COMMON NAME:  Cottontail Rabbit
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Lepus sylvaticus
DIET:  Green vegetation such as grasses and clover, bark, buds and twigs.
YOUNG:  The young are called kits or kittens. The female rabbit can have 2 to 4 litters a year. Each litter can have up to 9 kits. A baby female rabbit grows up and is ready to have her own babies when she is 3 months old.
HABITAT:   The cottontail rabbit is widely distributed across North, South, and Central America
FACTS:

• They are called cottontails because of the white stub tail which shows when they are hopping away.
• There are many types of Cottontail Rabbits such as Eastern Cottontail, Marsh Rabbit, Mexican Cottontail, Desert Cottontail, etc.
• Most types of cottontails live in nests called "forms".