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Cottontail Rabbits
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Cottontail Rabbits

Sylvilagus

Cottontail rabbits are among the 20 lagomorph species in the genus Sylvilagus, found in the Americas.

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18 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 30 known species

Eastern Cottontail

speciesSylvilagus floridanus

Desert Cottontail

speciesSylvilagus audubonii

Brush Rabbit

speciesSylvilagus bachmani

Marsh Rabbit

speciesSylvilagus palustris

Mountain Cottontail

speciesSylvilagus nuttallii

Swamp Rabbit

speciesSylvilagus aquaticus

Tapetis

complexSylvilagus brasiliensis

Mexican Cottontail

speciesSylvilagus cunicularius

Holzner Cottontail

speciesSylvilagus holzneri

Appalachian Cottontail

speciesSylvilagus obscurus

Honduran Cottontail

speciesSylvilagus hondurensis

Yucatan Cottontail

speciesSylvilagus yucatanicus

Tres Marías Cottontail

speciesSylvilagus graysoni

New England Cottontail

speciesSylvilagus transitionalis

Pygmy Rabbit

speciesSylvilagus idahoensis

Dice's Cottontail

speciesSylvilagus dicei

Omilteme Cottontail

speciesSylvilagus insonus

Venezuelan Lowland Rabbit

speciesSylvilagus varynaensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 43096.