Status and Conservation
According to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the Omilteme cottontail is on the endangered list. The major threats to the survival of this species are poaching and habitat destruction. Habitat destruction has been caused by deforestation. The rabbit has not been found and reported in the wild since the early 1900s.
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