That's why, as a hare that burrows, "Bugs Bunny is a fraud," Stott joked. There is an exception to the burrowing-bunny rule—the cottontail, a type of American rabbit that does not burrow.

And surely you remember the March Hare who turns up at the ... the Appalachian cottontail. https://.virginia.gov.wildlife.rabbit.appalachian." "Everybody knows what the eastern cottontail looks ...

As for Bugs Bunny? He’s cute but not a cottontail – in fact, not even a rabbit. Judging by his very long ears and legs, he’s probably a hare. But that’s a rabbit hole we’ll go down in ...