Talk:Pygmy rabbit

depredation

Something should be mentioned about the recent release and subsequent depredation of most of the lagomorphs in the Washington state effort. Bugguyak 14:49, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Got a link to a reputable source? - UtherSRG (talk) 16:36, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Distribution

Montana is east of Idaho & Oregon. I am not sure which counties belong to which state, otherwise I'd correct the paragraph myself —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.230.167.170 (talk) 20:41, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

There is no mention of the isolated population of pygmy rabbits in the badlands of Alberta. I have seen these rabbits many times personally and due to size, precocious babies and burrowing habits and being included in a book of wildlife of Alberta, I know they are pygmy rabbits. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.165.188.49 (talk) 00:03, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

There's a pretty huge population of the little suckers here on the Kitsap peninsula in Washington state. I have had to avoid them on just about every unpaved road I've driven down in Kitsap and Mason counties here in western Washington. Mawtino (talk) 17:29, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

1 = 2 species?

The article says at the top that the pygmy rabbit is one of two North American species that burrows. Then lower down, it says that it's the only native species which does. Um ... ? IAmNitpicking (talk) 11:25, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

I would guess the other is the non-native European rabbit but don't quote me Chuunen Baka (talk • contribs) 12:44, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Uniqueness in North America for digging burrows

I found the claim that pigmy rabbits are unusual in digging their own burrows and followed up on the source from the body. The article cited later does not include the data backing that claim but rather cites the 1964 edition of Mammals of the World by Walker et al. I don't have access to that or the updated versions of that text, so I can't assess the quality of this citation. Regardless, this source is too old to back a provocative claim. If anyone has access to the 2018 edition of Mammals of the World, could you check on this? I'll look myself if I get the chance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Latent opprobium (talk • contribs) 21:57, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

In Hare is says "All rabbits (except the cottontail rabbits) live underground in burrows or warrens, while hares (and cottontail rabbits) live in simple nests above the ground" supported by the cite: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/12/141219-rabbits-hares-animals-science-mating-courtship/ So it's only the Pygmy and Europeans that burrow in North America. Chuunen Baka (talk • contribs) 08:26, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

S. idahoensis synonym

I always exclude the currently accepted binomial from the list of synonyms, which in this case is S. idahoensis. It does make sense to include it if the authority differs from the first description. Is that common practice? -- Reconrabbit 12:41, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

Six of one, half a dozen of the other. I don't know if it's common. And I'm fairly sure it's not disallowed. But, if you want to remove it, I'm fine with that. - UtherSRG (talk) 18:08, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

It doesn't seem unhelpful to provide the authority for the accepted binomial in the same region where the recognized author citation is (the infobox). I guess I'm looking for a standard practice since it's constantly coming up in reviews - but I don't know how well standardization applies here. After all, species aren't chemical elements. -- Reconrabbit 19:02, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

Indeed. - UtherSRG (talk) 19:19, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

World's smallest leporid

Surely we have a better source on this than the one cited? Citation [10] is a children's book from 1999 that cites no sources itself. Para-seren (talk) 04:07, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

The source is replaced with "Pikas, Rabbits, and Hares of the World" now. -- Reconrabbit (talk) 13:49, 30 June 2026 (UTC)