World Species : Sylvilagus floridanus (Eastern Cottontail)

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Sylvilagus floridanus (Eastern Cottontail)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) is a New World cottontail rabbit, a member of the family Leporidae. It is one of the most common rabbit species in North America.

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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0)

Unique (100)

Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0)

Unique & Vulnerable (100)

ED Score: 6.77

EDGE Score: 2.05

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Attributes

Adult Weight ^[1]	2.535 lbs (1.15 kg)
Birth Weight ^[1]	40 grams

Diet ^[2]	Herbivore
Diet - Plants ^[2]	100 %
Forages - Ground ^[2]	100 %

Female Maturity ^[1]	4 months 3 days

Gestation ^[1]	30 days
Litter Size ^[1]	5
Litters / Year ^[1]	4
Maximum Longevity ^[1]	10 years
Nocturnal ^[3]	Yes
Snout to Vent Length ^[4]	16 inches (40 cm)
Speed ^[5]	19.998 MPH (8.94 m/s)
Weaning ^[1]	24 days

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name	Location	Endemic
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands	Mexico, United States	No
Mesoamerica	Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama	No
Tropical Andes	Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela	No
Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena	Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru	No

Habitat Vegetation Classification

Name	Location	Website
West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna (High Terraces Type)	United States (Louisiana, Texas)

Prey / Diet

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Prey / Diet Overlap

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Predators

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Providers

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Consumers

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Parasitized by
Calliphora vomitoria (Blue bottle fly)	^[6]
Cediopsylla inaequalis interrupta	^[13]
Cediopsylla simplex	^[13]
Dermacentor variabilis (American dog tick)	^[6]
Dermatoxys veligera	^[14]
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Echinococcus oligarthrus	^[14]
Epitedia wenmanni wenmanni	^[13]
Euchoplopsyllus glacialis affinis	^[13]
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Mosgovoyia pectinata	^[14]
Obeliscoides cuniculi	^[14]
Odontopsyllus multispinosus	^[13]
Orchopeas howardi howardi	^[13]
Orchopeas leucopus (rodent flea)	^[13]
Oropsylla bruneri	^[13]
Passalurus nonanulatus	^[14]
Spilopsyllus cuniculi (European rabbit flea)	^[13]
Taenia pisiformis (rabbit tapeworm)	^[14]
Tamiophila grandis (Chipmunk flea)	^[13]
Triatoma sanguisuga (Eastern blood-sucking cone)	^[6]
Trichostrongylus calcaratus	^[14]
Trichuris leporis	^[14]
Wellcomia longejector	^[14]

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