teporingon.
/tɛpɒˈrɪŋɡəʊ/ = volcano rabbit n. at volcano n. Compounds 2.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Romerolagus (volcano rabbit)
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1969 J. Fisher et al. Red Bk. 54/2 The teporingo..exists only on the middle slopes of Popocatépetl and Ixtacihuatl and some of the nearby ridges.
1972 G. Durrell Catch me a Colobus ix. 192 I felt that, if we talked to the park rangers, they would be sure to give us information about the whereabouts of the Teporingoes.
1980 Listener 17 July 90/3 The teporingo appears to be a kind of Mexican rabbit. There aren't many left.
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