Baby Marsh Rabbit

Via U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:

It's wildlife Wednesday! Check out this "camera trap" photo of a shy baby marsh rabbit who is getting larger by the day at the Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex. http://1.usa.gov/1l2YDi1

The rabbits really seem to like the thick protective underbrush of native plants (part of a refuge habitat restoration project). This year, the refuge staff noticed a tiny addition to the team, pictured. Stay tuned for updates!

The refuge complex includes four units – National Key Deer Refuge, and the Key West, Great White Heron and Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuges. These refuges provide a diversity of habitats for more than 30 threatened and endangered species, some of which are found nowhere else, including the Key deer, Lower Keys marsh rabbit and Key Largo woodrat.

Photo: Lower Keys marsh rabbit (USFWS)