Talk:Cottontail rabbit

message: This article could use some improvement on tone. Leading sentences like "Unfortunately for the cottontail" are perhaps not the best way to convey information. It would be better to write "Cottontails are predated on by many species, including..." Further, some of the claims seem a little dubious. From what I have seen, eagles and hawks do not lift and drop rabbits to kill them, but swoop down and appear to stab the rabbit against the ground with the talons. That snakes know every burrow and hole and eat rabbits with impunity also strikes me as strange. Let me know how you wish to proceed66.65.34.135 (talk) 00:21, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup

message: What is the measurable difference between a hare and a rabbit??
:Nothing. Members of the family Leporidae are sometimes called rabbits, sometimes hares, sometimes even cottontails or jackrabbits. The difference between rabbits and hares is only a product of common names. Ucucha 09:48, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, usually the members of the genera Lepus, Caprolagus and Pronolagus are considered hares (even if called jackrabbits), while the members of the genera Pentalagus, Bunolagus, Nesolagus, Romerolagus, Brachylagus, Sylvilagus, Oryctolagus, and Poelagus are called rabbits. But it's true that neither of these groupings is monophyletic. --Angr/ 14:35, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Typically hare offspring are born with hair, while rabbit offspring are born without hair.  Hare young are often born in the open, like deer.  Rabbit young are usually provided a nest.  If you don't believe me, look it up. TeamZissou 06:59, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I can't resist.... So if I'm standing near a rabbit warren, and I can see a typical open patch where a hare is likely to birth, I could say "Hair hare there, no hair rabbit here." :) - UtherSRG (talk) 10:55, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: In the Hef page, it is claimed that the Latin name of the cottontail rabbit comes from Hugh Heffner. Is that accurate? --BiT 20:54, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's true. - UtherSRG (talk) 21:43, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sylvilagus palustris hefneri (Lower Keys Rabbit), an endangered subspecies of the marsh rabbit for anyone who's interested. TeamZissou 18:46, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Named after [[Hugh Hefner]]

message: I've taken some photos of a Cottontail in the wild (Louisiana). The photos came out nice. I was able to get close to it before it finally fled. They sometimes freeze in front of something they see as a threat, and won't flee until it's very close (in hopes it won't see them). Luckily, it decided to do this as I meandered towards it, trying to look nonchalant, haha. They're surprisingly smart. I've seen a few hop on a log or stump and let my hunting dogs run right past them. :) Nice defense, but not always the best idea against the sharp eyes of a human. Luckily for him, I no longer own dogs, it's out of season, and I haven't hunted rabbits in years, lol. I'll just be "rabbit shooting" with my camera. So I offer the pics freely if it would be a help. The existing pic is nice, but it's not in the wild I'm sure. :) The rabbit must be at least somewhat tamed to get so close in the open.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.142.164.32 (talk) 00:55, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Need more pics?

message: A great number of people I thought would have known have claimed to me that a cottontail is not a rabbit but a Hare. Was it once classified as a Hare?Carlw4514 (talk) 19:22, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Cottontail not a Hare?

message: Not sure where to plug it in on the tree
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brush_rabbit
---rudyard (talk) 22:51, 26 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing Brush rabbit 

message: This sentence seems to imply they are rodents: "In contrast to many rodents, which generally sit on their hind legs and hold food with their front paws while feeding, cottontails eat while on all fours."  It's the word "many," which destroys the neat, exclusive boxes.
I wonder if "cottontails" could more precisely be replaced with "rabbits?"  ...that sentence seems to bring hares & all the cousins into the conversation. I'm thinking breaking it into several sentences might help.  <BR> --2602:306:CFCE:1EE0:CC68:DC86:F18A:B7ED (talk) 02:30, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusing...