Sylvilagus leonensis

{{Short description|Extinct species of rabbit}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Sylvilagus leonensis

| fossil_range = Late Pleistocene

| genus = Sylvilagus

| species = leonensis

| authority = (Cushing, 1945){{cite web |title=Sylvilagus leonensis |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=51915 |website=Fossilworks}}

| extinct = yes

}}

Sylvilagus leonensis, the dwarf cottontail, is an extinct species of rabbit from the Late Pleistocene, known from the San Josecito Cave in Nuevo Leon, Mexico.{{cite journal |last1=Jakway |first1=George E. |title=Pleistocene Lagomorpha and Rodentia from the San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico |journal= Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science |date=1968 |volume=61 |issue=3 |pages=313–327 |doi=10.2307/3626451 |jstor=3626451 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3626451|url-access=subscription }}

The dwarf cottontail was smaller than living cottontail species, comparable in size to the living pygmy rabbit.{{cite book |last1=Lumpkin |first1=Susan |last2=Seidensticker |first2=John |title=Rabbits: The Animal Answer Guide |date=February 2011 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |isbn=9781421401263 |page=28}}