Leporipoxvirus

Lep·or·i·pox·vi·rus

(lep'ō-ri-poks'vī'rŭs), The genus of viruses (family Poxviridae) that comprises the fibroma and myxoma viruses of rabbits; unlike the orthopoxviruses, they are ether-sensitive. [L. leporis, gen. of lepus, a hare, + virus]