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--> GENUS Nesolagus
SPECIES Nesolagus timminsi
Author: | Averianov [=Aver’yanov], Abramov and Tikhonov, 2000. | Citation: | Cont. Zool. Inst., St. Peteresburg, 3: 3. | Common Name: | Annamite Striped Rabbit | 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." | Distribution: | Known only from the vicinity of the type locality. | Status: | IUCN – Data Deficient; presumed rare and potentially endangered. | Comments: | 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). |
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