Nesolagus timminsi

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Taxonomy

Kingdom:

ANIMALIA

Phylum:

CHORDATA

Class:

MAMMALIA

Order:

LAGOMORPHA

Family:

LEPORIDAE

Scientific Name:

Nesolagus timminsi

Species Authority:

Averianov, Abramov, & Tikhonov, 2000

Common Name/s:

English

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ANNAMITE STRIPED RABBIT

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria:	DD ver 3.1 (2001)
Year Assessed:	2002
Assessor/s:	Smith, A.T.
Evaluator/s:	Smith, A. & Cervantes, F. (Lagomorph Red List Authority)
Justification:	Nesolagus timminsi was discovered in the mountain forests of Laos and Viet Nam in the late 1990s. As yet there are no data on population size or extent of occurrence to assess the conservation status of this species. Further research is required.

Geographic Range

Range Description:	Nesolagus timminsi was discovered in the Annamite mountains of Laos and Viet Nam in the late 1990s. The first evidence of its existence in this area came from freshly captured animals on sale in a food market in Laos between 1995 and 1996. The rabbits have since been found at other sites in Viet Nam (Surridge et al. 1999).
Countries:	Native: Lao People's Democratic Republic; Viet Nam

Population

Population Trend:

Habitat and Ecology

System:

Terrestrial

Bibliography

Bibliography:

Averianov, A.O., Abramov, A.V., and Tikhonov, A.N. 2000. A new species of Nesolagus (Lagomorpha, Leporidae) from Vietnam with osteological description. Contributions from the Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg 3:1-24.

Lagomorph Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website

Surridge, A.K., Timmins, R.J., Hewitt, G.M., and Bell, D.J. 1999. Striped rabbits in Southeast Asia. Nature 400: 726.

Citation:	Smith, A.T. 2002. Nesolagus timminsi. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 29 August 2008.
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