- Wildlife of Ratanakiri
Ratanakiri Province is home to many species of animals. One 1996 survey of an area to the northwest ofLomphat 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 ("Cervus unicolor")Bann, Camille. [http://idrinfo.idrc.ca/archive/corpdocs/107390/Economic.htm "An Economic Analysis of Tropical Forest Land Use Options, Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia"] .International Development Research Centre (1997). Accessed2008-05-04 .]
*Sun bear ("Ursus malayanus")
*Boar ("Sus scrofa")
*Bengal Slow Loris ("Nycticebus bengalensis")
*Muntjac ("Muntiacus")
*Banteng ("Bos javanicus")
*Asian Elephant ("Elephas maximus")
*Tiger ("Panthera tigris")
*Leopard ("Panthera pardus")
*Gaur ("Bos gaurus")
*Hog deer ("Axis porcinus")
*Sunda Pangolin ("Manis javanica")
*Mice /rats ( _km. Kandol)
*Grey squirrels /possums ( _km. Danghein)
*Squirrel s ("Sciuridae sp.")
*Malayan Porcupine ("Hystrix brachyura")
*Otter ("Lutra sp.")
*Dhole ("Cuon alpinus")
*Musk deer
*Macaque
*Gibbon
*Eld's Deer ("Cervus eldii")Reptiles
* Python ("
Python reticulatus ")
*Water monitor ("Varanus salvator")
*Asian forest tortoise ("Manouria emys")
*Black softshelled turtle ("Trionyx cartilageneus ")Birds
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Junglefowl ("Gallus")
*Giant Ibis ("Thaumatibis gigantea")
*Greater Adjutant ("Leptoptilos dubius")
*Green Peafowl ("Pavo muticus")Fish
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Broadhead catfish ("Clarias macrocephalus")
*Giant snakehead ("Channa micropeltes")
*Striped snakehead ("Channa straita")
*Julien's mud carp ("Cirrhina julliene ")
*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
* Apple snail ("
Pila ampullacea ")
*Lancaster's freshwater prawn ("Macrobrachium lancaster ")References
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