Fauna Cardamom Mountains

indochinese tiger

the moist climate , undisturbed nature of rocky mountainsides appears have allowed rich variety of wildlife thrive, although cardamom , elephant mountains poorly researched , wildlife assumed here remains catalogued. thought home on 100 mammals such large indian civet , banteng cattle, , importantly mountains thought shelter @ least 62 globally threatened animal species , 17 globally threatened trees, many of them endemic cambodia. among animals fourteen endangered , threatened mammal species, including largest population of asian elephant in cambodia , possibly whole of indochina although still needs proved. other mammals, many of threatened, include indochinese tiger, clouded leopard (pardofelis nebulosa), dhole (a wild dog) (cuon alpinus), gaur (bos gaurus), banteng (bos javanicus), disputed kting voar (pseudonovibos spiralis), malayan sun bear, pileated gibbon (hylobates pileatus), sumatran serow (capricornis sumatraensis), sunda pangolin , tenasserim white-bellied rat. there @ least 34 species of amphibians, 3 of them described new species science here.

the rivers home both irrawaddy , humpback dolphins , home of last populations on earth of rare siamese crocodiles , extinct northern river terrapin, or royal turtle remaining in cambodia. while forests habitat more 450 bird species, half of cambodia’s total of four, chestnut-headed partridge, lewis s silver pheasant (lophura nycthemera lewisi), green peafowl (pavo muticus) , siamese partridge (arborophila diversa) endemic these mountains. reptile , amphibian survey led in june 2007 dr lee grismer of la sierra university in riverside, california, , conservation organisation fauna , flora international uncovered new species, such new cnemaspis gecko, c. neangthyi.