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The brush rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani), or western brush rabbit, or Californian brush rabbit, [3] is a species of cottontail rabbit found in western coastal regions of North America, from the Columbia River in Oregon to the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula.
The San José brush rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani mansuetus) is a critically endangered subspecies of the brush rabbit, in the family Leporidae. [2] [3] Taxonomy.
Rabbitbrush at Riverbend Ponds Natural Area, Fort Collins, CO. Rabbitbrush is a common name for shrubs, principally of the western United States, in three related genera of the family Asteraceae:
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 ...
Brush rabbit: Sylvilagus bachmani: West coast of North America, from the Columbia River in Oregon to the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. Isolated subspecies, San Jose brush rabbit, on San José Island in the Gulf of California. Sylvilagus: Desert cottontail: Sylvilagus audubonii
Ericameria nauseosa is a perennial shrub growing to 2 to 8 metres (6 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 26 feet). [3] The leaves, depending on the subspecies, are 2–7.5 centimetres (3 ⁄ 4 –3 inches) long [4] and narrow to spatula-shaped.
This is the rabbit's way of marking their territory or possessions for other rabbits to recognize by depositing scent gland secretions. Rabbits who have bonded will respect each other's smell, which indicates a territorial border. [140] Rabbits also have scent glands that produce a strong-smelling waxy substance near their anuses. [141]
Chrysothamnus, known as rabbitbrush, rabbitbush, and chamisa, are a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae. [2] [3] [4] The native distribution is in the arid western United States, Canada, and northern Mexico.