Oklahoma mammals

Swamp Rabbit in Oklahoma

Sylvilagus aquaticus

Native to Oklahoma S2 Imperiled in Oklahoma

Not listed as nonindigenous in Oklahoma by USGS NAS; native to its Oklahoma range.

IUCN Red List status

  1. LC
  2. NT
  3. VU
  4. EN
  5. CR
  6. EW
  7. EX

LC – Least Concern

Widespread and abundant; not at risk.

Swamp Rabbit in Oklahoma, by the numbers

Occasional in Oklahoma 77th most recorded of 120 mammals logged in Oklahoma

40 occurrence records
25 with iNaturalist photos
Jun 16, 2026 Last seen in Oklahoma

Records from 2000–2026.

When to look for the Swamp Rabbit in Oklahoma

Most sightings fall in June.

40 Oklahoma occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) by month of year, 2000–2026. Shows when the species is recorded, not a guarantee of presence.

Monthly Oklahoma records (table)
MonthRecords
January2
February6
March1
April6
May4
June9
July3
August2
September2
October1
November1
December3

Monthly swamp rabbit occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) in Oklahoma, 2000–2026.

Seasonality

Year-round in Oklahoma, with recorded sightings peaking in June, with a smaller rise in February and April.

Occurrence map

Where Swamp Rabbit has been recorded in Oklahoma

40 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

40 Oklahoma records mapped

Notable places to look

Park, forest, or monumentiNaturalist records
Red Slough Wildlife Management Area & Waterfowl Refuge Portion 11
Red Slough Wildlife Management Area 3
Ouachita National Forest 2
Hickory Creek Wildlife Management Area 1
CLO Lands 1

Protected places with the most swamp rabbit sightings, from the USGS Protected Areas Database plus named mountain ranges, good spots to look, not a full breakdown, so they don't sum to the total.

Where it's recorded in Oklahoma

CountyRecords
McCurtain County 17
Tulsa County 4
Rogers County 4
Cleveland County 3
Haskell County 2
Le Flore County 2
Murray County 2
Pittsburg County 1
Love County 1
Lincoln County 1
Pottawatomie County 1
Sequoyah County 1
Washington County 1

The complete county distribution, spread across 13 Oklahoma counties. Every occurrence record falls in one county, so these sum to the total. Counties from GBIF and US Census boundaries.

Swamp rabbits carry a NatureServe S2 imperiled rank in Oklahoma, a genuinely precarious status for a species tied to the bottomland hardwood swamps of the state’s far southeast. Red Slough Wildlife Management Area’s 3 logged sightings anchor the wetland habitat this rabbit depends on, and the record splits close to evenly between iNaturalist (25) and GBIF (27).

Records stay thin and scattered across nine separate months, June’s 3 sightings the closest thing to a peak, too sparse a dataset to describe a strong seasonal pattern, consistent with a genuinely uncommon species at the edge of its range in Oklahoma.

Occurrence data from iNaturalist and GBIF.

Swamp Rabbit in other states

More mammals in Oklahoma in the atlas

Data & sources

The data and visualizations on this page draw on these open sources:

  • GBIFCC-BY 4.0occurrence records behind the range map, elevation, and record counts
  • iNaturalistCC0 / CC-BY / CC-BY-SAobservations, photos, and audio recordings
  • NatureServe ExplorerCC-BYthe state conservation rank
  • IUCN Red Listattributed factthe global conservation status
  • USGS NASpublic domainnative / introduced status
  • Natural Earthpublic domainthe relief basemap
  • USFSpublic domainnational-forest boundaries
  • USGS Protected Areas Databasepublic domainthe named parks, forests, and refuges behind "notable places to look"