Sumatran Striped Rabbit
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The Sumatran Striped Rabbit (Nesolagus netscheri), also known as the Sumatra Short-eared Rabbit or Sumatran Rabbit, is a rabbit found only in forest in the Barisan Mountains in western Sumatra, Indonesia. It is listed as a critically endangered species — its rarity may be due to deforestation and habitat loss.[3]
The rabbit is usually about 40 cm (1 ft, 4 in) long. It is gray with brown stripes, with a red tail and rump, and the underside is white. It lives in forests at altitudes of 600-1400 metres. It is nocturnal, resting in the burrows of other animals. It usually eats the stalk and leaves of understory plants, but captive rabbits ate grain, and tropical fruits.[3]
Sightings of the species have only been reported three times since 1972, most recently in late January 2007 in a photograph taken with a camera trap installed in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park.[4]
[edit] Related species
This rabbit was the sole representative of the genus Nesolagus until the Annamite Striped Rabbit was discovered in the Annamite Mountains between Laos and Vietnam.
[edit] References
- ^ Hoffmann, Robert S.; Andrew T. Smith (2005-11-16). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 205. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ^ Lagomorph Specialist Group (1996). Nesolagus netscheri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-05-05. Listed as Critically Endangered (CR B1+2abcde, C2a v2.3)
- ^ a b Gorog, Antonia. Animal Diversity Web: Nesolagus netscheri. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Retrieved on 2007-04-05.
- ^ "Striped rabbit spotted in Sumatra", BBC News, 2007-04-05. Retrieved on 2007-04-05.
