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Topic: New England Cottontail

	CT DEP: Cottontail Fact Sheet
		Identification: The cottontail rabbit is a somewhat stocky animal with large hind feet, long ears, and a short, fluffy tail that resembles a cotton ball.
		The New England cottontail and the eastern cottontail are almost identical in appearance, except for a slight variation in color.
		Cottontails can be restricted from gardens and other areas by erecting a 3-foot high fence with two-by-two inch mesh.
	dep.state.ct.us /burnatr/wildlife/factshts/ctntail.htm (1084 words)

	Two New Areas Closed to Cottontail Rabbit Hunting In 2004 -- N.H. Fish and Game (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		New England cottontail rabbit range is fragmented and highly limited in New Hampshire, according to wildlife biologist Julie Robinson, the Small Game Project Leader for the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.
		New Hampshire has two species of cottontail rabbits, the Eastern cottontail, which was introduced from the Midwest in the first half of the twentieth century; and the New England cottontail, our native species.
		Only the New England cottontail is of concern because of its declining numbers, but since the two species are nearly identical in appearance, areas where New England cottontails have been recently documented are now closed to all cottontail hunting to ensure their protection.
	www.wildlife.state.nh.us /Newsroom/News_2004/News_2004_Q3/Cottontail_closure_092104.htm (525 words)

	MAS \| Living With Wildlife \| Living With Wildlife
		Cottontails are solitary creatures and are active mostly between dusk and dawn.
		The average Massachusetts cottontail spends its entire life in an area of less than an acre and a half, although in the winter they may move a mile or so from their summer feeding area in order to obtain better cover or a new food supply.
		When a doe cottontail is ready to give birth, she finds a convenient hole or rock crevice, or digs a shallow “scrape” (four inches or less in depth) in dry ground.
	www.massaudubon.org /Nature_Connection/wildlife/index.php?subject=Mammals&id=70 (1733 words)

	Bunny Boom and Bust - National Wildlife Magazine
		"New England cottontails are certainly a species that has suffered, whereas eastern cottontails are quite capable of hanging on in the most degraded habitats," says John Litvaitis, a wildlife ecologist at the University of New Hampshire who has studied the two species for years.
		New England cottontails, which have smaller eyes and can't spot predators as well as their eastern kin, prefer to stay hidden in the woods--and as a result often become malnourished in winter.
		Cottontails and other wild creatures that live in many of the nation's urban and suburban areas are the focus of this year's National Wildlife Week, celebrated April 22-28.
	www.nwf.org /nationalwildlife/printerFriendly.cfm?issueID=42&articleID=468 (1762 words)

	SUNY-ESF: Adirondack Ecological Center
		The eastern cottontail is smaller than the snowshoe hare and does not develop a white winter coat.
		Maples, birches, oaks, willows, sumacs and raspberries are some of the plants cottontails select in the winter, at times standing on their hind legs to reach the lower branches of saplings and shrubs.
		Eastern cottontail may eat their own soft green droppings as they are expelled, apparently to recover additional nutrients, and possibly vitamins manufactured during the first passage of vegetation through the alimentary canal.
	www.esf.edu /aec/adks/mammals/cottontail.htm (1139 words)

	Eastern Cottontail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) is a New World cottontail rabbit, a member of the family Leporidae.
		Originally, the Eastern Cottontail was not found in New England, but they have been introduced there and now compete for habitat there with the native New England Cottontail.
		On farms and in gardens, the Eastern cottontail is usually considered a pest and are often trapped or shot to protect plants.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sylvilagus_floridanus (285 words)

