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Animals
Indiana's common rabbit, feeding at dusk on lawn edges, brush piles and field margins.
Field facts
HabitatBrushy edges, gardens, old fields
RangeStatewide
When to lookYear-round; young from March onward
StatusLeast Concern (Indiana DNR / IUCN Red List)
Look-alikesSwamp rabbit — larger and southern
Field note: Cottontail droppings are neat, flattened pellets scattered where the animal fed.
Lesson
Watching responsibly
A nest of young in the grass is not abandoned. Cover it back over and leave.
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