Although there is more then fifty known species of rabbits, the Appalachian cottontail is one of the most well known. The name is the Appalachian cottontail. You can find it in the Americas and northern South America.  This essay is all about this animal.

         

What does the cottontail look like? It can grow from 14 to 19 inches long. It can weigh from 2 to 4 pounds. It comes in red brown, and grey brown in colors.  It eats different food in different weather. And it digs different type of holes than rabbits. Some of the characteristics are black tip ears, a pale underside, and they have big ears and eyes. These animals look like an eastern cottontail.

 

They live in Canada, United States, Mexico and north side of South America. There is no worry of them being extinct. They live all over the place and have no worries of being endangered.

 

They are at the bottom of the food chain. There defense from predators are freezing or running in a zig-zag pattern. They eat different foods during different times of the year. Appalachian cottontails eat grass and weeds in the summer, and bark, and twigs in the winter.

 

Appalachian cottontail rabbits benefit from tree harvesting. Some of the most famous rabbits are Appalachian cottontails. Peter the rabbit is a cottontail along with the little rabbit Thumper in the Disney movie Bambi. These are smart special rabbits.

 

Author: John-Luke
Published 02/2013

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"Appalachian Cottontail (Sylvilagus Obscurus)." Http://www.dgif.virginia.gov. Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, 2013. Web. 17 Feb. 2013.

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Bunch, Mary, Richie Davis, Stanlee Miller, and Rob Harrison. "Appalachian Cottontail." (n.d.): n. pag. Www.dnr.sc.gov/cwcs/pdf/AppalachianCottontain.pdf. Web. 17 Feb. 2013.

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