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contontail rabbit

common name: cottontail rabbit scientific name: sylvilagus floridanus biotic factors: medium size predators, highly addaptive eatern cottontail abiotic factors: loss of habitat niche: herbavore, 15-17 inches in lenght, 5 bunnies per litter and 2-3 litters a year, reproduces very young, is active at dawn and dusk, the live together, and are the only rabits that do not live in a burrow endangered: a species present in such small numbers that it is at risk of extinction current population size: 100 in new hampshire