Sylvilagus

• Andean Cottontail Sylvilagus andinus

  

  The Andean cottontail is known from Ecuador's highlands, and a 2022 study confirmed records at several sites in Peru. It has long, soft fur, a reddish rump, and a pale underside.

• Swamp Rabbit Sylvilagus aquaticus

  

  It lives in wetlands and low areas near water. When pursued, it may enter the water, swim, or dive.

• Audubon's Cottontail Sylvilagus audubonii

  

  Audubon's cottontail is a rabbit with a fluffy white tail. It hides among brush in dry regions.

• Brush Rabbit Sylvilagus bachmani

  

  The brush rabbit is a small rabbit of brushy places in California. It has brown fur, short ears and a small tail.

• Forest Rabbit Sylvilagus brasiliensis

  

  This rabbit was reassessed using a neotype from Pernambuco. Older, broad South American records are not carried forward as confirmed range for this taxon; this account stays with documented coastal-forest evidence.

• Mexican Cottontail Sylvilagus cunicularius

  

  The Mexican cottontail is a wild rabbit of Mexico. It is described as the largest rabbit native to the country, and it uses grassland patches from dusk into the night.

• Dice's Cottontail Sylvilagus dicei

  This rabbit has a dark brown to black back and a pale underside. It occurs in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama; evening activity has been studied only in a preliminary survey at one reserve.

• Eastern cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus

  A rabbit with brown upperparts and a fluffy white tail. Some individuals have a white spot on the forehead. It also lives near people in places such as yards.

• Central American Lowland Forest Cottontail Sylvilagus gabbi

  Sylvilagus gabbi is a cottontail of Central American lowland tropical forest. The nominate subspecies, S. g. gabbi, is described as brown with dark and pale bands and an orange nape.

• Tres Marias Cottontail Sylvilagus graysoni

  The Tres Marias cottontail is restricted to the Tres Marias Islands off Mexico. It has a brown throat patch and is usually active on the ground at night.

• Mountain Cottontail Sylvilagus nuttallii

  This cottontail has a grey-brown back, white underside, and black-tipped ears. It hides in brush on western North American mountainsides and riverbanks.

• Appalachian Cottontail Sylvilagus obscurus

  This small cottontail lives in forests and brushy cover at higher elevations in the Appalachian Mountains.

• Eastern cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus

  A rabbit with brown upperparts and a fluffy white tail. Some individuals have a white spot on the forehead. It also lives near people in places such as yards.

• Forest Rabbit Sylvilagus brasiliensis

  This rabbit was reassessed using a neotype from Pernambuco. Older, broad South American records are not carried forward as confirmed range for this taxon; this account stays with documented coastal-forest evidence.

• Marsh Rabbit Sylvilagus palustris

  The marsh rabbit is a wetland rabbit of the southeastern United States that eats grasses and other marsh plants.

• Swamp Rabbit Sylvilagus aquaticus

  It lives in wetlands and low areas near water. When pursued, it may enter the water, swim, or dive.

• Audubon's Cottontail Sylvilagus audubonii

  Audubon's cottontail is a rabbit with a fluffy white tail. It hides among brush in dry regions.

• Dice's Cottontail Sylvilagus dicei

  This rabbit has a dark brown to black back and a pale underside. It occurs in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama; evening activity has been studied only in a preliminary survey at one reserve.

• New England cottontail Sylvilagus transitionalis

  The New England cottontail uses shrubland and dense thickets in young forest. It is difficult to distinguish visually from the related eastern cottontail.

• Brush Rabbit Sylvilagus bachmani

  The brush rabbit is a small rabbit of brushy places in California. It has brown fur, short ears and a small tail.

• Mexican Cottontail Sylvilagus cunicularius

  The Mexican cottontail is a wild rabbit of Mexico. It is described as the largest rabbit native to the country, and it uses grassland patches from dusk into the night.

• Appalachian Cottontail Sylvilagus obscurus

  This small cottontail lives in forests and brushy cover at higher elevations in the Appalachian Mountains.

• Mountain Cottontail Sylvilagus nuttallii

  This cottontail has a grey-brown back, white underside, and black-tipped ears. It hides in brush on western North American mountainsides and riverbanks.

• Tres Marias Cottontail Sylvilagus graysoni

  The Tres Marias cottontail is restricted to the Tres Marias Islands off Mexico. It has a brown throat patch and is usually active on the ground at night.