#0076 · 🦊 mammals
Eastern Cottontail
🇳🇱 Floridakonijn ·Sylvilagus floridanus
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- 1. © Kala Murphy King · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 2. © Andrew Murray · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Britt Donahue · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Patrick Coin · CC BY-NC 4.0
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- 7. © Bernie Paquette · CC BY 4.0
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what is it?
The eastern cottontail ( Sylvilagus floridanus ) is a New World cottontail rabbit, a member of the family Leporidae. It is one of the most common rabbit species in North America.
base stats
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.
- 213,068 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs up to about 1.2 kg.
- Scientifically named by Joel Asaph Allen in 1890 (136 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Eastern Cottontail
- Nederlands
- Floridakonijn
- scientific name
- Sylvilagus floridanus
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Lagomorpha
- family
- Leporidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 2,231
- sightings worldwide
- 213,068
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- 1.2 kg
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1890 by Joel Asaph Allen
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Leporidae
#0001 📷 9Brown Hare
🇳🇱 Haas
Lepus europaeus
LC 👀 1.7k in NL
#0006 📷 10European Rabbit
🇳🇱 Konijn
Oryctolagus cuniculus
👀 823 in NL
#0205 📷 9Desert Cottontail
🇳🇱 Woestijnkatoenstaartkonijn
Sylvilagus audubonii
LC 🌍 57.4k seen
#0223 📷 10Black-tailed Jackrabbit
🇳🇱 Zwartstaartlepelhaas
Lepus californicus
LC 🌍 25.8k seen
#0225 📷 7Snowshoe Hare
🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Sneeuwhaas
Lepus americanus
LC 🌍 25.6k seen
#0243 📷 7Brush Rabbit
🇳🇱 Californische Bachmankonijn
Sylvilagus bachmani
LC 🌍 14.9k seen
#0254 📷 10Marsh Rabbit
🇳🇱 Moeraskonijn
Sylvilagus palustris
LC 🌍 12.2k seen
#0269 📷 7Mountain Cottontail
🇳🇱 Bergkatoenstaartkonijn
Sylvilagus nuttallii
LC 🌍 10.1k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 43111, Wikidata Q774716, GBIF 2436886, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.