Rare & Secretive Striped Rabbit Caught on Camera in Sumatra
by Andrea Mustain
An elusive striped rabbit that has rarely been photographed has been caught on film deep in the forests of Sumatra, thanks to camera traps set up in an isolated mountain region of the Indonesian island.
The Sumatra striped rabbit is not only extremely rare, it is also extremely shy, emerging from hiding only under the cover of darkness. The secretive, nocturnal creatures were snapped scooting across the crowded forest floor in two national parks in 2011.
“We were really excited as soon as we saw the rabbit photos because we knew that they were not photographed very often,” said Jennifer McCarthy, a doctoral candidate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and one of the researchers who oversaw the camera-trap project…
(read more: OurAmazingPlanet) (images: Jennifer McCarthy)
(via worldlyanimals)
