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Mammal Tracks and Sign
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Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
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TRACKS & TRAILS |
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Photo by Alexis Burnett
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Eastern Cottontail run. A "run" is a
trail used frequently by a particular species of animal.
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Photo by Alexis Burnett
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Typical Cottontail tracks. The tracks in
this photo are leading upwards.
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A nice set of tracks of a
rabbit traveling away from the camera. |
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The classic track pattern of a
rabbit. The rear feet are ahead of the front feet, which
means that this rabbit was traveling towards the left. |
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HAIR/FUR |
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A tuft of Rabbit fur |
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CHEWS |
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A chewed stick |
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When the snow is deep during
the winter, the next spring you will find signs of rabbits
browsing many feet above the actual ground surface. |
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Rabbits chew at a 45-degree
angle, like rodents. Rabbits and Hares are not rodents,
however, their front teeth are arranged in a similar manner.
Deer browse, on the other
hand, is ripped off, not cut at this angle. |
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SCAT |
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Eastern Cottontail scat is round.
Rabbits practice
Coprophagy, which is
the reingestion of partially digested scat. Please see the
separate page on this topic.
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Cottontail scat with unusual orange
urine accompanying it.
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Here, a rabbit sat for awhile. It
released a small pile of pellets, and urinated.
Note that it faced two or three
directions.
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Close-up view of the scat. |
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Similar Species:
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