The cottontail occurs in southern ... The female visits her young at dawn and at dusk to permit them to nurse, and covers them with part of the nest lining before leaving. Females with litters usually ...

The Appalachian cottontail and swamp rabbit are also seen ... but the average life expectancy for those that are old enough to leave the nest is only around 11 months. How to create a rabbit ...

There are several species of cottontail rabbit ... Females give birth in shallow ground nests, to young so helpless that perhaps only 15 percent survive their first year. Fortunately, rabbits ...