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cottontail

[kot-n-teyl] / ˈkɒt nˌteɪl /


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Tourani points to the eastern cottontail as an example.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2023

The terrain is filled with Mexican yellow poppies, and serves as a habitat for the checkered whip tail lizard, desert cottontail and Western desert tarantula.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2023

The same study found that marsh and cottontail rabbits and foxes had disappeared from the area.

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2023

It is larger than several U.S. states, and home to 130,000 people and countless bobcats, beavers, muskrats and cottontail rabbits.

From Reuters • Aug. 12, 2022

They were drinking at midday from a shallow ford crossing an overgrown track to a worked-out silver mine when a cottontail started up in the bracken across the water.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford




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