Annamite striped rabbit
Annamite striped rabbit[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Lagomorpha |
Family: | Leporidae |
Genus: | Nesolagus |
Species: | N. timminsi
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Binomial name | |
Nesolagus timminsi Averianov, Abramov, & Tikhonov, 2000
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Annamite striped rabbit range |
The Annamite striped rabbit (Nesolagus timminsi) is a species of
Its range includes the Northern and Central Annamites, and possibly the Southern Annamites. Very little is known of its ecology, nor why there is a thousand-mile gap between it and its nearest relative, the Sumatran striped rabbit (Nesolagus netscheri). Molecular analysis indicates that the two diverged from a common ancestor about eight million years ago. They may have survived in forested refugia that remained when glacial ice sheets retreated after the last ice age.[4]
Threats to the species are hunting, either by snare or less likely by dogs and habitat loss which makes it more vulnerable to hunters. The most significant threats are snares, and cultivation at lower altitudes and agriculture throughout
References
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- ^ . Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ Can, Dang N; Abramov, Alexei V; Tikhonov, Alexei N; Averianov, Alexander O. "Annamite striped rabbit Nesolagus timminsi in Vietnam". Acta Teriologica. 46 (4): 437–440.
- ^ "Annamite striped rabbit". saolablog. September 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ Hannah Osborne (2015-06-04). "Vietnam: Extremely rare elusive Annamite Striped rabbit filmed in wild". International Business Times.