Robust Cottontail

Sylvilagus robustus

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The Robust Cottontail or Davis Mountains Cottontail (Sylvilagus robustus) is a species of cottontail rabbit endemic to four mountain ranges in the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico. It was long considered to be a subspecies of the Eastern Cottontail (S. floridanus), but has recently been promoted to species level due to morphological analysis. S. robustus and the subspecies of S. floridanus are distinguished primarily by size, dental, and cranial differences. These rabbits typically average a...

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