[Tweeters] Unidentified very small rabbit in Tacoma

[Brian Zinke via Tweeters]

Hi Christina,

Here's WDFW's webpage on rabbits:
https://wdfw.wa.gov/species-habitats/living/species-facts/rabbits#common-rabbits

As a former Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit biologist for WDFW, I can assure
you it is not a pygmy rabbit. They number in the hundreds, have a very
restricted range in eastern Washington, and require sagebrush. Nuttall's
cottontail is also a shrubsteppe species and very unlikely to be seen
around Tacoma. My best guess would be a young eastern cottontail. One thing
you can look for is the namesake white cottontail. It will be very obvious
on an eastern cottontail, more inconspicuous on a Nuttall's, and
non-existent on a pygmy rabbit.

Hope that helps!
Brian


On Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 4:11 PM Christina T bean 4 ever via Tweeters <
tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> Hello all, I had an encounter with a VERY small rabbit with very small

> ears in my neighborhood. My neighbor has a lot of trees and wood on the

> ground in his yard.I think it lives there. Can anyone point me in the

> direction of either identification or to find out if it is a rare species?

> Thanks Christina Tacoma

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