European rabbits present an unusual conservation contrast in South Carolina: the record correctly classifies the species as introduced here, yet the IUCN lists the species globally Endangered in its native Iberian range, where disease and habitat loss have devastated wild populations. South Carolina’s 13 records, mostly from iNaturalist (13 of 13, with 10 also appearing in GBIF), represent an entirely separate, introduced population unrelated to that native-range decline.
Records scatter across seven months with three tied peaks, April, May, and August, at 3 sightings each, too thin a pattern to draw a confident seasonal trend from beyond confirming occasional presence at Congaree National Park, Sumter National Forest, and Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge.
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