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title: "Brush Rabbit"
description: "Sylvilagus bachmani — Mammiferi. The brush rabbit, or western brush rabbit, or Californian brush rabbit, is a species of cottontail rabbit found in western coastal regions of North America, from the Columbia River in Oregon to the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/brush-rabbit
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brush Rabbit

> Sylvilagus bachmani — Mammiferi. The brush rabbit, or western brush rabbit, or Californian brush rabbit, is a species of cottontail rabbit found in western coastal regions of North America, from the Columbia River in Oregon to the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula.

- Scientific name: *Sylvilagus bachmani*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 14765
- Wikidata: [Q1508885](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1508885)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43112](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43112)

## Names

- en: Brush Rabbit
- de: Strauchkaninchen
- es: Conejo matorralero
- fr: Lapin de Bachman
- nl: Californisch konijn

## Countries with the most observations

US (10432), MX (90)

## Summary

The brush rabbit, or western brush rabbit, or Californian brush rabbit, is a species of cottontail rabbit found in western coastal regions of North America, from the Columbia River in Oregon to the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. Its range extends as far east as the eastern sides of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade mountain ranges.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brush_rabbit

## Photo

![Brush Rabbit](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brush-rabbit/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alex Strange · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/265005807

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brush-rabbit?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).