Mammals · La Saladita, Guerrero

Eastern Cottontail

Sylvilagus floridanus

Spanish: Conejo cola de algodón

Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
Photographed by keimwj on iNaturalist · CC-BY · taken in Buckingham, Pennsylvania, United States, not near La Saladita

The eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) is a New World cottontail rabbit, a member of the family Leporidae. It is one of the most common rabbit species in North America.

TaxonomyMammalia › Lagomorpha › Leporidae
Local recordsNot recorded by research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km; listed from the site's curated guide
Global records210,641 on iNaturalist

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Cite as: “Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/sylvilagus-floridanus/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.