A brush rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani) feeding in chaparral plants. Trees & sky are reflected in its eye. Jasper Ridge, Trail 12 from Mapache Gate, May 11, 2009, 9:46 am. (ID: The City of Palo Alto says the local Cottontail species is the Desert Cottontail Rabbit (S. audubonii) -- but the range of this species is extends to Nevada and Southern California, not the Bay Area.)