INDONESIA , Jakarta (UPI) – The researchers of Wildlife Conservation Society in Asia have taken the photos of one of the world's rarest rabbits -- the Sumatran striped rabbit. The images of Sumatran rabbits were captured by a camera trap in the Bukit Barisan National Park in Indonesia. These special photos of the rabbit species are the  only third recorded.

Before this time the photos of the rabbits were taken in 1998 and 2000, the last confirmed sighting by scientists of a living animal occurred during 1972 and only 15 species remain in museums, all dating from before 1929. Colin Poole, director of the Wildlife Conservation Society's Asia program said, "This rabbit is so poorly known that any proof of its continued existence at all is great news and confirms the conservation importance of Sumatra's forests," 

Note: The World Conservation Union has listed the Sumatran striped rabbit as "Critically Endangered" specie.