Desert Cottontail

Closest Relatives at Big Bend National Park

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	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	40–50%
2	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	30–40%
3	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	30–40%
4	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
5	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
6	Grand Canyon National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
7	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	10–20%
8	Zion National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
9	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
10	Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	0–10%
11	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Desert Cottontail in Big Bend National Park?

About 27% of visitor-days record a Desert Cottontail sighting in Big Bend National Park, based on 91 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Desert Cottontail in Big Bend National Park?

September has the highest sighting rate for Desert Cottontail in Big Bend National Park in our monthly data.