Stats

Lifespan

2-4 yrs

Size

Medium

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Crepuscular

Social

Solitary

Biome

Freshwater wetland

Range

North America

Movement

Hopping

Breeding

Live birth

Defense

Speed

Status

Uncommon

About

The largest cottontail-type rabbit in North America, it is a strong swimmer that will dive underwater to escape predators and often rests on floating logs in swamps and river bottomlands.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   newborn kit

   A blind, nearly hairless kit nurses briefly each day and stays hidden in the burrow or form.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   A weaned juvenile is fully furred and venturing out to graze, still small and easily startled.
3. 3.
   adult

   Fully grown and able to breed.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Lagomorpha

Family

Leporidae

Genus

Sylvilagus

Species

Sylvilagus aquaticus