False Sour Currant vs Mexican cottontail

Searsia krebsiana compared with Sylvilagus cunicularius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Sour Currant	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	Anacardiaceae	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)
Genus	Searsia	Sylvilagus
Species	Searsia krebsiana	Sylvilagus cunicularius

Conservation Status

False Sour Currant

LC — Least Concern

Mexican cottontail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Sour Currant	Mexican cottontail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Sour Currant

Habitat

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

Mexican cottontail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.