SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION :
kingdom (kingdom): Animalia
phylum: Chordata
classes: mammals
Order: Lagomorpha
family: Leporidae
genus: Nesolagus;
species: Nesolagus netscheri.
Binomial name: Nesolagus netscheri (Schlegel, 1880).
Name of Indonesia: Sumatran Rabbit, Sumatran striped rabbit, rabbit Sumatran 'short ears.
Sumatran striped rabbit has a body length of about 40 cm and weighing about 1.5 kg. Fur nesolagus netscheri Yellowish brown with a black line That ran along their body. While the fur on the belly is white.
Around the eyes and sides of the head in the back of the eye Until the base of the ear is black. The special characteristic is the size of the Sumatran striped rabbit ears is shorter Than the other rabbit ear size.
Sumatran rabbit is a nocturnal animal activity That is more frequent at night. The unique of Indonesian native animals are in the habit of hiding in holes or burrows of other animals Used instead of dug its own hole.
Like other rabbits, wild rabbits are herbivores who like young shoots and stems of plants are low.
Rabbits normally lives in very isolated places, there are only in the forests of mountain chain, Sumatra. their habitats are tropical forests in Some mountain like Mount Kerinci Sumatra island, the mountain line, and mountain leuser. These animals inhabit the area at an altitude Between 600-1600 meters above sea level.
Because They are in a very isolated place, then the information about the behavior and habitat are minimal. In fact, local communities do not have the local language to call it, They call it only Sumatran rabbit and Some events are totally unaware of its existence.
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