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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Chordates
  4. Mammals
  5. Hares, Rabbits, and Pikas
  6. Hares and Rabbits

family

Hares and Rabbits

Leporidae

Includes
14 native 2 introduced 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Cottontail Rabbits 9 native
  • Hares and Jackrabbits 5 native
  • Volcano Rabbits
  • European Rabbits

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native hares and rabbits All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus 208,213 observations
  • Desert Cottontail Sylvilagus audubonii 56,345 observations
  • Black-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus californicus 25,336 observations
  • Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus 25,060 observations
  • Brush Rabbit Sylvilagus bachmani 14,688 observations
  • Marsh Rabbit Sylvilagus palustris 11,890 observations
  • Mountain Cottontail Sylvilagus nuttallii 9,629 observations
  • White-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus townsendii 7,763 observations
  • Swamp Rabbit Sylvilagus aquaticus 5,528 observations
  • Antelope Jackrabbit Lepus alleni 1,143 observations
  • Holzner Cottontail Sylvilagus holzneri 428 observations
  • Appalachian Cottontail Sylvilagus obscurus 362 observations
  • White-sided Jackrabbit Lepus callotis 149 observations
  • New England Cottontail Sylvilagus transitionalis 114 observations
  • Pygmy Rabbit Sylvilagus idahoensis 98 observations
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