Discover the world's rarest rabbits in Vietnam

Scientists have found Truong Son zebra rabbit, the rarest rabbit in the world and one of the remaining ancient animals.

The world's rarest rabbit species in Vietnam

Truong Son striped rabbit (Annamite Striped) is one of the remaining ancient species, they are endemic species, only in Truong Son mountain, Vietnam - Laos border area, and is the rarest rabbit in the world.

Researcher Sarah and the new Truong Son rabbit rabbit were discovered.

The Truong Son striped rabbit, or Annamite Striped rabbit, was first discovered by Dr. Diana Bell and colleagues of the University of East Anglie (UEA) in Vietnam and published in Nature in 1999. However, there has not been any more information and pictures from this rare rabbit since then.

Sarah photographed the world's rarest rabbits before releasing it to nature.

Recently, researcher Sarah Woodfin, who is currently studying Master of Applied Ecology and conservation in UEA, had an expedition in Vietnam and was extremely lucky to discover and capture the image of the rabbit. Truong Son stripes are extremely rare. Sarah said she found the Truong Son rabbit in the edge of a stream.

Sarah said she had experience caring for her rabbit since she was five, so she knew how to safely carry this extremely rare rabbit.

"My first feeling was shocking. I realized it was a zebra rabbit as soon as I saw it, because they were very different, but at that time I still couldn't believe that we had caught a rare rabbit. most in the world, 'Sarah said.

However, she added that the risk of extinction of this extremely rare species of rabbit is very high because the number is not much smaller, narrowing the habitat due to deforestation and hunting.