The swamp rabbit, Sylvilagus aquaticus, also known as the cane cutter, swamper or cane jake, is a cottontail rabbit found in the swamps and wetlands of the southern United States. It is herbivorous, territorial and nocturnal, and when threatened it will take to the water and swim. It is most abundant in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana and also inhabits South Carolina, Arkansas, Tennessee, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Georgia, and its fossils have been identified as early as the Pleistocene. Predators, parasites and human interaction threaten it: it is hunted for its meat and fur, and expansion of agricultural development removes usable habitat and causes frequent flooding. Habitat loss and fragmentation have caused declines, and the IUCN considers it least concern as of 2019 while noting that the population is decreasing overall.
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is a species of cottontail rabbit found in the swamps and wetlands of the southern United States
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is a species of cottontail rabbit found in the swamps and wetlands of the southern United States
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It is herbivorous, territorial, and nocturnal.
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though it notes that the population is decreasing overall
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It is hunted for its meat and fur, and faces habitat loss due to expansion of agricultural developments that both remove usable habitat and cause frequent flooding.
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The swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus), also known as the cane cutter, swamper, or cane jake, is a species of cottontail rabbit found in the swamps and wetlands of the southern United States.
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is a species of cottontail rabbit found in the swamps and wetlands of the southern United States
Child Taxon Of: Leporidae, Lead
The swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus), also known as the cane cutter, swamper, or cane jake, is a species of cottontail rabbit found in the swamps and wetlands of the southern United States.
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The swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus), also known as the cane cutter, swamper, or cane jake, is a species of cottontail rabbit found in the swamps and wetlands of the southern United States.
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"roundedGRank": "G5"
3. GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): IUCN Red List category of Sylvilagus aquaticus
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"category": "LEAST_CONCERN"
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