[5] Nesolagus timminsi is a short-eared, short-tailed rabbit with a rust-colored rump and black or dark brown stripes running along the back.

[5] Very little is known of its ecology, nor why there is a thousand-mile gap between it and its nearest relative, the Sumatran striped rabbit (Nesolagus netscheri).

Molecular analysis indicates that the two diverged from a common ancestor about eight million years ago, in the Pliocene epoch.

[4] N. timminsi is primarily threatened by hunting, as it is often caught in snare traps set both by subsistence hunters and poaching operations.

Agricultural cultivation and extensive road building throughout Laos and Vietnam have caused habitat loss and degradation, but hunting remains the primary threat.