Photo By/Credit
USFWS
Date Shot/Created
04/12/2011Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
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The riparian brush rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani riparius) is listed as endangered and is a small cottontail, one of eight subspecies of brush rabbits native to California. This one is at the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge in California’s Central Valley. The riparian brush rabbit was included in the September 1998 recovery plan for the upland species of the San Joaquin Valley, California. Image taken from USFWS Pacific Southwest Region Flickr page.
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