Annamite striped rabbit

Annamite striped rabbit[1]
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Nesolagus
Species: N. timminsi
Binomial name
Nesolagus timminsi
Averianov, Abramov, & Tikhonov, 2000
Annamite striped rabbit range

The Annamite striped rabbit (Nesolagus timminsi) is a species of rabbit native to the Annamite mountain range on the Laos-Vietnam border. The rabbit is striped, with a red rump, and resembles the Sumatran Striped Rabbit. It only recently became known to Western scientists.

References

  1. ↑ Hoffman, R. S.; Smith, A. T. (2005). "Order Lagomorpha". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ↑ Abramov, A., Timmins, R.J., Touk, D., Duckworth, J.W. & Steinmetz, R. (2008). "Nesolagus timminsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2010-07-25. Listed as Data Deficient (DD ver 3.1 )

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