Manzano Mountain cottontail
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Species: | S. cognatus
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Sylvilagus cognatus Nelson, 1907
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Manzano mountain cottontail range |
The Manzano mountain cottontail (Sylvilagus cognatus) is a species of cottontail rabbit endemic to the Manzano Mountains in New Mexico, United States.[1] It occurs in coniferous forests in high elevation. It was previously thought to be a subspecies of the Eastern cottontail.
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