omiltemi cottontail rabbit
Omiltemi Cottontail Rabbit
Scientific Name: SYLVILAGUS INSONUSLast Seen: EARLY 1900s IN MEXICOYear Found: TBDYears Lost: over 120 yearsRed List Status: Data Deficient
This is one of the most endangered rabbits in the world as the result of poaching and habitat destruction. The species, which likely lives in a small, semi-isolated mountain range in the Sierra Madre del Sur, Guerrero, Mexico, is known from only four individuals, the most recent just a skin donated by local hunters in 1998. There are no known photos of this species.