New England cottontail on verge of disappearing from Rhode Island
Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 12:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Rhode Islands native rabbit, the New England cottontail, is on the verge of being extirpated from the state after a survey of appropriate habitat and historical breeding sites by more than 100 University of Rhode Island students and staff from the R.I. Department of Environmental Management found evidence of just one animal.