Mountain Cottontail

Closest Relatives at Yellowstone 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	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 Yellowstone National Park?

About 15% of visitor-days record a Mountain Cottontail sighting in Yellowstone National Park, based on 54 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

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

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