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Loveridge, R.; Cusack, J.J.; Eames, J.C.; Samnang, E.; Willcox, D.
Mammal records and conservation threats in Siem Pang Wildlife Sanctuary and Siem Pang Khang Lech Wildlife Sanctuary, Cambodia
2018  Cambodian Journal of Natural History (2): 76-89

Siem Pang Wildlife Sanctuary and Siem Pang Khang Lech Wildlife Sanctuary form part of a 11,217 km2 network of protected areas in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, one of the largest protected landscapes in the Mekong basin. Our study contributes to filling a knowledge gap for the two wildlife sanctuaries and consisted of a systematic camera trap survey (comprising 60 camera trap stations and 1,574 trap-nights) in 2016, complemented by an opportunistic camera trap survey (comprising 47 camera trap stations and ~1,100 trap nights) in 2012-2013 and direct observations of mammals between 2012 and 2016. Including previously published data, seventeen globally threatened medium and large-bodied mammals are recorded from the two contiguous sanctuaries, which contain a species assemblage that reflects the depressed status of mammal populations in Cambodia. Together with other contiguous protected areas, Siem Pang Wildlife Sanctuary may support nationally important populations of Asian elephants and gaur and a globally important red-shanked douc population, whereas Siem Pang Kang Lech Wildlife Sanctuary supports a globally important Eld's deer population. Threats to the two wildlife sanctuaries include habitat fragmentation and forest conversion to agriculture which are exacerbated by road construction and hunting. The protected landscape they form part of provides sufficient land area to support viable populations of medium and large-bodied mammals. However, the continued persistence of these will require improved management supported by rigorous species and threat assessments to underpin conservation actions.

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