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| Gray, T.N.E.; Rattanak, O.; Keavuth, H.; Chanrattana, P.; Maxwell, A.L. | |
| The status of large mammals in eastern Cambodia: a review of camera trapping data 1999-2007 | |
| 2012 Cambodian Journal of Natural History (1): 42-55 | |
The seasonally dry forests of eastern Cambodia form a globally important area for biodiversity conservation. Between 1999 and 2007, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and government counterparts from the Forestry Administration and the Ministry of the Environment undertook extensive camera trapping in semi-evergreen and deciduous dipterocarp forests throughout eastern Cambodia. More than 400 locations across nine sites were camera-trapped. Threatened large mammals were recorded from all sites, with the total number of threatened species recorded per site between 16 (Mondulkiri Protected Forest, Mondulkiri Province) and one (Prek Prasab, Kratie Province). Important records, never previously published, include the most recent tiger _Panthera tigris _camera trap records from Cambodia, the only wild water buffalo Bubalus arnee camera trap records from Indochina, and Eld's deer _Cervus eldii _and dhole _Cuon alpinus_ from five and seven sites respectively. We discuss the implications of the camera trap records upon the status and ecology of selected large mammals in eastern Cambodia. Because only two of the nine camera trapping sites (Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary and Mondulkiri Protected Forest) currently receive relatively effective protection, it is likely that some of the species documented in this paper have already become locally extirpated by hunting or habitat degradation. |
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