🐇Swamp rabbit
The swamp rabbit, also known as the cane cutter, swamper, or cane jake, is a species of cottontail rabbit found in the swamps and wetlands of the southern United States. It is herbivorous, territorial, and nocturnal. The largest of the cottontail rabbits, it is similar in appearance to the eastern cottontail, but has distinctly smaller ears and orange-colored hind legs. Swamp rabbits are closely related to the marsh rabbit. The two species likely separated during the Pleistocene epoch.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.
- Body mass
- 2.13 kg
- Body length
- 0.44 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 8.9 years
Everything we know about the Swamp rabbit
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass2.13 kgCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length0.44 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan8.9 yearsestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length2.92 yearsestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity155 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation38 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 3COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.01 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density42 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l2.1 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
estimated = a model's estimate for a species nobody has measured; average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Swamp rabbit yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderLagomorpha
- ›familyLeporidae
- ›genusSylvilagus
- ›speciesSylvilagus aquaticus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderRabbits & hares · Lagomorpha
- familyLeporidae
- genusSylvilagus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- orderRabbits & hares · Lagomorpha
- familyLeporidae
- genusSylvilagus
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