Wildlife in Ratanakiri
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Ratanakiri Province in northeastern Cambodia is home to many species of animals. One 1996 survey of an area to the northwest of Lomphat Wildlife Sanctuary recorded 44 mammals, 76 birds, and 9 reptile species. The following is an incomplete list of species recorded in Ratanakiri.


Mammals

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Sambar deer The sambar (''Rusa unicolor'') is a large deer native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia that is listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List since 2008. Populations have declined substantially due to severe hunting, local ins ...
(''Cervus unicolor'')Bann, Camille
"An Economic Analysis of Tropical Forest Land Use Options, Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia"
International Development Research Centre (1997). Accessed 2008-05-04.
* Sun bear (''Ursus malayanus'') * Boar (''Sus scrofa'') * Bengal slow loris (''Nycticebus bengalensis'') * Muntjac (''Muntiacus'') *
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 ...
(''Bos javanicus'') * Asian elephant (''Elephas maximus'') * Tiger (''Panthera tigris'') *
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 ...
(''Panthera pardus'') * Gaur (''Bos gaurus'') * Hog deer (''Axis porcinus'') * Sunda pangolin (''Manis javanica'') *
Mice A mouse ( : mice) is a small rodent. Characteristically, mice are known to have a pointed snout, small rounded ears, a body-length scaly tail, and a high breeding rate. The best known mouse species is the common house mouse (''Mus musculus' ...
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rat Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents. Species of rats are found throughout the order Rodentia, but stereotypical rats are found in the genus ''Rattus''. Other rat genera include ''Neotoma'' ( pack rats), ''Bandicota'' (bandicoot ...
s ( km, kandol) * Grey squirrels/
possums Possum may refer to: Animals * Phalangeriformes, or possums, any of a number of arboreal marsupial species native to Australia, New Guinea, and Sulawesi ** Common brushtail possum (''Trichosurus vulpecula''), a common possum in Australian urban a ...
( km, danghein) *
Squirrel Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-size rodents. The squirrel family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels (including chipmunks and prairie dogs, among others), and flying squirrels. Squ ...
s (''Sciuridae sp.'') *
Malayan porcupine The Malayan porcupine or Himalayan porcupine (''Hystrix brachyura'') is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidae. Three subspecies are extant in South and Southeast Asia. Geographical distribution The Malayan porcupine ranges from Nepal th ...
(''Hystrix brachyura'') *
Otter Otters are carnivorous mammals in the subfamily Lutrinae. The 13 extant otter species are all semiaquatic, aquatic, or marine, with diets based on fish and invertebrates. Lutrinae is a branch of the Mustelidae family, which also includes wea ...
('' Lutra sp.'') * Dhole (''Cuon alpinus'') *
Musk deer Musk deer can refer to any one, or all seven, of the species that make up ''Moschus'', the only extant genus of the family Moschidae. Despite being commonly called deer, they are not true deer belonging to the family Cervidae, but rather their fa ...
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Macaque The macaques () constitute a genus (''Macaca'') of gregarious Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae. The 23 species of macaques inhabit ranges throughout Asia, North Africa, and (in one instance) Gibraltar. Macaques are principally ...
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Gibbon Gibbons () are apes in the family Hylobatidae (). The family historically contained one genus, but now is split into four extant genera and 20 species. Gibbons live in subtropical and tropical rainforest from eastern Bangladesh to Northeast India ...
* Eld's deer (''Cervus eldii'')


Reptiles

* Python (''
Python reticulatus The reticulated python (''Malayopython reticulatus'') is a python species native to South and Southeast Asia. It is the world's longest snake, and is among the three heaviest. It is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List because of its w ...
'') * Water monitor (''Varanus salvator'') *
Asian forest tortoise The Asian forest tortoise (''Manouria emys''), also known commonly as the Mountain tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia. It is believed to be among the most primitive of living ...
(''Manouria emys'') * Black softshelled turtle ('' Trionyx cartilageneus'')


Birds

* Junglefowl (''Gallus'') * Giant ibis (''Thaumatibis gigantea'') * Greater adjutant (''Leptoptilos dubius'') *
Green peafowl The green peafowl or Indonesian peafowl (''Pavo muticus'') is a peafowl species native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. It has been listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2009 because the global population has been declining r ...
(''Pavo muticus'')


Fish

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Broadhead catfish The broadhead catfish (''Clarias macrocephalus'') is an economically important air-breathing catfish that is a native of Southeast Asia. The fish is fish farming, farmed in ponds for use in human consumption in countries such as Thailand ( th, à ...
(''Clarias macrocephalus'') *
Giant snakehead ''Channa micropeltes'', giant snakehead, giant mudfish or toman harimau, is among the largest species in the family Channidae, capable of growing to in length and a weight of . It is native to the fresh waters of Southeast Asia (South Indian popu ...
(''Channa micropeltes'') *
Striped snakehead ''Channa striata'', the striped snakehead, is a species of snakehead fish. It is also known as the common snakehead, chevron snakehead, or snakehead murrel and generally referred simply as mudfish. It is native to South and Southeast Asia, and h ...
(''Channa striata'') * Julien's mud carp ('' Cirrhinus jullieni'') * Silver carp (''Hypophthalmichthys molitrix'') * Yellow mystus ('' Mystus nemurus'') * Red-tailed snakehead (''Channa gachua'') * Red-tail barb (''Barbonymus altus'') * Common silver barb (''Barbonymus gonionotus'') * Eel


Other

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Apple snail Ampullariidae, commonly known as the apple snails, is a family of large freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks with a gill and an operculum. These snails simultaneously have a gill and a lung as functional respiratory structures, which ...
(''Pila ampullacea'') * Lancaster's freshwater prawn ('' Macrobrachium lancaster'')


References

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