Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Family Leporidae Scientific name Sylvilagus cognatus | Phylum Chordata Order Lagomorpha Genus Sylvilagus Rank Species | |
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Similar Venezuelan lowland rabbit, Robust cottontail, Dice's cottontail, Tres Marias rabbit, San José brush rabbit | ||
The Manzano mountain cottontail (Sylvilagus cognatus) is a species of cottontail rabbit endemic to the Manzano Mountains in New Mexico, United States. It occurs in coniferous forests in high elevation. It was previously thought to be a subspecies of the Eastern cottontail.
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