	The Kent Good Times Dispatch - Eastern bunnies fare better than New England cousins
		Alarmed at the decline in sightings of the New England breed, several groups submitted a petition to the state in August 2000, requesting a study into the possibility that the native cottontails should be added to the list of threatened or endangered species.
		New Englander and Eastern cottontails are similar in their fondness for thickets or bushes in and around open areas as habitat.
		Through this process, either a New England or an Eastern cottontail may avail itself of B vitamins as well as what would otherwise be wasted protein, thereby limiting their exposure to predators.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=6521029&BRD=1657&PAG=461&dept_id=13476&rfi=6 (887 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a Petition to List the New ...
		The New England cottontail was formally described in 1894 (Bangs 1894 in Litvaitis and Johnson 2002).
		The Appalachian cottontail is generally an inhabitant of ericaceous vegetation zones (areas dominated by plants in the heath family) associated with higher elevations and mountain balds, while the New England cottontail occurs at lower elevations nearer the coastline, in forested or disturbed habitats with a dense understory.
		Cottontail rabbits are known to contract a number of different diseases, such as tularemia, and are afflicted with both ecto-parasites such as ticks, mites and fleas, and endo-parasites such as tapeworms, and nematodes (Eabry 1968).
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-SPECIES/2004/June/Day-30/e14610.htm (5327 words)

	Efforts under way to restore cottontail habitat - Boston.com
		The numbers of New England cottontail rabbits are on the decline in Maine, with only 300 of the animals remaining in a small range in the southern end of the state.
		PORTLAND, Maine --The numbers of New England cottontail rabbits are on the decline in Maine, with only 300 of the animals remaining in a small range in the southern end of the state.
		New England cottontails are the only true rabbits in Maine, according to a 2004 study done by John Litvaitis, a University of New Hampshire professor, and Wally Jakubas, the mammal group leader at the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
	www.boston.com /news/local/maine/articles/2006/04/17/efforts_under_way_to_restore_cottontail_habitat (543 words)

	Portsmouth Herald Local News: Rabbits at risk?
		Today, New England cottontails are limited to a handful of sites in Maine, and scientists recognize the signs of a species in trouble, said Wally Jakubas, a biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
		A recent study conducted by biologists from Maine and New Hampshire found New England cottontails at only 53 Maine sites in York and Cumberland counties; however, the Maine population is considered the healthiest in New England, primarily because of the Eastern cottontail’s absence.
		Biologists are considering plans to recolonize portions of the Maine coast with New England cottontails in an attempt to boost the breeding population.
	www.seacoastonline.com /2002news/12312002/maine/5514.htm (578 words)

	Cottontail Rabbits in Massachusetts
		New England cottontails have a fl spot between the ears about 90% of the time (40% in Eastern), always lack a white spot on the forehead (Easterns have a spot 43% of the time), and typically (95%) have a fl line on the front edge of the ear (Easterns 40%).
		Perpetuation of the New England cottontail as a viable species in Massachusetts may additionally be enhanced by the creation of Eastern cottontail-free reserves until such times as these habitat techniques and practices can be widely implemented.
		New England cottontails have been introduced to one of the Boston Harbor Islands, and other islands are being contemplated as release sites.
	www.mass.gov /dfwele/dfw/dfwcotontail.htm (1490 words)

	State proposes protection for New England cottontail - Boston.com
		The New England cottontail is the only mammal being recommended for addition to the state's endangered list.
		Unless its habitat and population are actively managed, it appears the New England cottontail will persist as a species in the state, the department says in a report on its recommendations.
		Another proposed new endangered listing is the redfin pickerel, which has been reduced to one known population and competes poorly with other fish.
	www.boston.com /news/local/maine/articles/2006/06/26/state_proposes_protection_for_new_england_cottontail (371 words)

	NatureWorks - Eastern Cottontail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The eastern cottontail can be found in most of the eastern United States except for New England.
		There is a subspecies of cottontail in New England, the New England cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis), that is very similar to the eastern cottontail.
		The eastern cottontail prefers habitats that are between woody areas and open land.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/easterncottontail.htm (458 words)

