eastern cottontail

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eastern cottontail - widely distributed in United States except northwest and far west regions

Sylvilagus floridanus

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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cottontail cottontail rabbit Sylvilagus floridanus wood rabbit			We determined after eight years that New England cottontail had moved out and been replaced by the Eastern cottontail. Uncovering nature's secrets; Rebound of deer population among ... by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) and if you're hungry, you can add Virginia possums, eastern cottontail rabbits, fox squirrels, eastern gray squirrels, snapping turtles, red-eared slider turtles and Egyptian geese to the unprotected animal menu. Go ahead, eat a nutria, and feel good about it by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) The eastern cottontail is typically found in fairly open country, pastures, and grassy areas and is replaced by the swamp rabbit in swamps and marshes (Lowery 1974). Notes on food habits of swamp rabbits (Sylvilagus aquaticus) in the ... by Chabreck, Robert H. / Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences			Easter card Easter daisy Easter Day Easter dues Easter egg Easter Island Easter Islander Easter lily Easter lily vine Easter Monday Easter Rising Easter Sunday Easter term Easter-ledges Easterling easterly eastern eastern camass Eastern Cape Eastern Catholicism eastern chimpanzee eastern chinquapin eastern chipmunk Eastern Church eastern coral snake eastern cottontail Eastern cottonwood eastern cricket frog eastern dasyure Eastern Desert Eastern Empire Eastern Europe eastern fence lizard eastern flowering dogwood eastern fox squirrel Eastern Ghats eastern gray squirrel eastern grey squirrel eastern ground snake Eastern Hemisphere eastern hemlock Eastern Highlands Eastern hop hornbeam eastern indigo snake eastern kingbird eastern lowland gorilla Eastern Malayo-Polynesian eastern meadowlark eastern narrow-mouthed toad Eastern Orthodox Eastern Orthodox Church			Eastern Conference Champions Eastern Conference Finals Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy Eastern Connecticut Conservation District Eastern Connecticut Forest Landowners Association Eastern Connecticut Health Network Eastern Connecticut Home Inspection Services Eastern Connecticut Multiple Listing Service Eastern Connecticut Regional Water Company Eastern Connecticut State University Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board Eastern Consolidated Energy, Inc. Eastern Consortium of Coastal Ocean Observatories Eastern Contra Costa Transit Authority Eastern Contractors Association Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status Scale Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Trial 1684 eastern coral snake Eastern coralsnake Eastern Cordillera Eastern Cordillera Eastern Cornbelt Plains Ecoregion Eastern Cotton Growing Area eastern cottontail Eastern cottontail rabbit Eastern cottonwood Eastern Council of Foursquare Churches Eastern Counties Motor Club Eastern Counties Regional Library Eastern Counties Rugby Union Eastern countries Eastern countries Eastern Crabbet Arabian Horse Society Eastern Creek Quarantine Station eastern cricket frog eastern crown Eastern Dakota Housing Alliance eastern dasyure Eastern Data Secure Solutions Eastern Daylight Savings Time Eastern daylight time Eastern daylight time Eastern Dentists Insurance Company Eastern Desert Eastern Desert Eastern diamond back Eastern diamond rattlesnake Eastern diamond-back Eastern diamond-back rattlesnake Eastern diamond-backed rattlesnake Eastern diamondback

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