Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple vs Mexican cottontail

Acer negundo compared with Sylvilagus cunicularius

Key Differences

• Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple is Not Evaluated while Mexican cottontail is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple	Mexican cottontail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)
Family	Sapindaceae	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)
Genus	Acer	Sylvilagus
Species	Acer negundo	Sylvilagus cunicularius

Conservation Status

Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple

NE — Not Evaluated

Mexican cottontail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple	Mexican cottontail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, South Africa), Asia (6 countries), Europe (36 countries), North America (Guatemala, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).

Mexican cottontail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple

The Box-elder, Ash-leaved Maple (Acer negundo) is a species in the genus Acer. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.