Pygmy rabbits

Pygmy rabbits

Order : Lagomorpha
Family : Leporidae
Genus : Brachylagus

Facts about the genus Brachylagus, the pygmy rabbits

"This distinct population of pygmy rabbits is extremely vulnerable to a variety of natural and human-caused threats, and today's emergency rule provides immediate protection while we go through the normal process of proposing the population for listing. (Full text)

Less than 30 pygmy rabbits are believed to remain in the desert-like landscape of Eastern Washington. (Full text)

The body size of pygmy rabbits is smaller than any other North American leporid. (Full text)

"This distinct population of pygmy rabbits is extremely vulnerable to a variety of natural and human-caused threats, and today’s emergency rule provides immediate protection while we go through the normal process of proposing the population for listing. (Full text)

Pygmy rabbits are usually found in areas of dense sagebrush cover with relatively deep, loose soils. (Full text)

Age at sexual maturity - Pygmy rabbits are capable of breeding when they are about 1 year old [8,20]. (Full text)

Breeding season - The breeding season of pygmy rabbits is very short. (Full text)

Pygmy rabbits are in the family Leporidae. (Full text)

Fish and Game) Introduction Pygmy rabbits are a BLM Sensitive Species which occur through most of the Great Basin. (Full text)

It was patterned after a similar facility at the Oregon Zoo in Portland where Idaho pygmy rabbits are being successfully reared. (Full text)

Fewer than 30 Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits are believed to remain in their native eastern Washington shrub-steppe habitat. (Full text)

The Department, working with others interested in conserving pygmy rabbits, is also evaluating potential sites for reintroduction in Washington, and is planning to provide recommendations for two initial reintroduction sites to the U. (Full text)

Additional information on Pygmy Rabbits is available from: Endangered Species Section Manager Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 600 Capitol Way N Olympia WA 98501 wildthing@dfw. (Full text)

for pygmy rabbits is to develop techniques to restore these animals back into appropriate habitat and document the behavior and survival of released rabbits. (Full text)

Brachylagus is structurally and behaviorally distinct from all species of Sylvilagus and apparently of an ancient lineage separate from that of Sylvilagus. (Full text)

The winter diet of pygmy rabbits is comprised of up to 99 percent sagebrush (Wilde 1978; Green and Flinders 1980b), which is unique among rabbits (White et al. (Full text)

Relatively little is known about this species, which is too bad, because pygmy rabbits are vanishing from much of their range. (Full text)