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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: New England Cottontail

For Students 4th - 8th
New England Cottontails forage alone, and groom themselves but not each other. They feed on grasses and clover in the summer, and when those are not available, turn to twigs and forbs. Learn more about the Sylvilagus transitionalis, more...