, but a cat's breast is flat and rabbits breast is round. Snaps was good about it and even would buy the beer early and ice it down for us. But he caught on to the cat ploy and got to where he wouldn't take a rabbit unless it still had the head on.
Back in 1973-76, when turned 18 and could buy beer legally.