Mountain Cottontail

Mountain Cottontail

Sylvilagus nuttallii

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Badlands National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

0–10
Jan
0–10
Feb
<5
Mar
30–40
Apr
20–30
May
<5
Jun
10–20
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
40–50
Nov
0–10
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Rocky Mountain National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
2 Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
3 Badlands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
4 Glacier National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
5 Zion National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
6 Grand Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
7 Grand Teton National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
8 Banff National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Mountain Cottontail in Badlands National Park?

About 13% of visitor-days record a Mountain Cottontail sighting in Badlands National Park, based on 7 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Mountain Cottontail in Badlands National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Mountain Cottontail in Badlands National Park in our monthly data.

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