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BRAZILIAN COTTONTAIL Sylvilagus brasiliensis
The Brazilian Cottontail or Tapiti is the only rabbit native to Paraguay. It is a handsome little species, characterised by its reddish nuchal area. Rabbits are well-known for their long ears and long hind legs adapted to an unusual form of locomotion, half jump, half run - when pursued breaking into an extremely rapid, zig-zagging sprint that carries them to safety. Though they possess long incisors rabbits are not rodents, they belong to their own group known as the lagomorphs. They possess a long gap between their incisors and their other teeth, known as a diastema.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPMAM833PH) Adult, PN Defensores del Chaco, Departamento Boquerón (Sjeff Ollers October 2009).
FIGURE 2 - (FPMAM834PH) Footprints, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith November 2005).
FIGURE 3 - (FPMAM835PH) Characteristic ball-like faeces, same location (Paul Smith November 2005).
VIDEO - (FPMAM894VI) Adult, PN San Rafael, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith October 2010).
