The brush rabbit is a small rabbit of brushy places in California. It has brown fur, short ears and a small tail.
It has brown fur, short ears and a small tail with a grey underside.
California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife created a predicted-habitat map for the riparian brush rabbit, a subspecies of the brush rabbit. The map combines statewide vegetation data, the subspecies’ range, and habitat-suitability information to show where suitable conditions are predicted.
Suitability is assessed across three needs: reproduction, feeding, and cover. Each mapped area receives a low, medium, or high class based on the highest suitability value among those needs. The vegetation layer brings together regional maps made at different times and resolutions, forming a statewide habitat model. Scores were developed for patches larger than 40 acres and are best interpreted for patches larger than 200 acres.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
The current map uses the highest suitability value among reproduction, feeding, and cover: below 0.34 is Low, 0.34–0.66 is Medium, and above 0.66 is High. Earlier versions averaged the three values.