The endangered pygmy rabbit, small enough to fit in a cereal bowl, is the smallest native rabbit in North America. The pygmy rabbit frequents the dry lands of the sagebrush-steppe where it digs burrows underneath the sagebrush and lives off the fragrant leaves. A distinct subspecies is found only in one area of Washington, Sagebrush Flat. Barely hanging on in the wild, these pygmy rabbits have been collected for a captive breeding program in the hopes of building up numbers and reintroducing them. For a successful reintroduction, habitat needs to be identified, connected, and protected, and grazing and off-road vehicle use should be curtailed.

Federally endangered.