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Riparian Brush Rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani riparius)

Listing status: Endangered

Description

Habitat

Found in western coastal regions of North America

Niche

Primary Consumer - Herbivore

The Brush Rabbit live in riparian oak forests

  • Dense brushy cover
  • By rivers
  • Conifer Habitats
  • Most commonly in chaparral vegetation

  • Medium to small cottontail
  • Back- Dark brown to gray
  • Belly- White
  • 11-14 inches
  • Weigh- 500-800 Grams

Brush rabbits feed on

  • Grasses
  • Leaves
  • Forbs
  • Wild rose
  • Blackberries

Their favorite food is the Green Clover

Citations

Their diet changes with the seasons, and what is provided in its habitat at that time.

Their niche is to be a easy pray for secondary consumer and to keep the plants in check.

Crane, S. and R. Csomos 2002. "Sylvilagus bachmani" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed December 01, 2013 at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Sylvilagus_bachmani/

"Riparian Brush Rabbit Recovery." Riparian Brush Rabbit Recovery. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2013. <http://www.fws.gov/sacramento/es/Recovery-Planning/Riparian-Brush-Rabbits/es_recovery_rip-brush-rabbit-recovery.htm>.

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Importance of Species

Reasons Species Is In Trouble

Support

Economic Importance:

  • Can be hunted for sport and food
  • Raised for pets
  • Body parts are source of valuable material
  • Elimination of their special habitat
  • Wildfires
  • Disease
  • Predation from native and nonnative species
  • Flooding and rodenticides

Human-caused actions such as:

  • Damming rivers,
  • Constructing levees
  • Urban, commercial and agricultural development

Caswell Memorial State Park is:

  • Reducing wildfires
  • Controlling predators
  • Minimizing recreational impacts
  • Restoring habitat
  • Reduce the effects of flooding

Endangered Species Recovery Program is

  • Bringing wild riparian brush rabbits into captive breeding to enhance the chances of their young surviving to adulthood,
  • Then releasing the rabbits back into the wild

Arlene Robles

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