Desert Cottontail

Description:

The adult desert cottontail is light colored, tan to gray, with a yellowish tinge. The underside of the body is whitish. The desert cottontail often has an orange-brown throat patch. The tail is rounded and looks like a cotton ball. The desert cottontail is thirteen to seventeen inches long and weighs two to three pounds. The ears average three to four inches long, the hind feet three inches long. Females are larger than males.

Habitat:

Urban nature preserve adjacent to river in semi-arid desert.

Notes:

Emerged from rabbitbrush while I was stalking a Northern Mockingbird I had heard.