Unlike the European rabbit, they do not form social burrow systems, but compared with some other leporids, they are extremely tolerant of other individuals in their vicinity. Cottontails give birth to their kits in burrows vacated by other mammals.

Do cottontail rabbits burrow?

Cottontails do not dig burrows, but rather rest in a form, a shallow, scratched-out depression in a clump of grass or under brush. ... Eastern cottontails usually move only short distances, and they may remain sitting very still for up to a few hours at a time. Eastern cottontails are active year-round.

Do desert cottontails hibernate?

The cottontail rabbit does not hibernate. The cottontail will emerge from its burrow anytime of the year, usually at dawn and dusk, to eat things like grasses and strawberries in the summer or twigs and bark in the winter.