Rescued Eastern Cottontail

[BouncingBunnyBrunswick]

Ok... now you got me curious. A flat head is an indicator of what? Oh, another quick question that I couldn't figure out the answer to even with the wise and vast internets: can cottontails crossbreed with domesticated rabbits? On a side note, Brunswick's population does live on an island with loads of very rare black grey squirrels... maybe theres more bunny oddity going on there than we know. :biggrin2:

 

[fuzz16]

well yes rabbits can all breed together, and domestics came from wild rabbits. so could be a mix. and just for a wild rabbit her head seems flat along the top, like not paralell to ground flat but just a line with no bone structure...if that makes sense.
i dont know if thats common for wild rabbits, i dont think i ever see them with that around here

 

[tonyshuman]

It looks like the cottontails we have around here--a flatter top of the head. The US wild rabbits actually aren't the same breed as domesticated rabbits. Rabbits were domesticated in Europe from the European wild rabbit, which is a slightly different species. Some say that it's impossible for domesticated rabbits to interbreed with the cottontails we have here in the US, but others will say it's possible but very rare. I think she looks pure cottontail to me.