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Desert Cottontail

Sylvilagus audubonii

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 2,030, February 1,757, March 2,044, April 3,294, May 3,126, June 2,658, July 2,037, August 1,750, September 1,794, October 1,833, November 2,357, December 1,817.
United States52,351
California33,158
Arizona9,436
Texas2,870
New Mexico2,867
Colorado1,945
Nevada1,860
Mexico1,156
Utah718
Coahuila de Zaragoza252

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Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderLagomorphs · Lagomorpha
FamilyHares and Rabbits · Leporidae
GenusCottontail Rabbits · Sylvilagus

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