Phnom Sruoch ( km, ភ្នំស្រួច ) is a district located in
Kampong Speu Province in central
Cambodia.
Ecology
The largest surface of
Kirirom National Park is part of Phnom Sruoch District, Kampong Speu, while another section is in neighboring
Koh Kong Province.
The Kirirom National Park is located in the eastern part of the
Cardamom Mountains, about 112 km from
Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh (; km, ភ្នំពេញ, ) is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since the French protectorate of Cambodia and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its economic, indus ...
. The road from Phnom Penh to
Kampong Som
Sihanoukville (; km, ក្រុងព្រះសីហនុ, ), also known as Kampong Som ( km, កំពង់សោម, ), is a coastal city in Cambodia and the capital of Preah Sihanouk Province, at the tip of an elevated peninsula ...
runs along the southern boundary of the park.
Among the animals in the park, the following deserve mention:
Asian elephant,
deer,
gaur,
banteng
The banteng (''Bos javanicus''; ), also known as tembadau, is a species of cattle found in Southeast Asia. The head-and-body length is between . Wild banteng are typically larger and heavier than their domesticated counterparts, but are otherw ...
,
leopard
The leopard (''Panthera pardus'') is one of the five extant species in the genus '' Panthera'', a member of the cat family, Felidae. It occurs in a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa, in some parts of Western and Central Asia, Southern Russia, a ...
,
spotted linsang
The spotted linsang (''Prionodon pardicolor'') is a linsang, a tree-dwelling carnivorous mammal, native to much of Southeast Asia. It is widely, though usually sparsely, recorded, and listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Characteristic ...
,
pileated gibbon and
tiger.
Administration
Phnom Sruoch District is subdivided into 12 communes (''
khum'')
National Institute of Statistics
References
Districts of Kampong Speu province
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