Species guide
Eastern cottontail
HarmlessSylvilagus floridanus
How to recognise it
A grayish-brown rabbit with large ears, big dark eyes, and a short fluffy tail that flashes white underneath when it runs.
Is it dangerous?
Completely harmless to people — mainly a nuisance when it nibbles vegetables, flowers and young shoots.
What to do
Fence vegetable beds with low wire mesh if it's eating your garden.
Recorded 143,059 times in the wild worldwide.
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