Found rare rabbits

Recently, environmental experts have taken pictures of nocturnal zebra rabbits in the national park on Sumatra Island, Indonesia. This is a rare animal that has been alarmed for extinction. According to environmentalists, since 1972, Indonesian Sumatran rabbits have been put on the list of extinction alarms four times.

Frida Mindasari Saanin is a member of the Wildlife Conservation Society (Wildlife Conservation Society), who have to set up a new surveillance camera to capture the image of this nocturnal zebra rabbit in an island national park. Sumatra in January. She said: 'We now know very little about this animal. We don't know how many children are living in nature. '

This is the second time this conservation organization has seen this rabbit. Their whole body is gray-brown and there are black stripes running along the face and body.

During the day, these rabbits are always trying to hide by snuggling into the cave or nestling under the trees in the dense tropical forests stretching the Barisan Mountains. It is their only residence.

She said her research team earlier in 2000 also discovered a rabbit while studying the tiger. These rabbits always avoid humans, about 35cm long, and their habitats are threatened by the shrinking forest area for agricultural purposes.

Zebra rabbit, photo taken through camera installed in Sumatra National Park (Photo: Reuters)

The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources has also recorded a similar discovery in 1972. According to Saanin, a group of other conservationists also found species. This rabbit in 1998.

The jungles of Sumatra are home to many endangered animals, including the tiger and Sumatran rhino.

Scientists believe that the island, which has very little sunlight, still has many strange animals that are now discovered. Last month, a leopard leopard was found in the Borneo and Sumatra rainforests. It has been recognized that it is a newly discovered large cat.

Manh Duc