r/Awwducational • u/ExoticShock • Aug 23 '24

Verified The Sumatran Short-Eared Rabbit is a rare species found at 600 to 1600 metres in the Barisan Mountains of western Sumatra, Indonesia, and surrounding areas. The local people do not have a name for it as they were not aware it even existed due to being so rare, nocturnal & living in remote forests.

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u/Gr8NW Aug 23 '24 edited Aug 24 '24

But not so rare that it wasn’t caught, killed, and taxidermied. 😢

EDIT: My bad. Apparently this is NOT a taxidermied animal but rather a realistic-looking mock up. Good to know!

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u/ProPuke Aug 24 '24 edited Aug 24 '24

This is just an observational model, not a taxidermy (you can see it in more detail here)

I can't find any reports of them ever being caught and killed. There are incredibly few sightings (When seen they make the news). A farmer trapped one in 2022 during floods, which was pretty major news (it was later released, unharmed, back into the environment).

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u/AJ_Crowley_29 Aug 24 '24

European settler moment

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u/SoDoneSoDone Aug 25 '24

Nice, didn’t even really know that rabbits live in Southeast Asia, since I just immediately think of Europe, mainland Asia and North America when I think of rabbits 🐰🐰🐰

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u/Past_Adeptness1377 Oct 14 '24

What a beautiful rabbit !