Mountain cottontail: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the mountain cottontail lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Sylvilagus nuttallii
Group	Rabbits, hares & pikas
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	North America
Mass	720 g (male organism, adult weight); 790 g (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Lagomorpha
Family	Leporidae

Where does the mountain cottontail live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the mountain cottontail in 2 countries and territories across North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a mountain cottontail?

Wikidata records the following for the mountain cottontail: mass 720 g (male organism, adult weight); 790 g (female organism, adult weight).

Is the mountain cottontail endangered?

The mountain cottontail’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the mountain cottontail?

The mountain cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii) is a mammal in the order Lagomorpha and the family Leporidae, genus Sylvilagus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the mountain cottontail

The mountain cottontail or Nuttall's cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii) is a species of rabbit found in western Canada and the United States. It is a medium- to small-sized rabbit with pale brown fur, white undersides, a two-colored tail, and black-tipped, rounded ears with densely furred insides. It has notably rusty-colored legs and an orange nape. The mountain cottontail appears largely among coniferous forests in mountainous regions, including the slopes of the Rocky Mountains and the Cascade-Sierra Nevada mountain ranges, and adapts to a variety of elevations and vegetation. Its diet is made up of various grasses, shrubs, and sagebrush, as well as twigs, bark, or fungi in lesser amounts or when foliage is scarce.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Mountain cottontail (revision 1378883777), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q129773 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).