| And now there
are two striped rabbits
The world now has
two species of rabbits with bold stripes—one rediscovered in Sumatra
and a new one found near the border between Vietnam and Laos.
References:
Surridge, A.K. .
. . and D.J. Bell. 1999. Striped rabbits in Southeast Asia. Nature
400(Aug. 19).
Further Readings:
1996. Science
discovers the saola. UNESCO Courier 49(February):46.
Rabinowitz, A.
1997. Lost world of the annamites. Natural History 106(April):14.
Tangley, L. 1997.
New mammals in town. U.S. News & World Report 122(June 9):59.
Further
information can be found at http://www.nwf.org/nwf/intlwild/1998/newspeci.html.
Sources:
Diana J. Bell
University of East Anglia
School of Biological Sciences
Population and Conservation Biology Sector
Norwich NR4 7TJ
United Kingdom
Joshua Ginsberg
The Bronx Zoo
2300 Southern Boulevard
Bronx, NY 10460
Alison K.
Surridge
University of East Anglia
School of Biological Sciences
Population and Conservation Biology Sector
Norwish NR4 7TJ
United Kingdom
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 8, August 21, 1999, p. 116. Copyright © 1999,
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