Claudio Contreras / Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) portrait, Laredo Borderlands, Texas, USA. April

Rolf Nussbaumer / Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) adult. Laredo, Webb County, South Texas, USA, April.

Doug Wechsler / Eastern cottontail rabbit {Sylvilagus floridanus} feeding on Spartina. USA.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Eastern cottontail rabbit {Sylvilagus floridanus} Texas, USA.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Eastern cottontail rabbit drinking {Sylvilagus floridanus} Texas, USA.

Doug Wechsler / Eastern cottontail rabbit scratching {Sylvalegus floridanus} New Jersey, USA

Doug Wechsler / Eastern cottontail rabbit {Sylvilagus floridanus} New Jersey, USA

Karine Aigner / Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) sitting in grass. Texas, USA. May.

Karine Aigner / Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus). Texas, USA. June.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus), male feeding next to Eastern cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus), Rio Grande Valley, South Texas, Texas, USA. June

Rolf Nussbaumer / Eastern cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus), adult grooming, South Texas, USA. June

Claudio Contreras / Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Laredo Borderlands, Texas, USA. April

Claudio Contreras / Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) cleaning face, Laredo Borderlands, Texas, USA. April

Claudio Contreras / Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Laredo Borderlands, Texas, USA. April

Charlie Summers / Eastern cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus) in snowstorm, south of Hot Springs, South Dakota, USA.

Kristel Richard / Eastern Cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus) standing alert, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Chincoteague Island, Virginia, USA

B&S Draker / Eastern Cottontail Rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus) adult stretching. Sinton, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas, USA, April.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) adult. Laredo, Webb County, South Texas, USA, April.

Pete Oxford / Portrait of Eastern Cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus) sitting at entrance to burrow, Eastern Wyoming. USA

Doug Wechsler / Eastern Cottontail Rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus) eating clover, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Doug Wechsler / Eastern Cottontail Rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus) eating clover, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Doug Wechsler / Eastern Cottontail Rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

John Cancalosi / Eastern cottontail {Sylvilagus floridanus} Pennsylvania, USA

Doug Wechsler / Eastern Cottontail Rabbit {Sylvilagus floridanus} New Jersey, USA

John Cancalosi / Eastern Cottontail {Sylvilagus floridanus} Pennsylvania, USA.

John Cancalosi / Eastern Cottontail rabbit {Sylvilagus floridanus} feeding, Pennsylvania, USA.

Doug Wechsler / Eastern cottontail rabbit {Sylvilagus floridanus} feeding on edge of saltmarsh, New Jersey, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Eastern cottontail rabbit {Sylvilagus floridanus} Welder Wildlife Refuge, Sinton, Texas, USA.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Eastern cottontail rabbit {Sylvilagus floridanus} standing upright, Welder Wildlife Refuge, Sinton, Texas, USA.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Eastern cottontail rabbit {Sylvilagus floridanus} eating flowers, Welder Wildlife Refuge, Sinton, Texas, USA.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Eastern cottontail {Sylvilagus floridanus} adult at entrance to Prairie Dog burrow, Texas, USA

Donald M. Jones / Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) female with Eastern Cottontail Rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus) prey, central Montana

Tom Vezo / Eastern Cottontail Rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus), Texas

Pete Oxford / Eastern Cottontail Rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus) portrait, Wyoming

Pete Oxford / Eastern Cottontail Rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus) at burrow entrance, Wyoming

Pete Oxford / Eastern Cottontail Rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus) at burrow entrance, Wyoming

Pete Oxford / Eastern Cottontail Rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus) at burrow entrance, Wyoming

Pete Oxford / Eastern Cottontail Rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus) running over snow, Wyoming

Pete Oxford / Eastern Cottontail Rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus) running over snow, Wyoming

Visuals Unlimited / Young Eastern Cottontails in a nest in a hollow log (Sylvilagus floridanus), Minnesota, USA.