Sylvilagus floridanus

Also known as Cottontail Rabbit, Florida Cottontail

Eastern cottontails are highly adaptable lagomorphs recognizable by their grizzled brown coats and the fluffy white underside of their tails. They are most active at dawn and dusk, navigating edge habitats and suburban lawns with a series of zig-zagging leaps to evade predators. Females scrape shallow nests in the ground, lining them with grass and belly fur to raise multiple litters of blind, helpless young each year.