This species are critically endangered !!
Despite the protective measures that are being endangered species, laws are not always respected or enforced.
Species declared in danger may disappear forever if stringent measures are not taken quickly.
This is the case for these species and subspecies, their population is now very small and in a few decades, they have disappeared in the wild.
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| PHOTO |
COMMON NAME LATIN NAME |
DISTRIBUTION |
STATUS |
| Riverine rabbit Bunolagus monticularis |
South Africa, Central Karoo (3122'S, 22E), Northern Cape Province, Western Cape Province |
IUCN 1996 : Endangered. Now survives only in dense, discontinuous karoid vegetation in the districts of Victoria West, Beaufort West and Frazerburg - IUCN 2009 : Critically Endangered C2a(i);E |
| Sumatran rabbit, Asian stripped rabbit Nesolagus netscheri |
Sumatra, from west-central and southwest Sumatra, with one record from Gunung Leuser (Indonesia) |
IUCN 1996 : Critically Endangered in 1996. ...apparently the rarest lagomorph. About a dozen museum specimens exist, collected between 1880 and 1916, and there has been only one confirmed sighting since then - IUCN 2009 : Vulnerable B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) |
| Silver Pika, Helan Shan Pika Ochotona argentata |
Central China, highly restricted geographic range within the Helan Shan range of Ningxia |
IUCN 1996 : Critically Endangered - IUCN 2009 : Critically Endangered B1ab(i,ii)+2ab(i,ii) |
| Hami Pika Ochotona pallasi hamica |
NW China, Northern Hami Mountains, east end of Tien Shan Mts at 7,500 feet, Xinjiang (from Karlik Shan at north) and perhaps southern Mongolia, Tsagaan Bogd Uul Mountains |
IUCN 1996 : Critically Endangered |
| Sikkim pika Ochotona thibetana sikimaria |
NE India, Sikkim |
IUCN 1996 : Critically Endangered |