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Mountain Cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii).
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Mountain Cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii).
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Mountain Cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii).
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Mountain Cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii).
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Mountain Cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii).
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Mountain Cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii).
As befits a rabbit that lives where it gets very cold, its feet are covered with long, dense hair, and its rather short ears are furry inside.
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Mountain Cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii).
It prefers grass but lives most of the year on sagebrush and will eat juniper berries.
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Mountain Cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii).
The young are born in a hair-lined cup nest and weaned at about one month. They are born hairless.
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Mountain Cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii).
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Mountain Cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii).