Nesolagus netscheri (Schlegel 1880)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Lagomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 185-211 : 205

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scientific name	Nesolagus netscheri (Schlegel 1880)
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[Lepus] netscheri Schlegel 1880 , Notes Leyden Mus., 2: 59.

Type Locality: " Sumatra: Padang-Padjang...about 2000 feet " [Padangpanjang, Sumatera Barat, Indonesia; ca. 610 m].

Vernacular Names: Sumatran Striped Rabbit.

Distribution: Sumatra [ Indonesia].

Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered; only a dozen museum specimens exist, collected between 1880 and 1916. Since these early collections there has been only one confirmed sighting (in 1972; Flux, 1990) and two photographic records (different individuals, captured in an automatic camera trap in 1998; Surridge et al., 1999).