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Mountain cottontail

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Taxon taxon Q129773
Mountain cottontail
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Mountain cottontail

Summary

Mountain cottontail is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,532 views/month, #1,531 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mountain cottontail's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Mountain cottontail is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Mountain cottontail's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Mountain cottontail belongs to the parent taxon Sylvilagus[6].
  • Mountain cottontail's scientific name is Sylvilagus nuttallii[7].
  • Mountain cottontail's Commons category is recorded as Sylvilagus nuttallii[8].
  • Mountain cottontail's has characteristic is recorded as viviparity[9].
  • Mountain cottontail's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'S. nuttallii'}[10].
  • Mountain cottontail is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mountain Cottontail'}[11].
  • Mountain cottontail is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Nuttall's Cottontail"}[12].
  • Mountain cottontail is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Nuttall’s Cottontail'}[13].
  • Mountain cottontail is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Nuttall-Berg-Baumwollschwanzkaninchen'}[14].
  • Mountain cottontail's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q41803', 'amount': '+720'}[15].
  • Mountain cottontail's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q41803', 'amount': '+790'}[16].
  • Mountain cottontail's gestation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+29'}[17].
  • Mountain cottontail's longest observed lifespan is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+7.4'}[18].
  • Mountain cottontail's litter size is recorded as {'amount': '+4.6'}[19].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Mountain cottontail is Sylvilagus nuttallii[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Sylvilagus[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mountain Cottontail'}[11], {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Nuttall's Cottontail"}[12], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Nuttall’s Cottontail'}[13], and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Nuttall-Berg-Baumwollschwanzkaninchen'}[14].

Identifiers

Mountain cottontail's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43109[20]. Mountain cottontail's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 50378[21]. Mountain cottontail's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 976911[22]. Mountain cottontail's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2436854[23]. Mountain cottontail's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180126[24].

Why It Matters

Mountain cottontail ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,532 views/month, #1,531 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [21] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [22] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [23] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Sylvilagus nuttallii. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Sylvilagus nuttallii. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . Sylvilagus nuttallii. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Jfpierce · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → viviparity
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'avk', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1552]]: [[Q120446]]"
  2. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gestation period → {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+29'}
    Taxon rank → species
    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
    Litter size → {'amount': '+4.6'}
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007544426705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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