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The New England cottontail is a medium-sized rabbit almost identical to the eastern cottontail. [8] [9] The two species look nearly identical, and can only be reliably distinguished by genetic testing of tissue, through fecal samples (i.e., of rabbit pellets), or by an examination of the rabbits' skulls, which shows a key morphological distinction: the frontonasal skull sutures of eastern ...
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range ... New England cottontail. S. transitionalis (Bangs, 1895) New England: Size: 39–44 cm (15–17 in) long [124]
Cottontail rabbits are in the Sylvilagus genus, ... Scientific name Distribution Microlagus: ... New England, specifically from southern Maine to southern New York ...
In New England, eastern cottontail home ranges average 1.4 acres (0.57 hectares) for adult males and 1.2 acres (0.49 hectares) for adult females but vary in size from 0.5 to 40 acres (0.20 to 16.19 hectares), depending on season, habitat quality, and individual. The largest ranges are occupied by adult males during the breeding season.
Fossil occurrences of leporids and ochotonids and global environmental change (climate change, C 3 /C 4 plants distribution). [2]The lagomorphs (/ ˈ l æ ɡ ə m ɔː r f /) are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two living families: the Leporidae (rabbits and hares) and the Ochotonidae ().
American pika Pygmy rabbit Desert cottontail Snowshoe hare. The lagomorphs comprise two families, Leporidae (hares and rabbits), and Ochotonidae . Though they can resemble rodents, and were classified as a superfamily in that order until the early 20th century, they have since been considered a separate order. They differ from rodents in a ...
Omilteme cottontail, Sylvilagus insonus DD; San José brush rabbit, Sylvilagus mansuetus CR; Marsh rabbit, Sylvilagus palustris [n 4] LC (Lower Keys marsh rabbit, S. p. hefneri: E) Mountain cottontail, Sylvilagus nuttallii [n 4] LC; Appalachian cottontail, Sylvilagus obscurus [n 1] NT; New England cottontail, Sylvilagus transitionalis [n 4] VU
The Appalachian cottontail and S. transitionalis, the New England cottontail, are not easily distinguished in the field, and are most easily identified geographically. Cottontails found south or west of the Hudson River are considered Appalachian cottontails; those found north and east are considered New England cottontails.