Definition of Eastern cottontail

1. Noun. Widely distributed in United States except northwest and far west regions.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Eastern Cottontail

eastbound
easted
easter
easter proteinase
easterlies
easterliness
easterling
easterly
eastermost
eastern
eastern United States
eastern chimpanzee
eastern chinquapin
eastern chipmunk
eastern coral snake
eastern cottontail (current term)
eastern cricket frog
eastern dasyure
eastern equine encephalomyelitis
eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus
eastern fence lizard
eastern flowering dogwood
eastern fox squirrel
eastern gorilla
eastern gorillas
eastern gray squirrel
eastern grey kangaroo
eastern ground snake
eastern hemisphere
eastern hemlock

Literary usage of Eastern cottontail

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1905)
"The question as to whether this \* is distinct from the eastern cottontail, Lepus floridanus malla Thomas is not fully determined. 48. ..."

2. Ecosystem Disturbance and Wildlife Conservation in Western Grasslands: A edited by Deborah M. Finch (1998)
"The small mammals include the deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus, the white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus, the eastern cottontail, ..."

3. The Life of Animals: The Mammals by Ernest Ingersoll (1907)
"In addition to this familiar eastern cottontail we have in the United States several other species, as the little marsh hare and the big water hare of the ..."

4. Proceedings of the Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences (1903)
"... carolinensis leucotis) which even among the White Mountains, inhabits the beech woods at the lower altitudes, and the eastern Cottontail Rabbit (Lepus ..."

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