Davis Mountains Cottontail

Sylvilagus robustus

Classification

Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae

The Davis Mountains cottontail, robust cottontail or Holzner's cottontail (Sylvilagus holzneri) is a species of cottontail rabbit native to high-altitude regions of the southwestern United States and western Mexico. Taxonomy This species and the subspecies comprising it were long considered to be subspecies of the eastern cottontail (S. floridanus), but were promoted to species level due to morphological analysis.

Distribution

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Sources and credits

DescriptionRobust cottontail, Wikipedia contributors Safetywikidata

Davis Mountains Cottontail

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