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The inspiration for the children's book character Peter Cottontail has long been rare in its home range, from New York to Maine. Efforts from private and public organizations have brought it back from the brink.The dominant rabbit in this region (and a very common sight) is the Eastern Cottontail. It’s a medium-size rabbit, mottled grey and brown and white. It looks like the archetypical “rabbit,†a storybook rabbit. But it doesn’t belong there.What does belong is another breed, which is medium-size, mottled grey and brown and white, that looks, well, also like a storybook rabbit. In fact, it looks basically exactly like the Eastern Cottontail, but its population has been drastically reduced over the past few decades, unlike the Eastern Cottontail’s, which has increased.
