Saturday, February 2, 2013

Cottontail Rabbit

 

Animal You | Cottontail Rabbit | Cottontail rabbits are among the 16 lagomorph species in the genus Sylvilagus, North America and South America. In appearance, most cottontail rabbits similar to European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). The genus is widely distributed in North America, Central America and northern and central South America common, although most species are restricted to certain regions.Cottontail rabbits show a greater resistance to the rabbit myxomatosis Europeans.


Unlike squirrels and chipmunks containing food in their front paws and can quickly devour food in circles, you can not move the rabbit to his nose. The only time that a rabbit uses its front legs to make room when vegetation.

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