======================================================================= | | Number of | Average | Maximum | Minimum Method | Sex | individuals| area | area | area ----------------------+-----+------------+---------+---------+--------- Allen (1939), | (M) | 9 | 2.00 | 6.78 | .30 Dalke and Sime (1938) | (F) | 9 | 2.54 | 7.20 | .35 and Schwartz (1941) | all | 18 | 2.27 | 7.20 | .30 +-----+------------+---------+---------+--------- | (M) | 9 | 4.01 | 12.89 | 1.05 Fitch (1947) | (F) | 9 | 5.68 | 11.50 | 1.84 | all | 18 | 4.85 | 12.89 | 1.05 +-----+------------+---------+---------+--------- | (M) | 9 | 7.20 | -- | -- Fitch (1949) | (F) | 9 | 9.00 | -- | -- | all | 18 | 8.40 | -- | -- +-----+------------+---------+---------+--------- Tracking and | (M) | 9 | 8.74 | 11.15 | 3.54 field observations | (F) | 9 | 8.62 | 12.18 | 5.51 | all | 18 | 8.69 | 12.18 | 3.54 +-----+------------+---------+---------+--------- Tracking and field | (M) | 9 | 8.92 | 12.19 | 4.72 observations plus | (F) | 9 | 7.76 | 12.62 | 2.42 live-trapping | all | 18 | 8.34 | 12.62 | 2.42 ----------------------+-----+------------+---------+---------+--------- [Illustration: FIG. 2. Maps showing home ranges of cottontails in relation to woodland and open fields on the study area. One inch equals approximately 470 feet. Each home range is shown slightly rounded from the polygonal figures obtained by connecting actual points where the animal was recorded. _Upper Left._ An area of 4.6 acres occupied by a cottontail in winter, increased to 6.5 acres in summer by the animal crossing a narrow grassland strip to another woodland edge. _Lower Left._ Showing increasing size of home range of a female cottontail; in July, 1954 (at age of three weeks), she had a range of .25 acre; September, 1954, 1.5 acres; December, 1954, 8 acres; and December, 1955, 11 acres. _Right Half._ Two home ranges of a cottontail which moved from its original area to occupy a new one 410 feet farther north across a field in September and October, 1955.]