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	Small Game Animals in Arizona
		Three species of cottontail occur in Arizona: the mountain cottontail, eastern cottontail, and desert cottontail.
		The generally larger eastern cottontail (28-52 ounces) is found in the mountains of southeastern and central Arizona where it occupies many of the same habitats as the Coues white-tailed deer.
		The most abundant and important rabbit by far, however, is the desert cottontail (26.5-44 ounces), which is found in every county in the state up to elevations exceeding 7,000 feet.
	azoutdoors.net /Small_Game.php (459 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Mojave Desert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Mojave Desert is bounded in part by the Tehachapi together with the San Gabriel and San Bernadino mountain ranges.
		The Mojave Desert receives less than 6 inches (150 mm) of rain a year and is generally between 3,000 and 6,000 feet (1,000 and 2,000 m) in elevation.
		Palmdale is the largest city by population on the California side of the desert and is part of the Lancaster/Palmdale Urbanized Area, a U.S. Census Bureau defined term.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Mojave_Desert (645 words)

	Eastern, Nuttall's, and Desert Cottontail
		While an expert may be required to identify a cottontail to species, cottontails often can be identified by their habitat or the area of the state in which they occur.
		The desert cottontail is found in the western part of the state.
		The numbers of cottontails harvested by hunters and predators is not as important as the number of them that survive to breed.
	www.northern.edu /natsource/MAMMALS/Cotton1.htm (1002 words)

	Desert Cottontail - DesertUSA
		The length of a desert cottontail is thirteen to seventeen inches; ears average three to four inches long; and the average weight is two to three pounds.
		The desert cottontail is born in a nest lined with grass and with fur which the mother pulls from her belly.
		Cottontails are herbivores, and they eat a wide variety of plants, including grasses, forbs, shrubs and even cacti; however, ninety percent of their diet is grass.
	www.desertusa.com /mag00/apr/papr/rabbit.html (873 words)

	Desert Cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii)
		Unlike most other cottontails, they are known to climb sloping trees and thick brambles, and are not inclined to use beds when resting.
		As with other cottontails, the young are reared in nests which are made in pear-shaped excavations in the ground with the entrances only about 5 cm in diameter.
		Desert cottontails are known to be preyed upon by golden eagles, marsh hawks, Swainson’s hawks, horned owls, barn owls, gray foxes, and gopher snakes.
	www.nsrl.ttu.edu /tmot1/sylvaudu.htm (472 words)

	ADW: Sylvilagus audubonii: Information
		Female desert cottontails are slightly larger than males, weighing an average of 988 g while the average male weight is 841 g.
		Desert cottontails are not gregarious, but occasionally females have been seen feeding near one another without aggression.
		An area with a dense population of desert cottontails could be negatively impacted by their consumption of vegetation.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Sylvilagus_audubonii.html (580 words)

	Desert Cottontail
		Desert cottontails are common in grasslands, valley scrub, deserts, oak woodlands, and chaparral.
		In Kern County the range of the desert cottontail includes the Mojave Desert and the Central Valley and foothills.
		The tracks of cottontails are composed of the long hind prints together in front of the two small, slightly staggered, front paw prints.
	natureali.org /cottontail.htm (1617 words)

	Desert Cottontail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Cottontails feed on grasses and green plants, during the spring and summer and on bark and twigs during the fall and winter months.
		Desert Cottontails may raise two or more litters a year with one to six young in each litter.
		Desert Cottontails are prevalent from California to the western half of Texas, north to eastern Montana and southwestern North Dakota.
	www.beaglesunlimited.net /rabbithunting_desertcottontail.htm (240 words)

	NatureWorks - Desert Cottontail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The desert cottontail can be found in the southwest from California east to Texas and from northern Montana south to Mexico.
		The desert cottontail eats grasses, cacti, bark and twigs and mesquite.
		The desert cottontail is most active in the early morning and in the evening.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/desertcottontail.htm (287 words)

	Desert Wildlife
		Some animals survive only in the Mojave Desert, these are called endemic species.
		Some animals live throughout all the southwestern desert areas and some are merely passing through on a migratory path.
		Regardless, whether living permanently in the Mojave, staying only seasonally or flying by, adaptations to the extreme climate and lack of water must be made.
	digital-desert.com /wildlife (226 words)

	Cottontails
		There are three types of Cottontails: Mountain Cottontail, Desert Cottontail and Eastern Cottontail, which vary in size.
		All Cottontails feed on vegetation, and they can be a real problem for farmers.
		Cottontail Rabbits are tweedy brown on the sides and the back and white on the belly.
	www.gotsmallanimalsonline.com /pictures/gallery/cottontails (96 words)

	Mojave Desert photos and maps
		New Wildlife Slideshows - The Tortoise, Coyote, Chuckwalla & Desert Cottontail
		Pictures of snow in the high desert of the West Mojave
		Scenic photos of the desert and mountain regions nearby.
	aeve.com /digitaldesert (264 words)

	NDIS Desert Cottontail Hunting Page
		It can exist in areas with minimal vegetation provided that adequate cover is present in the form of burrows, scattered trees and shrubs, or crevices and spaces under rocks.
		Diet: Desert cottontails forage mostly on forbs and grasses, which constitute 80 percent of the diet.
		Measurements are: total length 360-420 mm; length of tail 30-60 mm; length of hindfoot 70-90 mm; length of ear 60-90 mm; weight 700-1200 g.
	ndis.nrel.colostate.edu /huntingspx.asp?SpCode=050123 (209 words)

	AZ Outdoors Network
		Small Game in AZ In Arizona we have a variety of small game species including cottontail rabbits, tree squirrels, upland game birds, and many migratory game birds.
		Since the indians of prehistory people have been hunting in the desert southwest.
		Some guides like Desert West Guides help sponsor this website, but we list all the Arizona Hunting Guides we are aware of.
	azoutdoors.net (1625 words)

	Desert Animals and Animal Wildlife
		It is a miracle that life can survive in the extreme conditions of the desert.
		For more on this topic, go to Desert Animal Survival.
		A food chain constitutes a complex network of organisms, from plants to animals, through which energy, derived from the sun, flows in the form of organic matter and dissipates in the form of waste heat.
	www.desertusa.com /animal.html (180 words)

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