Florida lists the European rabbit as introduced, and its named records sit at Everglades National Park and Osceola National Forest, one each. That single-record spread points to scattered reports rather than an established colony, and the state’s 177 records may include escaped pets or misidentified animals alongside any wild rabbits.
Reports climb into April, the sharpest month in the state’s phenology data, before easing back the rest of the year. That rise likely tracks when people are out looking rather than when rabbits breed or roam, so it doesn’t confirm a wild population anywhere in Florida.
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