European rabbits aren’t native anywhere in North America, and Idaho’s 87 records almost certainly trace back to escaped or released pets rather than a wild, established population, since the species has no documented feral foothold in the state the way it does in parts of Australia or the Pacific coast. The scattered sightings along the Snake River Plain and its irrigated farmland likely reflect loose pets noticed in open country rather than genuine rabbit habitat use.
Records spread across March, April, June, and September without one dominant peak, too uneven to describe a real seasonal pattern. The species is the ancestor of every domestic rabbit breed, and disease and habitat loss across its native Iberian range have pushed the IUCN to list it Endangered globally, even as escaped individuals turn up as curiosities far outside that range.
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