Our local bunnies are known as Desert (or Audubon’s) Cottontails (Sylvilagus audubonii) and are much smaller than the other common rabbit-like critter of our area, the Black-tailed Jackrabbit.

Our local bunnies are known as Desert (or Audubon’s) Cottontails (Sylvilagus audubonii) and are much smaller than the other common rabbit-like critter of our area, the Black-tailed Jackrabbit.

The brazilian wild rabbit (Sylvilagus minensis) is sensible to the virus of the mixomatosis but the desease takes on it a mild character, lasts for long time and generally do not kill the animal. The ...