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The mountain cottontail is extremely reproductive and they reproduce around of 2-5 litters per year. [6] Mean litter sizes average 4–6 kits per litter. [2] In California and Nevada, the average litter size is around 6.1, 4.7 for rabbits in Washington and Oregon, and 2.0 for those in British Columbia. [8]
From winter to spring, weight tends to increase in females due to pregnancy, but decrease in males due to the stresses of reproductive competition. Thus, females in Iowa went from averaging 3,600 g (7.9 lb) in winter to 3,800 g (8.4 lb) in spring and males from averaging 3,400 g (7.5 lb) in winter to 3,100 g (6.8 lb) in spring. [3]
The black-tailed jackrabbit does not migrate or hibernate during winter and uses the same habitat of 0.4–1.2 sq mi (1.0–3.1 km 2) year-round. Its diet is composed of various shrubs, small trees, grasses, and forbs. Shrubs generally comprise the bulk of fall and winter diets, while grasses and forbs are used in spring and early summer, but ...
Rabbits and rodents can cause injury to the thin bark and twigs of young trees.
Rabbit jumping over a fence at a Rabbit Show Jumping Competition. Rabbit show jumping (Swedish: Kaninhoppning [1]), also known as rabbit agility [2] or rabbit hopping, [3] is an animal sport wherein domestic rabbits are led through a course by their owners, [4] modelled after horse show jumping.
Female rabbits can have one to seven litters of one to twelve young, called kits, in a year; however, they average three to four litters per year, and the average number of kits is five. [15] In the southern states of the United States, female eastern cottontails have more litters per year (up to seven) but fewer young per litter.
Marsh rabbits display a blackish brown or dark reddish dorsal surface. [9] The belly is a dingy brownish gray in most but can also have a dull white appearance in mainland rabbits. [5] [10] The leading edges of the ears display small black tufts with ochre on the inside. [7] [10] rough hair on the dorsal side can be fringed with black hairs ...
Pygmy rabbits are normally found in areas on deep soils with tall, dense sagebrush which they use for shelter and food. [11] [12] Individual sagebrush plants in areas inhabited by pygmy rabbits are often 6 feet (1.8 m) or more in height. [12] Extensive, well-used runways interlace the sage thickets and provide travel and escape routes. [11]