Annamite Striped Rabbit
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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.
Rabbit
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world...
native to the Annamite mountain range on the Laos
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
-Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
border. The rabbit is striped, with a red rump, and resembles the Sumatran Striped Rabbit
Sumatran Striped Rabbit
The Sumatran Striped Rabbit , 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 only recently became known to Western scientists.
External links
- Striped rabbit revealed in Laos forest at bbc.co.ukBbc.co.ukBBC Online is the brand name and home for the BBC's UK online service. It is a large network of websites including such high profile sites as BBC News and Sport, the on-demand video and radio services co-branded BBC iPlayer, the pre-school site Cbeebies, and learning services such as Bitesize...
- Camera-shy deer caught for first time at www.physorg.com