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Eastern cottontail burrow found in a discarded 12 inch septic pipe in a deciduous forest edge habitat along a backyard. In the second picture, the circled areas indicate evidence of eastern cottontail activity. The red circle depicts evidence of foraging. Eastern cottontails are known to bite twigs at a clean 45 ̊ angle (University of Illinois Extension, n.d.). The yellow circle shows the species’ characteristic spherical scat under ½ inches in diameter (University of Illinois Extension, n.d.).

University of Illinois Extension. (n.d.). Wildlife Directory: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus). Retrieved from http://web.extension.illinois.edu/wildlife/directory_show.cfm?species=cottontail