Category: Cottontails are herbivores

  • The Easter Bunny?

    April 19, 2025 Probably not the Easter Bunny, but a Desert CottontailĀ (Sylvilagus audubonii). At one of my favorite places in New Mexico, Three Rivers Petroglyph Site. Ninety percent of their diet is grass. Other things they eat include the leaves and peas of Mesquite, and the pads of Prickly Pear Cactus. Fortunately for them, considering…