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Pygmy Rabbit
scientific name : Brachylagus Idahoensis
Adult size: Can grow up too 9.84 to 11.4 inches long and weighing up to only .88 lbs to 1.02 lbs. * Females sre larger than Males * Poppulation: Because of sudden decline population is largely unknown. But they are trying to do captive breeding and it is improving. Life Expectancy: Its from 3 years to 5 years. Habitat: Consists of big sagebruch and secondarily in communitied dominated by rabbitbrush. Nich: Are able to create its own burrowing system,
Only rabbits in north america to dig their own burrows
Diet: are herbivorous grazers, feeding mainly on sagebrush. In summer the feed on grass and new foilage
Economic Implocatioons: it effects the econmy because some birds and mammal species prey on pygmy rabbits.
They are sooo small that they fit in your palm
In 1990 it was put on the threatened species list. In March of 2003 it was put on the endangered species lits.
Reproduction: * Breeding may occur between February and May . *Females give birth to 6 young on average. * Maximum of 3 litters in a breeding seasion. * Males may mate with several species in the territories that they dominate.
