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title: "Desert Cottontail"
description: "Sylvilagus audubonii — Mammals. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/desert-cottontail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Desert Cottontail

> Sylvilagus audubonii — Mammals. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Sylvilagus audubonii*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 56708
- Wikidata: [Q608572](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q608572)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43115](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43115)

## Names

- en: Desert Cottontail
- de: Audubon-Baumwollschwanzkaninchen
- es: Conejo del desierto
- fr: Lapin d'Audubon
- nl: Woestijnkatoenstaartkonijn

## Countries with the most observations

US (44859), MX (1618)

## Photo

![Desert Cottontail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/desert-cottontail/medium.jpg)

Photo: ant, like the bug · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129775883

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/desert-cottontail?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).