The Desert Cottontail is generally ... of cottontail as the tail is raised as a white alarm banner whenever the rabbits are startled into flight. Black-tailed Jackrabbits and Eastern Cottontails ...

And I often see our area’s two species — the desert cottontail and the black-tailed jackrabbit ... with the telltale white, cotton-ball-like tail. Unlike true hares, cottontails make ...

My name: desert cottontail, aka sylvilagus audubonii, for my white tail that looks like a cotton ball. My looks: I weigh in at about 2 pounds, and I'm tan or gray. I resemble other cottontails ...

There are four species of cottontails in the continental U.S., all named for their distinguishing white cotton ... the mountain cottontail is more pale in overall color; the desert cottontail ...

A pair of cottontails were frolicking in my yard a few days ago. This was the first time we had seen cottontails in the yard for several months. Being at the lower end of the food chain for most ...