# @usfws on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DEabf2IyptG
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/27729211-usfws-instagram
- **Posted:** 2025-01-04T18:00:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (@usfws) — https://gondola.cc/usfws

## Caption

Weighing in at about a pound or less, the pygmy rabbit is the smallest rabbit species in North America. They’re also the only North American rabbits who dig their own burrows (slay 💅). To determine how many live on Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada, we conduct surveys each summer using camera traps, like the footage shown here! The pygmy rabbit is a sentinel species for the sagebrush ecosystem, meaning their presence or absence tells us a lot about how the ecosystem is doing, in general.

Footage of a pygmy rabbit foraging by USFWS. Reel by Rebecca Fabbri/USFWS #pygmyrabbit #rabbitsofinstagram #sagebrush #nationalwildliferefuge #nevada #rubylakenationalwildliferefuge

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## Tags

sagebrush, nationalwildliferefuge, rubylakenationalwildliferefuge, rabbitsofinstagram, pygmyrabbit, nevada

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