Nuttall’s cottontail (nuttallii subspecies) COSEWIC assessment and status report
Official title: COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Nuttall’s Cottontail Nuttallii Subspecies (Sylvilagus Nuttallii Nuttallii) in Canada COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Nuttall’s Cottontail Nuttallii subspecies Sylvilagus Nuttallii Nuttallii in Canada
Table of contents
- Assessment Summary
- Executive Summary
- Species information
- Distribution
- Habitat
- Biology
- Population Sizes and Trends
- Limiting Factors and Threats
- Special Significance of the Species
- Existing Protection or Other Status Designations
- Technical Summary
- Acknowledgements and Authorities Contacted
- Information Sources
- Biographical Summary of Report Writer
- Collections Examined
Special Concern 2006
COSEWIC
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
COSEPAC
Comité sur la situation des espèces en péril au Canada
COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:
COSEWIC 2006. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the Nuttall’s Cottontail nuttallii subspecies Sylvilagus nuttallii nuttallii in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 23 pp.
Previous reports
Carter, D. and M. Merkens. 1994. Update COSEWIC status report on the Nuttall's cottontail Sylvilagus nuttallii nuttallii (British Columbia population) and Sylvilagus nuttallii pinetis (Prairie population) in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 1-38 pp.
Production note
COSEWIC would like to acknowledge David Nagorsen for writing the update status report on the Nuttall’s Cottontail nuttallii subspecies Sylvilagus nuttallii nuttallii in Canada prepared under contract with Environment Canada, overseen and edited by Marco Festa-Bianchet, Co-chair (Terrestrial Mammals), COSEWIC Terrestrial Mammals Species Specialist Subcommittee.
For additional copies contact:
COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0H3
Tel.: (819) 997-4991 / (819) 953-3215
Fax: (819) 994-3684
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Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur le lapin de Nuttall de la sous-espèce nuttallii (Sylvilagus nuttallii nuttallii) au Canada - Mise à jour.
Cover illustration
Nuttall's Cottontail nuttallii subspecies -- Photo by David Nagorsen.
©Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2006
Catalogue Nº CW69-14/72-2006E-PDF
ISBN 0-662-43284-3
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