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Joelle .M

Ask the Eastern Cottontail Rabbit. Anna .k. Joelle .M. Introduction. Name of animal : Eastern Cottontail Rabbit Scientific Name of animal : S.Floridanus Vertebrate or Invertebrate : Vertebrate Class of animal : Mammal Other names of animal : None.

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Joelle .M

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  1. Ask the Eastern Cottontail Rabbit Anna .k Joelle .M

  2. Introduction • Name of animal: Eastern Cottontail Rabbit • Scientific Name of animal: S.Floridanus • Vertebrate or Invertebrate: Vertebrate • Class of animal: Mammal • Other names of animal: None

  3. How big are you and what do you look like? I am not very big. I weigh from 2 to 3 ponds. I am 395.0 to 477.0 mm. I am smaller than most of my predators. I can be black, gray, brown, or white. I use my long back legs to hop high and my fur is used for camouflaging with trees. I have long ears and large eyes to see and here danger. I am very small.

  4. Do you live all over North America? Yes I do live all over North America. I live in Canada, Mexico, and United States. I live in forests, deserts, grasslands, mountains and in the cold artic. I also live in tunnels called warrens. Watch out for my warrens.

  5. What do you eat and what eats you? I eat lots of plants. In spring and in summer I eat grass, clover and, flowers. In winter I eat buds, twigs and, bark. The animals that eat me are foxes, bobcats, coogers and, owls, hawks and, weasels. Even humans eat me.

  6. Food Chain

  7. What do your babies look like and are they born alive because you’re a mammal ? My babies are born alive. My babies can not see or hear when they are born. My babies also don’t have any fur and they are very small. I can have between one through nine babies a year. Watch out for my babies.

  8. How do you protect yourself and are humans threats to you? I protect myself by camafloughing with my surroundings. My babies hop away fast if danger is near. Some humans hunt me for my fur.

  9. How did you get your name and are rabbits and hares different? I got my name from my tail. I like to live alone. Hares and rabbits are the same. We both have short furry tails. We have safety speeds up to 50 miles per hour.

  10. Works Cited Videos from www.youtube.com or www.arkive.org Gallagher, Kristin. Cotton tail rabbit. Minneapolis: Lerner publication company 2001. Cotton tail rabbit. World book 2013 ed. Eastern cotton Tail 11/27/2013. > http: www. Nhplv.

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