Eastern Cottontail Rabbits escape their predators by running in a zigzag pattern and then freezing. They can sit still for 15 minutes or more. The Eastern Cottontail is a brownish-gray rabbit with white tail and feet.
Eastern cottontails can live anywhere there is an adequate food supply and ground cover.
They prefer a variety of shelter types including weeds, brush piles, hedges, short grasses, and shrubs. A healthy female will have 3 to 4 litters per year, with 4 to 6 young per litter. The babies are blind at birth and are placed in a nest in a shallow depression in the ground. Please contact the Curator . Copyright 2001 Jurica Nature Museum.