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title: "Mountain Cottontail"
description: "Sylvilagus nuttallii — Mammiferi. The mountain cottontail or Nuttall's cottontail is a species of rabbit found in western Canada and the United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/mountain-cottontail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mountain Cottontail

> Sylvilagus nuttallii — Mammiferi. The mountain cottontail or Nuttall's cottontail is a species of rabbit found in western Canada and the United States.

- Scientific name: *Sylvilagus nuttallii*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `mountains` (Montagne)
- iNaturalist observations: 9793
- Wikidata: [Q129773](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129773)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43109](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43109)

## Names

- en: Mountain Cottontail
- de: Berg-Baumwollschwanzkaninchen
- es: Conejo de montaña
- fr: Lapin de Nuttall
- nl: Bergkatoenstaartkonijn

## Countries with the most observations

US (3931), CA (1476)

## Summary

The mountain cottontail or Nuttall's cottontail is a species of rabbit found in western Canada and the United States. It is a medium- to small-sized rabbit with pale brown fur, white undersides, a two-colored tail, and black-tipped, rounded ears with densely furred insides. It has notably rusty-colored legs and an orange nape. The mountain cottontail appears largely among coniferous forests in mountainous regions, including the slopes of the Rocky Mountains and the Cascade-Sierra Nevada mountain ranges, and adapts to a variety of elevations and vegetation. Its diet is made up of various…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: ngoomie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/285921764

## Machine access

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