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Romerolagus diazi (Volcano Rabbit)

Synonyms: Lepus diazi

Wikipedia Abstract

The volcano rabbit (Romerolagus diazi), also known as teporingo or zacatuche, is a small rabbit that resides in the mountains of Mexico. It is the world's second smallest rabbit, second only to the pygmy rabbit. It has small rounded ears, short legs, and short, thick fur and weighs approximately 390–600 g (0.86–1.3 lb). It has a life span of 7 to 9 years. The volcano rabbit lives in groups of 2 to 5 animals in burrows (underground nests) and runways among grass tussocks. The burrows can be as long as 5 m and as deep as 40 cm. There are usually 2 to 3 young per litter, born in the burrows.
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Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Romerolagus diazi

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
15
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
73
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 29.41
EDGE Score: 5.49
View EDGE Record: Romerolagus diazi

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.049 lbs (476 g)
Birth Weight [1]  24 grams
Female Weight [1]  1.182 lbs (536 g)
Male Weight [1]  417 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  28.5 %
Diet [2]  Herbivore
Diet - Plants [2]  100 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [3]  6 months 6 days
Gestation [1]  39 days
Litter Size [1]  2
Maximum Longevity [3]  9 years
Snout to Vent Length [3]  12 inches (31 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine-oak forests Mexico Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Iztaccihuatl-Popocatepetl National Park II 224456 Mexico State, Mexico

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States Yes

Prey / Diet

Festuca amplissima[1]
Lachemilla sibbaldiifolia[1]
Muhlenbergia macroura (muhly)[1]
Stipa ichu (Peruvian feather grass)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Sylvilagus cunicularius (Mexican Cottontail)3

Predators

Mustela frenata (Long-tailed Weasel)[4]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Romerolagus diazi, Fernando A. Cervantes, Consuelo Lorenzo, and Robert S. Hoffmann, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 360, pp. 1-7 (1990)
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 4Mustela frenata, Steven R. Sheffield and Howard H. Thomas, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 570, pp. 1-9 (1997)
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 6International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0