Ecology
Associations
Known predators
Falco sparverius
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Buteo jamaicensis
Canis latrans
Athene cunicularia
Bubo virginianus
Asio otus
Tyto alba
Aquila chrysaetos
Buteo regalis
Buteo swainsoni
Based on studies in:
USA: Arizona, Sonora Desert (Desert or dune)
USA: California, Cabrillo Point (Grassland)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
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Known prey organisms
Schismus barbatus
Cactaceae
Based on studies in:
USA: Arizona, Sonora Desert (Desert or dune)
This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Barcode
Locations of barcode samples
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Statistics of barcoding coverage
| Specimen Records: | 96 |
| Specimens with Sequences: | 64 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 64 |
| Public Records: | 1 |
| Species: | 6 |
| Species With Barcodes: | 6 |
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Cottontail rabbit
Cottontail rabbits are among the 16 lagomorph species in the genus Sylvilagus, found in the Americas.
In appearance, most cottontail rabbits closely resemble the wild European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Most Sylvilagus species have stub tails with white undersides that show when they retreat, giving them their name, "cottontails". This feature is not present in some cottontails (for example, the underside of the brush rabbit's tail is gray), nor is it unique to the genus (for example, the European rabbit also has a white scut).
The genus is widely distributed across North America, Central America, and northern and central South America, though most species are confined to particular regions. Most (though not all) species live in nests called forms, and all have altricial young.
Cottontail rabbits show a greater resistance to myxomatosis than European rabbits.[2]
Species
- Genus Sylvilagus
- Subgenus Tapeti
- Swamp rabbit, Sylvilagus aquaticus
- Tapeti, Sylvilagus brasiliensis
- Dice's cottontail, Sylvilagus dicei
- Omilteme cottontail, Sylvilagus insonus
- Marsh rabbit, Sylvilagus palustris
- Lower Keys marsh rabbit, Sylvilagus palustris hefneri (named after Hugh Hefner)[3]
- Upper Keys marsh rabbit, Sylvilagus palustris paludicola
- Marsh rabbit, Sylvilagus palustris palustris
- Venezuelan lowland rabbit, Sylvilagus varynaensis
- Subgenus Sylvilagus
- Desert cottontail, Sylvilagus audubonii
- Manzano Mountain cottontail, Sylvilagus cognatus
- Mexican cottontail, Sylvilagus cunicularius
- Sylvilagus cunicularius cunicularius
- Sylvilagus cunicularius insolitus
- Sylvilagus cunicularius pacificus
- Eastern cottontail, Sylvilagus floridanus
- Sylvilagus floridanus alacer
- Sylvilagus floridanus ammophilus
- Sylvilagus floridanus avius
- Sylvilagus floridanus aztecus
- Sylvilagus floridanus chapmani
- Sylvilagus floridanus chiapensis
- Sylvilagus floridanus cognatus
- Sylvilagus floridanus connectens
- Sylvilagus floridanus continentis
- Sylvilagus floridanus costaricensis
- Sylvilagus floridanus cumanicus
- Sylvilagus floridanus floridanus
- Sylvilagus floridanus hespius
- Sylvilagus floridanus hitchensi
- Sylvilagus floridanus holzneri
- Sylvilagus floridanus hondurensis
- Sylvilagus floridanus llanensis
- Sylvilagus floridanus mallurus
- Sylvilagus floridanus margaritae
- Sylvilagus floridanus mearnsi
- Sylvilagus floridanus nelsoni
- Sylvilagus floridanus nigronuchalis
- Sylvilagus floridanus orinoci
- Sylvilagus floridanus orizabae
- Sylvilagus floridanus paulsoni
- Sylvilagus floridanus purgatus
- Sylvilagus floridanus restrictus
- Sylvilagus floridanus russatus
- Sylvilagus floridanus similis
- Sylvilagus floridanus subcinctus
- Sylvilagus floridanus superciliaris
- Sylvilagus floridanus valenciae
- Sylvilagus floridanus yucatanicus
- Tres Marias rabbit, Sylvilagus graysoni
- Sylvilagus graysoni graysoni
- Sylvilagus graysoni badistes
- Mountain cottontail, Sylvilagus nuttallii
- Appalachian cottontail or rarely Allegheny cottontail, Sylvilagus obscurus
- Robust cottontail, Sylvilagus robustus
- New England cottontail, Sylvilagus transitionalis
- Subgenus Microlagus
- Brush rabbit, Sylvilagus bachmani
- Sylvilagus bachmani bachmani
- Sylvilagus bachmani cinerascens
- Sylvilagus bachmani peninsularis
- Sylvilagus bachmani cerrosensis
- Sylvilagus bachmani ubericolor
- Sylvilagus bachmani exiguus
- Sylvilagus bachmani mariposae
- Sylvilagus bachmani virgulti
- Sylvilagus bachmani howelli
- Sylvilagus bachmani macrorhinus
- Sylvilagus bachmani riparius
- Sylvilagus bachmani tehamae
- Sylvilagus bachmani rosaphagus
- Brush rabbit, Sylvilagus bachmani
- Subgenus Tapeti
References
- ^ Hoffman, Robert S.; Smith, Andrew T. (16 November 2005). "Order Lagomorpha (pp. 185-211". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 207-211. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
- ^ Carter, G.R.; Wise, D.J. (2006). "Poxviridae". A Concise Review of Veterinary Virology. http://www.ivis.org/advances/Carter/Part2Chap10/chapter.asp?LA=1. Retrieved 2006-06-13.
- ^ 'Hefner' bunnies get help as population dwindles, May 20 2007, CNN.com. Retrieved May 20 2007
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