[Tweeters] Unidentified very small rabbit in Tacoma

[Christina T bean 4 ever via Tweeters]

Thank you Brian

On Wed, Sep 18, 2024, 4:51 PM Brian Zinke <zinke.pilchuck at gmail.com> wrote:


> 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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