So long and thanks for the sagebrush

i-a244274286d7ef4effc6e97618814f67-pygmyrabbit.jpgThis little guy is Brachylagus idahoensis (Merriam, 1891), the Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit, the smallest rabbit species in North America, and found in Douglas County in north-central Washington.

Sadly, the species is doomed. The last male purebred rabbit died March 30th, leaving just two females in a captive breeding program; none are believed to exist in the wild..

Another picture is here.

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