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Sylvilagus floridanus

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Noun1.Sylvilagus floridanus - widely distributed in United States except northwest and far west regions
cottontail, cottontail rabbit, wood rabbit - common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside; a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)


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Eastern cottontail rabbit Sylvilagus floridanus herbivory has hindered reforestation efforts at agroforestry sites within the Missouri River floodplain.
SERC, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD; also sampled domestic cat (1 WNV-negative juvenile), groundhog, Marmota monax (1 WNV-negative adult, 1 WNV-positive adult), eastern cottontail rabbit, Sylvilagus floridanus (1 WNV-negative adult).
Number Species trapped Diclelphis virginiana (Opossum) 629 Procyon lotor (Raccoon) 333 Lynx rufus (Bobcat) 62 Mephitis mephitis (Striped Skunk) 33 Sylvilagus floridanus (Eastern Cottontail) 20 Canis latrans (Coyote) 18 Canis familiaris (Domestic Dog) 2 Felis catus (Domestic Cat) 1 Urocyon cinereoargenteus (Gray Fox) 1 Vulpes vulges (Red Fox) 1 Sciurus carolinensis (Grey Squirrel) 1 Sciurus niger (Fox Squirrel) 1 Table 3.
 
 
 
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