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Mccann, G.; Pawlowski, K.; Soukhon, T.
The Standard Four in Virachey National Park, north-east Cambodia
2020 Cat News (71): 9-13
In a five-year wildlife camera trapping survey from January 2014 to 2020, including a one year hiatus in 2018, in Virachey National Park VNP in north-east Cambodia turned up records of the 'standard four' evergreen felines: mainland clouded leopard _Neofelis nebulosa,_ marbled cat_ Pardofelis marmorata_, Asiatic golden cat _Catopuma temminckii_, and leopard cat _Prionailurus bengalensis_. Most wild felid species - with the exception of leopard cat - are in decline throughout Indochina (Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos). The main reasons for these declines are economic development and infrastructure projects that shrink forest habitats, as well as poaching for the illegal wildlife trade from an unprecedented snaring crisis that has engulfed the region's protected areas and other forested areas. Despite these considerable threats, VNP retains the 'standard four' wild cats and continued monitoring shows that these species persist in the park. The park could be an Indochinese stronghold for these four felid species.
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