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Research Paper On Pygmy Rabbit

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The Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbit is a small, slate gray leporid that is endemic to North America’s remote sagebrush-steppe habitats. These sagebrush-steppe habitats include regions in southwestern Montana, northeastern California, southern Idaho, central and northern parts of Nevada, central and eastern parts of Oregon, northwest Utah, and lastly, southeastern Washington. The Pygmy Rabbits are truly small because they can grow up to 11 inches and weigh only 16 ounces (1 lb.).During the winter months, the Pygmy Rabbit lives solely off of sagebrush, and in the spring/summer months, both sagebrush and different types of grasses. The Pygmy Rabbit is the smallest and only rabbit in North America that burrows. During the spring and summer breeding

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