New records of the Annamite striped rabbit in Ngoc Linh, Quang Nam and Kon Tum provinces, Vietnam
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Anh Tuan Nguyen
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Andrew Tilker
Abstract
The Annamite striped rabbit Nesolagus timminsi is an Endangered lagomorph endemic to the Annamite mountain range in Vietnam and Laos. We report new records of the Annamite striped rabbit from the elevations of 967–1210 m (mean = 1097 m) in the Ngoc Linh Mountains in Quang Nam and Kon Tum provinces, central Vietnam, located south of the southernmost known records in the central Annamites part of the species’ range. We also document previously unreported incidents of Annamite striped rabbit being caught for the pet trade. Our findings provide additional information on the distribution and threats to this little-known species that can be used to inform conservation measures.
Funding source: The Development Foundation of Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Award Identifier / Grant number: VNU.2021.NCS.02
Acknowledgments
The authors thank Re:wild, the management boards and staff of Quang Nam Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve and Kon Tum Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve, and other local authorities in Quang Nam and Kon Tum provinces for their support. This work would have been impossible without the enthusiastic help of local people and field assistants in Quang Nam and Kon Tum. We also thank Andreas Wilting and Thanh Nguyen (Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research) for fruitful discussions.
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Author contributions: ATN and AT conceptualized the study; ATN and QLK conducted the fieldwork; ATN and ML led the data analysis and writing; all authors edited and approved the manuscript.
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Research funding: Nguyen Tuan Anh, ID VNU.2021.NCS.02, thanks The Development Foundation of Vietnam National University, Hanoi for sponsoring this research.
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Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.
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Research ethics: All authors confirm that this research was conducted under the ethical guidelines of their host institutions, and that scientific best practices have been followed in all aspects of the research.
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