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The desert cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii), also known as Audubon's cottontail, is a New World cottontail rabbit, and a member of the family Leporidae.Unlike the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), they do not form social burrow systems, but compared with some other leporids, they are extremely tolerant of other individuals in their vicinity.
Cottontail rabbits are in the Sylvilagus genus, which is in the Leporidae family. They are found in the Americas . [ 1 ] Most Sylvilagus species have stub tails with white undersides that show when they retreat, giving them their characteristic name.
Mountain cottontail diet is primarily made up of sagebrush and varies toward grasses during the spring and summer seasons. [6] It is made up in large part of grasses such as wheatgrasses, needle-and-thread, Indian ricegrass, cheatgrass brome, bluegrasses, and bottlebrush squirreltail. [7]
This is a list of North American mammals.It includes all mammals currently found in the United States, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Canada, Greenland, Bermuda, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean region, whether resident or as migrants.
Genus Sylvilagus – Gray, 1867 – nineteen species Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Andean tapeti. S. andinus (Thomas, 1897) Northern Andes: Size: 33–36 cm (13–14 in) long, plus 2–4 cm (1–2 in) tail [99] Habitat: Grassland [100] Diet: Grass and sedges [100] DD ...
Sylvilagus (cottontail rabbit) Gray, 1867 19 species. S. andinus (Andean tapeti) S. aquaticus (Swamp rabbit) S. audubonii (Desert cottontail, pictured) S. bachmani ...
The Manzano Mountain cottontail (S. cognatus) was a species of Sylvilagus also previously classified in S. floridanus, until it was later reclassified as a distinct species. This species was thought to be restricted to the Manzano Mountains in New Mexico, where it occurs in coniferous forests in high elevation, and was classified as Endangered ...
Desert cottontail, Sylvilagus audubonii; Manzano mountain cottontail, Sylvilagus cognatus; Mexican cottontail, Sylvilagus cunicularis; Eastern cottontail, Sylvilagus floridanus; Mountain cottontail, Sylvilagus nuttallii; Appalachian cottontail or rarely Allegheny cottontail, Sylvilagus obscurus; New England cottontail, Sylvilagus transitionalis