Lower+Keys+Marsh+Rabbit+2010



By: Justin G.



The Lower Keys Marsh Rabbit Is short with dark brown fur and a grayish- white belly, and their tails are dark brown. The rabbit weighs about two to three pounds and is about 320 to 380 mm in length. The rabbit is isolated in the key because this rabbit like prefers to live in a higher elevation with salt marsh or fresh water marshes, but it depends on the herbaceous plants for food, covering, and nesting. The rabbit mostly feeds on grasses and vegetation. The Lower Keys Marsh Rabbit produce fewer offspring, at an average of 3.7 Litters per year compared to other marsh rabbits at 5.7 per year. This rabbit is endangered because it only lives in a very small area and that is the lower keys. It is also endangered because like I said before it doesn’t produce as much as other marsh rabbits. How we can help this rabbit is by reintroducing the rabbits to unoccupied but potentially suitable patches.