Annamite Striped Rabbit
Nesolagus timminsi
- Endangered
- Card rarity: Epic
- Mammals
The Annamite striped rabbit is a species of rabbit native to the Annamite mountain range on the Laos–Vietnam border. The rabbit has short ears, black or dark brown stripes against a buff-colored body, and a red rump. It resembles the Sumatran striped rabbit, a closely related species that lives in the Barisan Mountains of Indonesia. The species was first observed in 1996 by biologist Robert Timmins in a market in Ban Lak in Laos, and was formally described in 2000, when it was named after Timmins' find. It is known as the thỏ vằn in Vietnamese and ka tai lai seua in Lao.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Lagomorpha
- Family
- Leporidae
- Genus
- Nesolagus