Yile: Salt, Mineral & 
Grit Re. folder '- 
Jaakrabbit folder' 
Extracts from "The Life Histories and Eology of Ja*k Babbits in 
Relation to rastng in Arisona* by C. T. Yorhies and W. P. Taylor. 
Tech. pali. so. 42,. May U. 1.933. University of Axisc.. Tucson, Ad. 
p. 54tl *Goldman gives reports by natives in the vicinity of Qamargo, 
Tam uipas, Jamary 4-29, 1902, that l     s' 
md       in that vicinity sometimes fed on the carasses of dead 
horses. An American resident assured him that in lafayette 
County, Texas, they were known as horse rabbits on account of 
this habit. 
OInsoct remains occur infrequently in rabbit stomachs.' 
'At the United States Rabbit 1xperiment Station, Fontana, 
California, a spool of salt and Sulfur is regularly hung in the 
ceges in which domestic rabbits are kept. The rabbits lick 
or even eat this material. Rabbits have been foan to conse 
more food which has been salted than food that has not. A 
rabbit consumes more salt when molting than at other times. 
It is likely that wild hares mst also secure acertain amout 
of mineral matter for the maintenance of their health,.5 
p. 542't   "For several years we have observed a rabbit 'lick   on the

southwest slope of one of the red hills north of Plot UA on the 
Santa Rita Range (Plate 10,0). Rabbits, mostly aln, are 
mmerous in this neighborhood. The animals have dug or bittes 
into the dark red earth, and fecal pellets are abundant. 
Analysis of the soil of this "lick' has not shown any salt or 
saline constituents. Many rabbit pellets found nearby are so 
coated with red earth as to resemble little red balls of mn. 
Breaking the pellet shows that the red earth is a surface 
coating over the remains of vegetation normally present.# 
"Gravel or sand was recorded in 26 out of 61 stomachs of 
fornin&d in 97 ot of 179 of                . The material was 
found in stomachs collected fro April to Otoer.'