Status of the Sumatran Striped Rabbit Nesolagus netscheri in Isau-Isau Wildlife Reserve, South Sumatra Province, Indonesia

Authors

  • Arum Setiawan Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Sriwijaya University, Jalan Raya Palembang-Prabumulih km 32, Indralaya, Sumatera Selatan 30662, Indonesia. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6024-1090
  • Muhammad Iqbal Biology Programme, Faculty of Science, Sriwijaya University, Palembang 30139, Indonesia.
  • Octavia Susilowati Nature Conservation Agency of South Sumatra Province, Jl. Kol. H. Burlian km 6, Palembang 30961, South Sumatra, Indonesia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8583-4105
  • Doni Setiawan Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Sriwijaya University, Jalan Raya Palembang-Prabumulih km 32, Indralaya, Sumatera Selatan 30662, Indonesia.
  • Martialis Puspito Khristy Maharsi Nature Conservation Agency of South Sumatra Province, Jl. Kol. H. Burlian km 6, Palembang 30961, South Sumatra, Indonesia.
  • Indra Yustian Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Sriwijaya University, Jalan Raya Palembang-Prabumulih km 32, Indralaya, Sumatera Selatan 30662, Indonesia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7226-078X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.8113.15.2.22746-22748

Keywords:

Sumatran Striped Rabbit, Nesolagus netscheri, Isau Wildlife Reserve, South Sumatra Province

Abstract

The Sumatran Striped Rabbit Nesolagus netscheri is a little known rabbit that occurs only in Sumatra. Located in Bukit Barisan Mountains in South Sumatra Province, Isau-Isau Wildlife Reserve is one important habitat for N. netscheri. Eight records of N. netscheri were documented from Isau-Isau Wildlife Reserve between 1995 and 2022, three from camera traps and five from interviews with local people. Interviews with settlers suggest that this species is rarely encountered in the wild and seldom hunted.

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