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Sylvilagus floridanus or Sylvilagus transitionalis
Just a Rabbit or a particular type?
Spotted on Jul 14, 2013
Submitted on Jan 16, 2014
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For this location, the options are Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) and Appalachian Cottontail (Sylvilagus obscurus.) The Appalachian and New England species used to be considered one species, but there are cranial and genetic differences and can mainly be distinguished by location, the Hudson River being the boundary line.
http://www.dnr.sc.gov/cwcs/pdf/Appalachi...
Either an Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) or a New England Cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis), but the only definitive way to tell the difference between the two is with genetics or close examination of the skull.