Omilteme Cottontail 🐾
Species Profile
Sylvilagus insonus
DD Data Deficient
Omilteme Cottontail
The Omilteme cottontail ( Sylvilagus insonus ) is a cottontail rabbit found only in the state of Guerrero, Mexico in the mountain range of Sierra Madre del Sur. Belonging to the family Leporidae, it is one of fourteen species in the genus Sylvilagus , a genus restricted to the New World. The Omilteme cottontail is considered one of the most endangered rabbit species in the world and is only known and been described by very few specimens.
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