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Swamp Rabbit

Sylvilagus aquaticus

Photo by StacyH
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Field Notes

Description:

It is estimated that they live an average of 1.8 years, but may live up to 9 years.

Notes:

Swamp rabbits are adept swimmers. When a predator gets close it is likely to jump in the water and swim away or dive under roots or overhangs to escape. In Georgia in 1979 there was a well-publicized incident with a swamp rabbit and then-President Jimmy Carter in which a swamp rabbit being chased by hounds jumped in the water and swam up to President Carter’s fishing boat. He shooed it away by splashing water with a paddle.

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