Nesolagus

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Nesolagus

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Lagomorpha
Family:	Leporidae
Genus:	Nesolagus

Species

Nesolagus is a genus of rabbits containing two species of striped rabbit, the Annamite Striped Rabbit and the Sumatran Striped Rabbit.

[edit] Species

Genus Nesolagus
- Annamite Striped Rabbit, Nesolagus timminsi
- Sumatran Striped Rabbit, Nesolagus netscheri

[edit] Description

Both species of striped rabbit have brown or black stripes and a red rump and white underside. They are the only species of rabbits to have stripes.

[edit] Distribution

Striped rabbits are found in only two locations, with the Sumatran Striped Rabbit being found in the Barisan Mountains in western Sumatra, Indonesia, and the Annamite Striped Rabbit being found in the Annamite mountains on the border between Vietnam and Laos.

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Extant Lagomorpha species

Kingdom Animalia · Phylum Chordata · Class Mammalia · Infraclass Eutheria · Superorder Euarchontoglires

Family Ochotonidae (Pikas)

Ochotona

Subgenus Pika: Alpine Pika (O. alpina) · Helan Shan Pika (O. argentata) · Collared Pika (O. collaris) · Hoffmann's Pika (O. hoffmanni) · Northern Pika (O. hyperborea) · Pallas's Pika (O. pallasi) · American Pika (O. princeps) · Turuchan Pika (O. turuchanensis)
Subgenus Ochotona: Gansu Pika (O. cansus) · Plateau Pika (O. curzoniae) · Daurian Pika (O. dauurica) · Tsing-ling Pika (O. huangensis) · Nubra Pika (O. nubrica) · Steppe Pika (O. pusilla) · Afghan Pika (O. rufescens) · Moupin Pika (O. thibetana) · Thomas's Pika (O. thomasi)
Subgenus Conothoa: Chinese Red Pika (O. erythrotis) · Forrest's Pika (O. forresti) · Gaoligong Pika (O. gaoligongensis) · Glover's Pika (O. gloveri) · Himalayan Pika (O. himalayana) · Ili Pika (O. iliensis) · Koslov's Pika (O. koslowi) · Ladak Pika (O. ladacensis) · Large-eared Pika (O. macrotis) · Muli Pika (O. muliensis) · Black Pika (O. nigritia) · Royle's Pika (O. roylei) · Turkestan Red Pika (O. rutila)

Family Leporidae

(includes Rabbits)

Pentalagus	Amami Rabbit (P. furnessi)

Bunolagus	Riverine Rabbit (B. monticularis)

Nesolagus	Sumatran Striped Rabbit (N. netscheri) · Annamite Striped Rabbit (N. timminsi)

Romerolagus	Volcano Rabbit (R. diazi)

Brachylagus	Pygmy Rabbit (B. idahoensis)

Sylvilagus (Cottontail rabbits)	Subgenus Tapeti: Swamp Rabbit (S. aquaticus) · Tapeti (S. brasiliensis) · Dice's Cottontail (S. dicei) · Omilteme Cottontail (S. insonus) · Marsh Rabbit (S. palustris) · Venezuelan Lowland Rabbit (S. varynaensis) Subgenus Sylvilagus: Desert Cottontail (S. audubonii) · Manzano Mountain Cottontail (S. cognatus) · Mexican Cottontail (S. cunicularis) · Eastern Cottontail (S. floridanus) · Tres Marias Rabbit (S. graysoni) · Mountain Cottontail (S. nuttallii) · Appalachian Cottontail (S. obscurus) · Robust Rabbit (S. robustus) Subgenus Microlagus: Brush Rabbit (S. bachmani) · San Jose Brush Rabbit (S. mansuetus)

Oryctolagus	European Rabbit (O. cuniculus)

Poelagus	Bunyoro Rabbit (P. marjorita)

Pronolagus (Red rock hares)	Natal Red Rock Hare (P. crassicaudatus) · Jameson's Red Rock Hare (P. randensis) · Smith's Red Rock Hare (P. rupestris)

Caprolagus	Hispid Hare (C. hispidus)

Lepus (Hares)	Subgenus Macrotolagus: Antelope Jackrabbit (L. alleni) Subgenus Poecilolagus: Snowshoe Hare (L. americanus) Subgenus Lepus: Arctic Hare (L. arcticus) · Alaskan Hare (L. othus) · Mountain Hare (L. timidus) Subgenus Proeulagus: Black-tailed Jackrabbit (L. californicus) · White-sided Jackrabbit (L. callotis) · Cape Hare (L. capensis) · Tehuantepec Jackrabbit (L. flavigularis) · Black Jackrabbit (L. insularis) · Scrub Hare (L. saxatilis) · Desert Hare (L. tibetanus) · Tolai Hare (L. tolai) Subgenus Eulagos: Broom Hare (L. castrovieoi) · Yunnan Hare (L. comus) · Korean Hare (L. coreanus) · Corsican Hare (L. corsicanus) · European Hare (L. europaeus) · Granada Hare (L. granatensis) · Manchurian Hare (L. mandschuricus) · Woolly Hare (L. oiostolus) · Ethiopian Highland Hare (L. starcki) · White-tailed Jackrabbit (L. townsendii) Subgenus Sabanalagus: Ethiopian Hare (L. fagani) · African Savanna Hare (L. microtis) Subgenus Indolagus: Hainan Hare (L. hainanus) · Indian Hare (L. nigricollis) · Burmese Hare (L. peguensis) Subgenus Sinolagus: Chinese Hare (L. sinensis) Subgenus Tarimolagus: Yarkand Hare (L. yarkandensis) Subgenus incertae sedis: Japanese Hare (L. brachyurus) · Abyssinian Hare (L. habessinicus)