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Sylvilagus audubonii
Desert Cottontail
Canyonlands National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Common

Scientific Name with Authority:		Sylvilagus audubonii (Baird, 1858)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Desert Cottontail
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Subclass Theria, Order Lagomorpha, Family Leporidae, Genus Sylvilagus, Species Sylvilagus audubonii


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		UT: S5
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 11 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument	Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
Amistad National Recreation Area	Arches National Park
Aztec Ruins National Monument	Badlands National Park
Bandelier National Monument	Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Big Bend National Park	Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Bryce Canyon National Park	Cabrillo National Monument
Canyon De Chelly National Monument	Capitol Reef National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park	Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
Chaco Culture National Historical Park	Chiricahua National Monument
Colorado National Monument	Coronado National Memorial
Death Valley National Park	Dinosaur National Monument
El Malpais National Monument	El Morro National Monument
Fort Bowie National Historic Site	Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Fort Union National Monument	Fossil Butte National Monument
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument	Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Golden Spike National Historical Park	Grand Canyon National Park
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve	Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Hovenweep National Monument	Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
Joshua Tree National Park	Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area	Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Manzanar National Historic Site	Mesa Verde National Park
Mojave National Preserve	Montezuma Castle National Monument
Natural Bridges National Monument	Navajo National Monument
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument	Parashant National Monument
Pecos National Historical Park	Petrified Forest National Park
Petroglyph National Monument	Pinnacles National Park
Pipe Spring National Monument	Saguaro National Park
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument	Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Tonto National Monument
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument	Tuzigoot National Monument
Walnut Canyon National Monument	White Sands National Park
Wind Cave National Park	Wupatki National Monument
Yellowstone National Park	Yucca House National Monument
Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	1/22/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/4/2025 3:04:42 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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