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Screaming Hairy Armadillo
Animalia Dasypodidae

Screaming Hairy Armadillo

Chaetophractus vellerosus (Gray, 1865)

Chaetophractus vellerosus, the screaming hairy armadillo, is a small burrowing a…

Philippine Colugo
Animalia Cynocephalidae

Philippine Colugo

Cynocephalus volans (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cynocephalus volans, the Philippine flying lemur, is a gliding tree-dwelling col…

Sunda Colugo
Animalia Cynocephalidae

Sunda Colugo

Galeopterus variegatus (Audebert, 1799)

Galeopterus variegatus, the Sunda flying lemur, is a gliding Southeast Asian tre…

Mexican Cottontail
Animalia Leporidae

Mexican Cottontail

Sylvilagus cunicularius (Waterhouse, 1848)

The Mexican cottontail (Sylvilagus cunicularius) is the largest rabbit native to…

Tres Marías Cottontail
Animalia Leporidae

Tres Marías Cottontail

Sylvilagus graysoni (J.A.Allen, 1877)

Sylvilagus graysoni, the Tres Marias cottontail, is an endemic medium-sized rabb…

Appalachian Cottontail
Animalia Leporidae

Appalachian Cottontail

Sylvilagus obscurus Chapman, Cramer, Deppenaar & Robinson, 1992

The Appalachian cottontail, Sylvilagus obscurus, is a small rabbit native to eas…

Marsh Rabbit
Animalia Leporidae

Marsh Rabbit

Sylvilagus palustris (Bachman, 1837)

Sylvilagus palustris (marsh rabbit) is a small North American cottontail rabbit …

Common Tapeti
Animalia Leporidae

Common Tapeti

Sylvilagus brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sylvilagus brasiliensis, common tapeti, is a small neotropical rabbit that is a …

Mountain Cottontail
Animalia Leporidae

Mountain Cottontail

Sylvilagus nuttallii (Bachman, 1837)

Sylvilagus nuttallii (mountain cottontail) is a North American cottontail rabbit…

Eastern Cottontail
Animalia Leporidae

Eastern Cottontail

Sylvilagus floridanus (J.A.Allen, 1890)

Sylvilagus floridanus, the eastern cottontail, is a medium-sized North American …

Brush Rabbit
Animalia Leporidae

Brush Rabbit

Sylvilagus bachmani (Waterhouse, 1839)

Sylvilagus bachmani, the brush rabbit, is a small Pacific Coast rabbit that live…

Desert Cottontail
Animalia Leporidae

Desert Cottontail

Sylvilagus audubonii (Baird, 1858)

Sylvilagus audubonii, the desert cottontail, is a social North American rabbit t…

Swamp Rabbit
Animalia Leporidae

Swamp Rabbit

Sylvilagus aquaticus (Bachman, 1837)

Sylvilagus aquaticus, the swamp rabbit, is the largest cottontail rabbit native …

Andean Tapeti
Animalia Leporidae

Andean Tapeti

Sylvilagus andinus (Thomas, 1897)

Sylvilagus andinus, the Andean tapeti, is a distinct cottontail rabbit species n…

Central American Tapeti
Animalia Leporidae

Central American Tapeti

Sylvilagus gabbi (J.A.Allen, 1877)

Sylvilagus gabbi, the Central American tapeti or Gabb's cottontail, is a distinc…

Granada Hare
Animalia Leporidae

Granada Hare

Lepus granatensis Rosenhauer, 1856

Lepus granatensis, the Granada hare, is a small Iberian hare species with distin…

Woolly Hare
Animalia Leporidae

Woolly Hare

Lepus oiostolus Hodgson, 1840

Lepus oiostolus, the woolly hare, is a medium-large hare native to high-altitude…

Scrub Hare
Animalia Leporidae

Scrub Hare

Lepus saxatilis F.Cuvier, 1823

Lepus saxatilis, the Cape scrub hare, is a larger southern African hare that is …

White-sided Jackrabbit
Animalia Leporidae

White-sided Jackrabbit

Lepus callotis Wagler, 1830

Lepus callotis, the white-sided jackrabbit, is a hare named for its pure white s…

Black-tailed Jackrabbit
Animalia Leporidae

Black-tailed Jackrabbit

Lepus californicus Gray, 1837

This is a comprehensive description of the black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus califo…

Japanese Hare
Animalia Leporidae

Japanese Hare

Lepus brachyurus Temminck, 1844

Lepus brachyurus, the Japanese hare, is a brown hare that lives across most of J…

White-tailed Jackrabbit
Animalia Leporidae

White-tailed Jackrabbit

Lepus townsendii Bachman, 1839

Lepus townsendii, the white-tailed jackrabbit, is a large North American hare wi…

Cape Hare
Animalia Leporidae

Cape Hare

Lepus capensis Linnaeus, 1758

Lepus capensis, the Cape hare, is a larger-female hare species found across vari…

Tolai Hare
Animalia Leporidae

Tolai Hare

Lepus tolai Pallas, 1778

Lepus tolai, the tolai hare, is a leporid native to central and eastern Asia wit…