 Native mammals that coexist with the Tehuantepec jackrabbit are the eastern cottontail ("Sylvilagus floridanus"), the nine-banded armadillo ("Dasypus novemcinctus"), the hooded and western hog-nosed skunks ("Mephitis macroura", "Conepatus mesoleucus"), the Virginia opossum ("Didelphis marsupialis"), the gray mouse opossum ("Tlacuatzin canescens"), the gray fox ("Urocyon cinereoargenteus"), the common raccoon ("Procyon lotor"), and the coyote ("Canis latrans").Of these, the gray fox and the coyote are native predators of the Tehuantepec jackrabbit.The Tehuantepec jackrabbit has a polygynous mating system.