The volcano rabbit is the world's smallest rabbit. It dwells only in a small area of  Mexico. The volcano rabbit is the smallest of all rabbits. The volcano rabbit only lives on four volcanoes. It has short ears and a tiny tail. The rabbits live in pine forests on the sides of the volcanoes at heights of  2,800 to 4,250 metres.  Their habitat of dense clumps of grass is called "zacaton".

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Not much is known about the habits of volcano rabbit. What is known comes from watching them in zoos. The rabbits live in small groups and are aggressive towards each other. The clumps of zacaton grasses provide places where rabbits can hide from their aggressive neighbours. They are mainly active by day and they are very noisy. The females give birth to two babies between December and July. Volcano rabbits have never been known to live anywhere but on the four volcanoes.