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Eastern Cottontail

Sylvilagus floridanus

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Field Notes

Description:

The cottontail is grayish brown with black and gray tips on the hair. The underside is whitish with a short fluffy white tail.

Habitat:

The eastern cottontail prefers partially open brushy areas, wooded swamps, and woodland edges.

Notes:

I spotted this cottontail near a forest edge on Tamarac NWR looking out from a hole in the ground.

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Comments (2)
Ric3
I bet he wished he was living where his second half of his name represents instead of that snow.

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Mission
Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge
Photographed
PublishedApril 24, 2013

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