Kingdom: Animalia
Common Name:
Desert Cottontail
Scientific Name: Sylvilagus audubonii
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Sylvilagus
Species: audubonii
Natural Range
This cute creature is found from central Texas,
up to southwest North Dakota, west to southern Montana, down to Arizona
and the deserts and valleys of central and southern California. They like
warm weather mostly. Click HERE to learn more about it.
Interesting Facts
The female is larger than the male. It is most
active in the later evening and early morning. They can also swim and run
up to fifteen miles per hour. They make a perfect 45 degree angle cut when
they bite into plants.
Links
Find out more here:
The Desert Cottontail and CLHS
The Desert Cottontail lives around our campus here
at CLHS. Sometimes in the mornings you can see one peeking out behind one
of the old buildings. In the evenings you may see a dozen or more on the
football field.