By Antonia Gorog
Geographic Range
This rabbit has been recorded only from the highlands of the Barisan range in southwestern Sumatra.
Other Geographic Terms:
island endemic 
.
Habitat
The Sumatra short-eared rabbit lives in forests at 600 to 1400m.
Terrestrial Biomes:
rainforest .
Physical Description
Head and body length ranges from 350 to 400mm. Tail length is approximately 15mm. The background coloration of Nesolagus is a buffy gray. Striking brown stripes, including a mid-dorsal stripe from the shoulders to the rump, pattern the face, legs, and body. The underfur is soft and dense. The rump and tail are bright red, and the undersides white.
Some key physical features:
endothermic ; bilateral symmetry .
Reproduction
Nothing is known about the reproduction of these rabbits.
Key reproductive features:
gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate); sexual .
Behavior
Nesolagus is nocturnal. It rests during the day on the forest floor in burrows dug by other animals.
Key behaviors:
motile .
Food Habits
Nesolagus feeds on succulent stalks and leaves of understory plants. Captive rabbits ate rice, corn, bread, bananas, and pineapple.
Conservation Status
Nesolagus is listed as IUCN-Indeterminate and is "...apparently the rarest lagomorph. About a dozen museum specimens exist, collected between 1880 and 1916, and there has been only one confirmed sighting sice then, in 1972." The rarity of Nesolagus may be the result of deforestation and habitat loss.
Contributors
Antonia Gorog (author), University of Michigan.
