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The Florida marsh rabbit (S. p. paludicola), occupies the peninsular region of Florida, from south of the Florida Panhandle to the upper Keys. There is a region north of Miami along the east coast where this subspecies is not found. The endangered Lower Keys marsh rabbit (S. p. hefneri), is only found in the southern Florida Keys. [8]
S. p. hefneri was federally recognized as an "endangered species" on June 21, 1990. It is affected by destruction to its habitat.The urbanized Florida Keys have left the rabbit with a very small home range, making it more vulnerable to threats such as pollution, vehicular road kill, and predation by stray cats.
Lagomorpha comprises rabbits and relatives. There are 59 species in the order Lagomorpha assessed as least concern. ... Marsh rabbit; Pikas. Alpine pika; Gansu pika ...
Marsh rabbits, cottontail rabbits, and foxes had effectively disappeared. In a 2022 article for the journal Biological Conservation, ...
The Javan rhino is the most endangered of the five species. It is also one of the rarest large mammals in the world . Javan rhinos live in dense jungles and tend to be shy of humans.
The mutating RHDV2 virus appears to have become more deadly than earlier strains.
The domestic rabbit subspecies of the European rabbit has been domesticated. The 64 extant species of Leporidae are contained within 11 genera . One genus, Lepus , contains 32 species that are collectively referred to as hares; the other eight genera are generally referred to as rabbits, with the majority – 19 species – in Sylvilagus , or ...
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