Annamite striped rabbit

The Annamite rabbit strip ( Nesolagus timminsi ) was first described in 2000 for the first time scientifically. Parts of this animal were found on a food market in Laos, since then it has been spotted in Vietnam.

Features

The Annamite rabbit strip has a gray base color. Several dark brown or black stripes appear on the back, side on the flanks and in the face along. The belly is white, the tail dyed red.

The Annamite rabbit strip similar to the Sumatran rabbit ( Nesolagus nets cheri ) but the two species evolved separately since about eight million years of each other.

Occurrence

The Annamite strip rabbit lives in the moist evergreen forests on the seaward slopes of the Truong Son mountain range, also known as the Annamite Cordillera, where there is no or only a short dry period. Usually it is found at altitudes below 1000 meters. Since there are some sightings in intensively managed forestry areas, but not from areas with clearcuts, the economic use of the habitat is probably not the greatest threat to the article The main threat comes from hunting with traps.

The protective measures in this field mainly focus on remote areas higher. The deeper regions and valleys are revealed intensive hunting, clearcutting and mining. Thus, it is expected to further decline of only sparsely occurring species.

History of Research

The British zoologist Rob Timmins of the Wildlife Conservation Society found three specimens of the species at a market. According to him, the species was named.