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title: "Mexican Cottontail"
description: "Sylvilagus cunicularius — Ssaki. The Mexican cottontail (Sylvilagus cunicularius) is a species of cottontail rabbit that is endemic to southern Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/mexican-cottontail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mexican Cottontail

> Sylvilagus cunicularius — Ssaki. The Mexican cottontail (Sylvilagus cunicularius) is a species of cottontail rabbit that is endemic to southern Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Sylvilagus cunicularius*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `farm` (Gospodarstwo)
- iNaturalist observations: 1239
- Wikidata: [Q1575984](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1575984)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43099](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43099)

## Names

- en: Mexican Cottontail
- de: Mexikanisches Baumwollschwanzkaninchen
- es: Conejo de monte
- nl: Mexicaanse katoenstaartkonijn

## Countries with the most observations

MX (708)

## Summary

The Mexican cottontail (Sylvilagus cunicularius) is a species of cottontail rabbit that is endemic to southern Mexico. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry forests and pastureland.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: adel-fridus · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7900391

## Machine access

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