	The Mammals of New York State
		New York's diverse and abundant mammal fauna are an important, well integrated part of the state's varied ecosystems.
		New York lists ten mammals as "endangered", one as "threatened", and three are classified as "special concern".
		The three species of special concern (eastern small-footed bat, New England cottontail, and harbor porpoise) are difficult to study, and their distribution in the state is poorly known.
	www.nysm.nysed.gov /WildSci/nys_mammal.html (2099 words)

	Hunting proposal: Spare cottontails (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Jakubas said one of the problems with Maine's cottontail habitat is that there are small, two-acre patches of habitat that are miles away from other suitable habitats.
		Current hunting regulations allow the hunting of snowshoe hare and New England cottontail rabbits in Maine from Oct. 1 to March 31 each year, with a daily bag limit of one cottontail and a possession limit of two.
		The cottontail rabbit is brown year-round and it is found in thick cover, brushy areas, and forests with thick growth under taller trees.
	outdoors.mainetoday.com /news/040528rabbit.shtml (639 words)

	Deer Scram® Deer Repellent Learning Library: Get rid of rabbits
		Cottontails, snowshoes and jackrabbits are the common names for members of the family Leporidae, which includes a number of subspecies.
		The cottontail rabbit is a somewhat stocky animal with large hind feet, long ears, and a short, fluffy tail that resembles a cotton ball.
		Cottontails prefer to live and forage among the edges of open fields and meadows, areas of dense high grass, in wood thickets, along fencerows, forest edges and along the borders of marshy areas.
	www.deerscram.com /Rabbits.asp (2533 words)

	Outdoors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The New England cottontail, not to be confused with the more abundant eastern cottontail, has declined in numbers in the region because of loss of habitat and predation from eastern New York to southern Maine.
		Eastern cottontails are found in the southern Connecticut River Valley, the Champlain Valley and the southeastern reaches of the state.
		Eastern cottontails were stocked in New England in the late 1800s and are thought to have spread into Vermont early in the 1900s.
	www.burlingtonfreepress.com /specialnews/outdoor/0130043249.shtml (658 words)

	Cottontail Rabbit
		The New England cottontail's range is diminishing, while the eastern cottontail is expanding its range, and is much more abundant.
		Cottontail rabbits will usually not stray far from the environment in which it was born, but it does move around some.
		Because the cottontail can breed so incredibly fast, and there are so many of them, the cottontail rabbit is an important link in the food chain and a principle prey for many species.
	home.insightbb.com /~rchesak/aboutme.htm (1025 words)

	globearticle00 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		But the New England cottontail rabbit is in peril, thanks to a steady loss of habitat and a more aggressive rabbit cousin imported to the Northeast in the 1930s.
		Cottontails once roamed New England and New York, west of the Hudson River, and they were an important source of food during the Great Depression.
		The New England cottontail species ''has slipped through the cracks and is in need of a safety net before it is too late,'' said David Carle, executive director of the Conservation Action Project in Nashua.
	www.ualberta.ca /~dhik/lsg/globearticle00.html (788 words)

	Southern Cottontail Rabbits
		WILDLIFE IN CONNECTICUT New England Cottontail: Copyright Â© 1997 Habitat: Edges of open fields and meadows, areas of dense high grass, in wood thickets, along fence rows, forest edges, and the...
		cottontail rabbit,animal of the order Lagomorpha, which includes the hares and rabbits, except for the domestic, or European, rabbit, which is in a separate species.
		Eastern Cottontail Rabbit By Micah Holmes Whether it is pursued behind a pack of beagles or it is encountered on some early morning in your own backyard, the Eastern cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus...
	www.angora-rabbit.com /rabbit/southern-cottontail-rabbits.html (772 words)

	Nearctica - Biomes - Eastern Deciduous Forest - Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
		The New England Cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis) lives primarily in the mountains from the Appalachians north to New England.
		The rusty patch behind the ears of the Eastern Cottontail is pale in the New England Cottontail.
		The feet are rusty-brown (not white) and the rusty-brown patch behind the ears of the Eastern Cottontail is absent in the Swamp Rabbit.
	www.nearctica.com /biomes/edf/mammal/rabbit.htm (370 words)

