#0243 · 🦊 mammals

Brush Rabbit

🇳🇱 Californische Bachmankonijn ·Sylvilagus bachmani

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The brush rabbit ( Sylvilagus bachmani ), or western brush rabbit , or Californian brush rabbit , is a species of cottontail rabbit found in western coastal regions of North America, from the Columbia River in Oregon to the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 14,938iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
14,938 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by George Robert Waterhouse in 1839 (187 years ago).