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Eastern Cottontail Rabbit

Sylvilagus floridanus

Photo by Cindyloohoo
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Small, brown rabbit with...well...a white cottony tail!

Habitat:

Their habitats consist of open grassy fields and dense growth along fields and woodland edges.

Notes:

I think I interrupted her lunch! ;)

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Comments (3)
Cindyloohoo
Do you live in Saskatoon? I have friends that live there as well! :)
Cindyloohoo
Thank you! :) They are everywhere....all in our neighborhood, in our yard, in the parks. Pretty common here. :) This one was at a nature center here in town.

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PublishedSeptember 25, 2013

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