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  Animal Info - Volcano Rabbit
The volcano rabbit feeds on the green leaves of zacaton grasses, the young leaves of spiny herbs and the bark of alder trees.
The volcano rabbit is generally found between 2800 and 4250 m (9200 - 13,900') in pine forests with a dense undergrowth of bunch grass ("zacaton") and rocky substrates.
The young volcano rabbits are born in an underground nest.
www.animalinfo.org /species/romediaz.htm   (878 words)

  
 ADW: Romerolagus diazi: Information
Volcano rabbits are found between 2800-4250 meters in elevation in a special habitat called "zacaton." These are open pine forests with an understory of dense bunch grasses.
Volcano rabbits probably breed throughout the year with a peak during the warm, rainy summer.
The volcano rabbit is threatened by habitat degradation due to over-grazing by cattle and sheep, by overexploitation of timber, and by encroaching agriculture.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Romerolagus_diazi.html   (565 words)

  
 More on Volcano
A volcano generally presents itself to the imagination as a mountain sending forth from its summit great clouds of smoke with vast sheets of flame, and it is not infrequently so described.
Some volcanoes consist of a crater alone, with scarcely any mountain at all; but in the majority of cases the crater is situated on top of a mountain (the volcano), which can tower to an enormous height.
Volcanoes that terminate in a principal crater are usually of a conical form.
www.eduhistory.com /volcano.htm   (2026 words)

  
 rabbit. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Although usage varies, the term rabbit generally refers to small, running animals, with relatively short ears and legs, which give birth to blind, naked young, while hare refers to larger, hopping forms, with longer ears and legs, whose young are born furred and open-eyed.
Rabbits are chiefly nocturnal, although they are sometimes seen in the daytime.
Domestic rabbits, which may be various colors but are commonly white, are bred for food and for their fur, which is much used in making fur trim and felt.
www.bartleby.com /65/ra/rabbit.html   (643 words)

  
 Volcano Rabbit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Habitat: The volcano rabbit is generally found between 2800 and 4250 m (9200 - 13,900') in pine forests with a dense undergrowth of bunch grass ("zacaton") and rocky substrates.
Early Development: The young volcano rabbits are born in an underground nest.
Diet: The volcano rabbit feeds on the green leaves of zacaton grasses, the young leaves of spiny herbs and the bark of alder trees.
library.thinkquest.org /C0124109/ingles/info/animal/volcano_rabbit.html   (309 words)

  
 Rabbit Summary
2: the fur of a rabbit [syn: lapin]
In China, as early as the Han period, the rabbit is represented on bronze mirrors as inhabiting the moon, pounding the drug of immortality with a pestle and mortar.
Another is so-called rabbit starvation, due to either the low fat content of rabbit meat or amino acid deficiencies in rabbit meat and synthesis limitations in human beings.
www.bookrags.com /Rabbit   (2191 words)

  
 Rabbit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rabbits are clearly distinguished from hares in that rabbits are altricial, having young that are born blind and hairless; all rabbits, except the cottontail rabbit, live underground in burrows or warrens.
Rabbits can then be killed by hitting the back of their heads, a practice that lends its name to the "rabbit punch".
Rabbits are often used as a symbol of fertility or rebirth.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rabbit   (2450 words)

  
 Rabbits: Hares and Jackrabbits, Rabbit Pictures
The critically endangered Volcano Rabbit is found in pine forests and grassy and rocky terrain on the volcanic mountains of Mexico.
Noted as the world’s second smallest rabbit, this nocturnal creature is identified by its small round ears with white at the base, short legs, short thick yellow fl fur, and light grey belly.
From 1902 to 1908 three ‘rabbit proof fences’ were put up, the first running 1,139 miles north to south becoming the longest fence in the world, the second running 724 miles from the middle of fence number one to the south, and the third running east to west.
www.pestproducts.com /hares-jackrabbits.htm   (1991 words)

  
 Rabbit - WebArticles.com
Rabbits are also well-known for their advanced breeding rate, another factor which differentiates them from hares; in theory, a doe can produce from two to eight live young per month, during the first half of the year, although a more common rate is half that.
However, domesticated rabbits kept outdoors in climates with temperature extremes must be provided with shelter (heated in winter and shaded in summer).
Rabbits have also appeared in Monty Python's Holy Grail, where the Monster of Caer Bannog, seemingly an innocuous white rabbit, guarded the cave to the Holy Grail.
www.webarticles.com /print.php?id=256   (929 words)

  
 The volcano rabbit
The volcano rabbit, Romerolagus diazi, is the official logo of the AB-WRSA.
Once abundant in the pine forest range along the rims of the volcanic mountains of Ixtacihuatl and Popocatepetl, this indigenous rabbit (right) was traditionally hunted for its savored meat and sold live (typically in hand-woven baskets) in the open marketplace prior to the Spanish conquest.
Unfortunately, the volcano rabbit (also known as the Mexican pygmy rabbit) is classified as an endangered species, due largely to habit loss and overhunting, although present conservation efforts strive to reverse this trend.
users.tamuk.edu /kfsdl00/volcano_rabbit.htm   (239 words)

