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Nesolagus timminsi Averianov [=Aver'yanov], Abramov and Tikhonov 2000

Description

Nesolagus timminsi Averianov [=Aver’yanov], Abramov and Tikhonov 2000

Nesolagus timminsi Averianov [=Aver’yanov], Abramov and Tikhonov 2000, Cont. Zool. Inst., St. Peteresburg, 3: 3.

Type Locality: " Vietnam, Ha Tinh Province, Huong Son District, Son Kim Community, about 10 km south from village Nuoc Sot, 18E22'N,105E13'E, altitude 200m. ".

Vernacular Names: Annamite Striped Rabbit.

Distribution: Known only from the vicinity of the type locality.

Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient; presumed rare and potentially endangered.

Discussion: Little is known about this recently described species, except that morphologically it is very similar to N. netscheri (Averianov et al., 2000; Surridge et al., 1999).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Lagomorpha, pp. 185-211 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 205, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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References

  • Abramov, A. V. 2000. [The taxonomic status of the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi (Carnivora, Mustelidae)]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 79 (1): 80 - 88 (in Russian).
  • Averianov, A. O., A. V. Abramov, and A. N. Tikhonov. 2000. A new species of Nesolagus (Lagomorpha, Leporidae) from Vietnam with osteological description. Contributions from the Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg, No. 3, 22 pp.
  • Surridge, A. K., R. J. Timmins, G. M. Hewitt, and D. J. Bell. 1999. Striped rabbits in Southeast Asia. Nature, 400: 726.