	Cottontail rabbit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The cottontail rabbits are 16 lagomorph species in the genus Sylvilagus, found in the Americas.
		In appearance most cottontail rabbits closely resemble the wild European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus).
		Most (though not all) species live in burrows, and all have altricial young.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cottontail_rabbit (105 words)

	Eager beagles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		TELLING THE difference between the New England cottontail, found mostly in York and Cumberland counties, and the snowshoe hare in the winter is easy.
		But because the cottontail rabbit's numbers have dwindled around central and southern Maine, with only small numbers remaining in York and Cumberland counties, they are now illegal to hunt.
		Telling the difference between the New England cottontail and the snowshoe hare is not hard.
	outdoors.mainetoday.com /news/041205beagles.shtml (1289 words)

	"The Waterbury Connecticut Republican American Newspaper" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		This state allows cottontail hunting for six weeks in the fall and eight weeks in the winter, but "the harvest is negligible," said the DEP's Gregonis.
		As a rabbit hunter himself, Marino said that finding cottontails during the cold months is difficult because their hiding cover has been thinned out, making them easier prey for hawks and owls.
		The New England cottontail is the only species native to the area, but has been joined by the more numerous Eastern cottontails, which were brought in years ago by hunting groups.
	www.rep-am.com /story.php?id=8770 (427 words)

	Cottontail losing its briar patch in New England
		Litvaitis, a professor of wildlife ecology at the University of New Hampshire, has conducted several studies suggesting that the rabbit's prospects for long-term survival are waning.
		Litvaitis roughly estimates 2,500 New England cottontails are left in shrinking patches of their former range.
		Jakubas is particularly attuned to the cottontail's plight.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/09/05/MNGUK8J2ER1.DTL&type=printable (970 words)

	ABC News: Rabbit Restoration Effort Under Way (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		PORTLAND, Maine Apr 17, 2006 (AP)— The numbers of New England cottontail rabbits are on the decline in Maine, with only 300 of the animals remaining in a small range in the southern end of the state.
		In Scarborough, the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge last fall planted native shrubs and removed invasive plants at a spot in the refuge near the Spurwink River to enhance the rabbits' habit.
		The state banned cottontail hunting two years ago, and state biologists are trying to get the cottontail put on the state's list of endangered and threatened species.
	abcnews.go.com /Technology/wireStory?id=1850601&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (371 words)

	VDGIF > Hunting > Virginia's Game Wildlife > Appalachian Cottontail
		The Appalachian cottontail is generally restricted to the Appalachians and has a patchy distribution that extends from Pennsylvania to northeast Georgia.
		The Appalachian cottontail is typically found at higher elevations and is associated with coniferous forests with dense ericaceous vegetation (members of the heath family) in the understory.
		The Appalachian cottontail population in Virginia appears to be stable at present.
	www.dgif.state.va.us /hunting/va_game_wildlife/rabbit/appalachian_cottontail.asp (415 words)

	LAGOMORPH SPECIALIST GROUP -- NOTES FROM THE FIELD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The New England cottontail is quite difficult to recognize unless one examines the skull.
		Today one of the last areas where the native New England cottontail survives is on Cape Cod, on the wooded moraines of Sandwich, Mashpee, and Barnstable.
		Systematics and biogeography of the New England cottontail, Sylvilagus transitionalis (Bangs, 1895), with the description of a new species from the Appalachian Mountains.
	www.ualberta.ca /~dhik/lsg/fieldnotes1.htm (3681 words)

	University of Rhode Island News Releases
		According to University of Rhode Island mammalogist Tom Husband of West Kingston, populations of the once-common rabbit are declining rapidly.
		New England cottontails are almost impossible to distinguish from their common cousin, the Eastern cottontail, which was introduced to New England by hunters beginning in the 1930s.
		So far she has found very few New England cottontails.
	www.uri.edu /news/releases/html/00-0329.htm (598 words)

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