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Desert Cottontail

Sylvilagus audubonii

The Desert Cottontail is a fluffy rabbit that loves to hop around in the desert! With its big ears and soft fur, it is great at staying cool in the hot sun.

Lebensraum: Desert

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The Desert Cottontail has soft, sandy brown to grayish fur that blends perfectly with its desert home. Its most distinct feature is a fluffy white tail, shaped like a cotton ball, which is visible when it runs.

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Desert Cottontail
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Desert Cottontail

Kategorie

Säugetiere

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

A female cottontail can have many litters of babies in a single year!

Baby cottontails are born blind and helpless, needing their mother's full care.

Cottontails don't dig burrows, they often use abandoned ones or hide in dense plants!

They communicate danger by thumping their powerful hind feet on the ground.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Zig-Zag Escape

Desert Cottontail can run in an unpredictable zig-zag pattern that helps them escape speedy predators by confusing them.

Fähigkeit

Super Hearing

Desert Cottontail has large, rotating ears that help them pinpoint faint sounds from far away to detect danger quickly.

Fähigkeit

Desert Camo Cloak

Desert Cottontail has fur coloring that perfectly matches desert rocks and plants, helping them hide from hungry eyes.

Fähigkeit

Nutrient Recycler

Desert Cottontail can eat its own special droppings to get extra nutrients, making sure no good food goes to waste!

Maße und Details

Länge
30-38 cm
Gewicht
0.7-1.4 kg
Lebenserwartung
1-2 Jahre
Top Speed
30 km/h
Wurfgröße
1-6
Tragzeit
28-30 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

This little herbivore munches on grasses, leaves, and twigs, staying hydrated from its food!

Hauptnahrung

  • grasses
  • forbs
  • leaves
  • twigs
  • bark
  • cactus

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Coyote

Canis latrans

A primary predator.

eaten by

Bobcat

Lynx rufus

Hunts cottontails.

eaten by

Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianus

Hunts at night.

eats

Sideoats Grama

Bouteloua curtipendula

A common grass food.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

If you see a rabbit, watch it from a distance and don't try to touch it.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Desert Cottontail?

30-38 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Desert Cottontail?

0.7-1.4 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Desert Cottontail?

1-2 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Desert Cottontail?

30 km/h

Was frisst Desert Cottontail?

This little herbivore munches on grasses, leaves, and twigs, staying hydrated from its food!

Wo findet man Desert Cottontail normalerweise?

Desert

Wie jagt Desert Cottontail?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das wurfgröße von Desert Cottontail?

1-6

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