  
 Biodiversity Hotspots - Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands - Unique and Threated Biodiversity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The volcano rabbit, which is endemic to the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt surrounding Mexico City, is one of the world’s smallest and most unusual rabbits.
The rabbit lives on the slopes of the Iztaccíhuatl and Popocatépetl Volcanoes and in 16 small fragments of habitat on the slopes of the Pelado Volcano and the Tláloc Volcano in the mountain complex south of Mexico City.
Frequent burning of the zacatón bunchgrasses, which the rabbit uses to construct and protect its burrows, as well as ever-increasing encroachment of settlements from the expansion of Mexico City, pose a threat to the survival of this charismatic species.
www.biodiversityhotspots.org /xp/Hotspots/pine_oak/biodiversity.xml   (1014 words)

  
 Volcano Rabbit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Volcano Rabbit (Romerolagus diazi) or teporingo or conejo zacatuche is a small rabbit that resides in the mountains of Mexico.
The Volcano Rabbit is generally found between elevations of 2800 m and 4250 m in pine forests with a dense undergrowth of bunch grass and rocky terrain called the transverse neovolcanic axis.
The Volcano Rabbit feeds on green leaves in zacaton grasses, the undeveloped leaves of spiny herbs and the bark of alder trees.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Volcano_Rabbit   (428 words)

  
 Choosing a Rabbit
When selecting a rabbit, whether it be for a pet or for your own future breeding and showing, the most important factor is health.
The rabbit's eyes should be clear, and the eyes and nose free of discharge.
If the rabbit you are looking for is to be a start toward your own breeding and showing, the attributes of each rabbit must be assessed a little more closely.
www.volcano.net /~larson/choosing.htm   (730 words)

  
 Rabbit Woes: Easter Icons Face Survival Struggles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Another isolated rabbit facing development pressure is the volcano rabbit (Romerolagus diazi), which is restricted to a pine forest habitat marked by unique clumps of grass found on a mountaintop outside of Mexico City.
To remedy the situation, Ruedas suggests that more attention needs to be paid to documenting the number of rabbit species in the world and performing long term studies on populations to determine whether or not certain rabbit populations are naturally low or truly in a decline.
Rabbit researchers fear that some of these little known and undiscovered species may be pushed to extinction as their habitat is ploughed over for farmland, filled in for housing, and cut down for golf courses.
news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2003/04/0417_030417_rabbits_2.html   (1041 words)

  
 WE HAVE MORE AND FEWER RABBITS THAN WE THINK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
But do not assume that all rabbits and hares of the world are replacing their numbers as fast as they are being depleted.
One of these, the volcano rabbit serves as an example of the plight of lagomorphs in many regions of the world.
The volcano rabbit is currently listed as an endangered species by any group that has taken a careful look at their status and is also protected by Mexican wildlife laws.
www.uga.edu /srel/ecoview11-28-99.htm   (704 words)

  
 Rabbit
Rabbits are characterized by their long hind legs, ears and their furry legs.
Rabbits in the wild are smaller in length and wieght then domasticated ones.
The smallest rabbits measure only 12 inches in length and are known as volcano rabbit.
greenfield.fortunecity.com /drongo/124/rabbit.htm   (380 words)

  
 BBC - Science & Nature - Articles - The Amami rabbit, a natural monument
It is so different from other rabbits and hares of the family Leporidae that it is considered to belong to an early branch off the main rabbit-hare evolutionary tree.
The Amami rabbit's ancestors diverged early on from the main Leporid branch, between 10 or 20 million years ago, about half as long ago as the pikas and the ancestral rabbits separated.
In other words, the Amami rabbit has been isolated for so long from other rabbits and hares, including the volcano rabbit, that they are scarcely kin.
www.bbc.co.uk /nature/animals/features/176ancient.shtml   (432 words)

  
 UNEP-WCMC - Volcano Rabbit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
GEOGRAPHICAL SPREAD Volcano Rabbits are found only on the slopes of four volcanoes in central Mexico: Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl (Sierra Nevada), and El Pelado and Tlaloc (Sierra Chichinautzin) (Fa and Bell, 1990).
Rabbits have been reported feeding on the young leaves of zacaton grasses.
Sauter, C. Social Behaviour of the Volcano Rabbit (Romerolagos diazi) in the Chapultepec Zoo, Mexico City.
www.unep-wcmc.org /species/data/species_sheets/volcano.htm   (466 words)

  
 Volcano Rabbit
Habitat: On the slopes of volcanoes, usually at an altitude of 9000 to 10,500 feet.
Description: This is one of the smallest of the rabbits in the Americas.
As soon as a ray of sunlight appears, it is quite common to see this rabbit spread out on the ground to warm itself.
www.americazoo.com /goto/index/mammals/132.htm   (293 words)

