The mountain cottontail is intermediate in size and light grayish-brown in color. Its tail is white and ears relatively broad and rounded.

It is usually associated with rocky outcrops with nearby dominant vegetation consisting of big sagebrush, bitter-brush, rabbit-brush, western juniper and mountain-mahogany.

In Oregon, it occurs throughout the state east of the Cascade Range with a western extension into Josephine County.

Photo by ©Keith Kohl, ODFW