Common Name
Swamp Rabbit
Order
Lagomorpha
Family
Leporidae
Species Name
Sylvilagus aquaticus
Status
Lower Risk
States
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Distribution
Southern Illinois and southwestern Indiana, southwestern Missouri to southeastern Kansas southward through extreme western Kentucky and western Tennessee to eastern Oklahoma, eastern Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and NW South Carolina.
Notes
Active at dawn and in the late afternoon in spring and summer, mostly nocturnal in winter. Swims well, unlike most rabbits; very territorial. Largest cottontail; Habitat near water. Swamp habitat, found in coastal areas, stream & river banks, floodplain
Florida
Usually restricted to upland habitats; often rare in pine forests