  
 Volcano Rabbit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Volcano Rabbit, Zacatuche Written by Sharon Jansa Table of Contents ^ Geographic Range Nearctic: The volcano rabbit has one of the most restricted ranges of any mammal in Mexico.
The volcano rabbit is another small rabbit which is gradually being diminished due to human ignorance.
Rabbit calicivirus disease was first reported in China in 1984...
www.angora-rabbit.com /rabbit/volcano-rabbit.html   (617 words)

  
 3.17 Hares and rabbits
The neonate Cottontails are underdeveloped and remain in the nest, a hollow lined with straw and rabbit hair, for two weeks (68, 115).
Campesinos hunt rabbits in some areas by setting nooses or traps along rabbit pathways, or use slingshots, or lure them by imitating their calls (66, 241, 258, 270, 379).
Rabbit hunters sometimes hawk their kill along the road in certain regions.
www.fao.org /docrep/T0750E/t0750e0p.htm   (952 words)

  
 Bunny Blog
Vancouver Rabbit Rescue and Advocacy, a chapter of the HRS in British Columbia, does a wonderful job of presenting these rabbits on their website.
The introduced European rabbits (which are ancestors of all domestic rabbit breeds) are competing for the bilby's habitat.
Rabbits and rodents are affected by it and it occurs mostly in the southwestern states.
www.hopperhome.com /bunny_blog2.htm   (2503 words)

  
 hi, monster in charge of guarding the volcano || rabbit's funny comic strips
This is a free and very very funny comic strip, although a little weird and nonsensic.
Rabbit is not dirty (well sometimes a little) and is more of a photomontage or a picture than a cartoon.
Rabbit is made by Phiip the only Phiip.
www.rabbit-comics.org /index.php?number=923   (243 words)

  
 Los Chronicles de Princesa Querida Conejo
American wild rabbits and hares are not related to the domestic rabbit.
Wild baby rabbits should be either left alone (their mother will come back to them if the nest is undisturbed), or turned over to a wildlife rehabilitation specialist.
Perhaps the most unusual example of the wild rabbit is the highly endangered Romerolagus diazi, the Volcano Rabbit which lives in a diminishing habitat on the slopes of a handful of Mexican volcanos.
princessquerida.tripod.com   (919 words)

  
 rabbits - Ask.com Web Search
House Rabbit Society is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization that rescues abandoned rabbits and educates the public on rabbit care.
Rabbits are not "low-maintenance" pets, and are a poor choice as a pet for children.
Rabbits spend their time looking for food, eating, interacting with other rabbits, resting, and sleeping.
search.ask.com /web?q=rabbits   (309 words)

  
 BBC - Science & Nature - Articles - The Amami rabbit, a natural monument
Nocturnal and forest-dwelling, with short ears and no tail, the Amami rabbit is a very distant relative of the bunnies we know, separated by millions of years of evolution.
Think of a wildlife adventure to exciting, bizarre islands whose long isolation from the nearest continent has given rise to species which are found nowhere else.
Classified as endangered, the Amami rabbit is protected as a Japanese 'natural monument'.
www.bbc.co.uk /nature/animals/features/176index.shtml   (534 words)

  
 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Romerolagus diazi
The volcano rabbit is endemic to central Mexico.
Volcano rabbits are found between 2,800 and 4,250 m in elevation inhabiting pine forests (Pinus) with dense undergrowth of bunch grass and rocky substrates.
Most of the areas where the rabbit is found have winter drought and summer rains with a mean annual precipitation of around 1,500 mm.
www.iucnredlist.org /search/details.php/19742/all   (416 words)

  
 All About Rabbits & Their Classifications
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae, found in many
Rabbits and hares were formerly classified in the order Rodentia
Rabbit feet are considered lucky and fake rabbit feet are often
petcaretips.net /what-are-rabbits.html   (714 words)

  
 Looney Labs Product Info
Volcano Caps - Volcano, one of the most popular games for the pyramids, requires 15 each of 5 colors of pyramids (i.e.
A special 11th color of pyramids have been made especially for use as Volcano Caps - you get 5 pyramids of just the smallest size - in a new color: opaque gray.
Deluxe Volcano Boards - These are hand made laser cut boards - formed from a fl laser-cut grid affixed to a white base.
www.looneylabs.com /OurGames/ProductInfo   (1839 words)

  
 American Netherland Dwarf Rabbit Club   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Please feel free to contact the ANDRC members listed here, by clicking on their eMail addresses.
The American Netherland Dwarf Rabbit Club logo is the exclusive property of the American Netherland Dwarf Rabbit Club and its members, and may not be reproduced in any form without express prior permission, in writing, from ANDRC.
Permission is hereby granted for any club, organization or individual to provide a hyperlink on your website to this page provided your site is rabbit related and appropriate for all age groups.
www.andrc.com /breeders.html   (145 words)

  
 The Pink Rabbit Consortium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
If you want to receive email updates, even if you were a member, you'll need to join/rejoin the mailing list at http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/pinkrabbit
I TURN TO YOU -- AMC -- by Pink Rabbit Productions
LOOKING IN -- AMC -- by Pink Rabbit Productions
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