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Sylvilagus audubonii
Desert Cottontails breed like rabbits- they can conceive the day after giving birth, gestation is only 1 month, and they have 1-6 young at a time.
These were seen in the sandhills of Nebraska at Agate Fossil Beds National Park where it's dry, and hot in the summer with very few trees to provide shade. It is kind of a cross between a desert and the typical fertile plains of Nebraska.
Rabbits aren't an unusual species and these pictures are old, but the sight of them so high off the ground surprised me when I finally saw them. In all there were about ten that we could find hiding in the ledges of the cliff wall trying to beat the heat. When we spotted these it was about 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
Spotted on May 30, 2006
Submitted on Apr 30, 2013
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