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Eastern cottontail

species of mammal
Taxon Taxon Q774716

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
taxon
Short name
S. floridanus[8]
Gestation period
+27[16]
Has characteristic
viviparity[7]
IUCN conservation status
least concern[3]
Litter size
+4.35[18]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Invasion Biology[17]
Mass
1.24 (1.13–40, n=3)[13][14][15]
Original combination
Lepus floridanus[6]
Parent taxon
Sylvilagus[4]
Taxon common name
Eastern cottontail, Conejo Castellano, Eastern Cottontail, Florida-Waldkaninchen, belorepi kunec[9][10][11][12]
Taxon name
Sylvilagus floridanus[5]
Taxon rank
species[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Eastern cottontail en Sylvilagus floridanus ar أرنب شرقي cs králík východoamerický de Östliches Baumwollschwanzkaninchen de Sylvilagus floridanus de Florida-Waldkaninchen es Conejo Castellano fa خرگوش دم‌پنبه‌ای شرقی fi pumpulihäntäkaniini fr Lapin à queue blanche he ארנב כותנה מזרחי hu floridai üreginyúl ja トウブワタオウサギ ko 동부솜꼬리토끼 nl Floridakonijn pl Królak florydzki pl Królik florydzki pt Coelho-da-flórida ru Флоридский кролик
🔖 Identifiers · 44
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus).JPG ↗
ADW taxon ID
Sylvilagus_floridanus
ARKive ID (archived)
sylvilagus-floridanus, eastern-cottontail/sylvilagus-floridanus
ASM Mammal Diversity Database ID
1001131
BOLD Systems taxon ID
15797
CAB ID
140466
CONABIO ID
184756MAMIFB501112
CalPhotos taxon ID
Sylvilagus+floridanus
Catalogue of Life ID
53N8X
Dutch Caribbean Species Register ID
188643
E-Fauna BC species ID
Sylvilagus floridanus
EASIN ID
R14750
Show all 44 identifiers +32
EPPO Code
SYLLFL
EUNIS ID for species
11341
Encyclopedia of Life ID
976910
FEIS ID
animals/mammal/syfl
Fauna Europaea ID
305540
Fauna Europaea New ID
b1531df0-9c77-41e5-a601-c3b9d491b149
Fossilworks taxon ID
51912
Freebase ID
/m/04vs72
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
2436886
INaturalist taxon ID
43111
IRMNG ID
10199287
ITIS TSN
180124
IUCN taxon ID
41299
Idaho Species ID
77057
MSW ID
13500330
Maryland Biodiversity Project species ID
782
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779145904
Montana Field Guide species ID
AMAEB01040
NALT ID
65303
NBN System Key
NHMSYS0021109801
NCBI taxonomy ID
9988
NatureServe Explorer ID
2.791124
Observation.org taxon ID
87892
Paleobiology Database taxon ID
51912
TAXREF ID
61721
Topic's main category
Category:Sylvilagus floridanus
UMLS CUI
C0999633
UNII
VY0F7G376B
Vikidia article ID
fr:Lapin_à_queue_blanche
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
02328018-n
Xeno-canto species ID
Sylvilagus-floridanus
Yale LUX ID
concept/7d0c8cfe-343e-44f0-9461-9d957a20bebe

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IUCN conservation status 1
least concern
Instance of 1
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Taxon rank 1
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Summary

Eastern cottontail is a taxon[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Q140355365. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Sylvilagus floridanus. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Sylvilagus floridanus. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Sylvilagus floridanus. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Sylvilagus floridanus. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Jfpierce · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → Eastern cottontail, Eastern Cottontail
    Has characteristic → viviparity
    "Created claim: Has characteristic: viviparity"
  2. 20w ago · TadejM · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → Eastern cottontail, Eastern Cottontail
    "Removed claim: Taxon common name: belorepi kunec"
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