Mountain Cottontail
Sylvilagus nuttallii
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderLagomorpha (Lagomorphs)
- FamilyLeporidae (Conills i Llebres)
- GenusSylvilagus (Cottontail Rabbits)
- SpeciesSylvilagus nuttallii (Mountain Cottontail)
Closest Relatives at Rocky Mountain National Park
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
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 | |
| 2 | Yellowstone National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Badlands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Glacier National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Zion National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Grand Canyon National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Grand Teton National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Banff National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Mountain Cottontail in Rocky Mountain National Park?
About 21% of visitor-days record a Mountain Cottontail sighting in Rocky Mountain National Park, based on 94 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Mountain Cottontail in Rocky Mountain National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Mountain Cottontail in Rocky Mountain National Park in our monthly data.