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Large Mammals Found in the Nam Ha NPA
The following mammal list for Luang Namtha's Nam Ha Protected Area is taken from a report produced by the Wildlife Conservation Society; A Wildlife and Habitat Survey of Nam Ha and Nam Kong Protected Areas, Luang Namtha Province, Lao PDR, 1997. This list is by no means exhaustive. Once this area is more intensively surveyed the list sure to grow.
Key
NH = Northern Highlands
SH = Southern Highlands
LNTP = Luang Namtha Plain
NK = Nam Kong Protected Area
h= The species occurred historically, but is now believed to be extirpated from the area
r = Reported by local people, but without further substantiating evidence
ex = probably extirpated
p = present. Species occurrence has been established beyond reasonable doubt, but abundance uncertain. The elusive nature of mammals in the area makes it difficult to assess abundance for more than just a few species. Some may be recorded or encountered very rarely, and yet persist in relatively high numbers.
? = requires confirmation
Abundance codes
1 = common to abundant
2 = uncommon to fairly common
3 = scarce or rare
These abundance codes are guidelines only. They have been derived subjectively, based solely on the intuitive scale. This aims to take into account variables such as insufficient time spent in suitable habitat and different species-specific/behavioral characters, e.g. the elusive nature of some species, the highly gregarious nature of others, nocturnal habits and species which occur in naturally low-density populations.
| ENGLISH NAME | SCIENTIFIC NAME | NH | SH | LNTP | NK |
| Pangolin sp. | Manis javanica/pentadactyla | r | r | r | p |
| Tail-less Fruit Bat | Megaerops ecaudatus | p | |||
| Short-nosed Fruit bat | Cynopterus sphinx | p | |||
| Slow Loris | Nycticebus coucang | r | r | r | r |
| Pig-tailed Macaque | Macaca nemestrina | r | |||
| Assamese/Rhesus Macaque | Macaca arctoides/mulatta | p | r | r | |
| Bear (Stump-tailed) Macaque | Macaca arctoides | r | r | r | r |
| Golden Jackal | Canis aureus | r | r | r | |
| Dhole | Cuon alpinus | r | r | r | p |
| Asiatic Black Bear | Ursus thibetanus | r | r | r | |
| Sun Bear | Ursus malayanus | r | r | r | p |
| Back-striped Weasel | Mustela strigidorsa | p | |||
| Yellow-throated Marten | Martes flavigula | r | r | r | |
| Hog-badger | Arctonyx collaris | r | r | r | |
| Ferret-Badger sp | Melogule | p | |||
| Eurasian/Smooth-coated Otter | Lutra lutra/lutogale perspicillata | p | |||
| Small Indian Civet | Viverricula indica | p | |||
| Common Palm Civet | Paradoxurus hemaphroditus | p | |||
| Masked Palm Civet | Paguma larvata | p | |||
| Leopard Cat | Prionailurus begalensis | r | r | r | p |
| Golden Cat | Catopuma temmincki | r | r | r | |
| Tiger | Panthera tigris | r | |||
| Leopard | Panthera pardus | p | |||
| Asian Elephant | Elephas maximus | p | |||
| Rhinoceros sp. | Rhinoceros | ex | |||
| Wild Boar | Sus scrofa | p | p | p | p |
| Lesser Mouse Deer | Tragulus javanicus | 2 | 2 | p | 2 |
| Sambar | Cervus unicolor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Indian Muntjac | Munitacus muntjac | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Dark Muntjac sp. | Muniacus sp. | r | r | r | |
| Gaur | Bos gaurus | p | p | p | r |
| Chinese Goral/Southern Serow | Naemorhedus caudatus/sumatraensis | p | p | r | |
| Black Giant Squirrel | Ratufa bicolor | p | r | p | |
| Pallas' Squirrel | Callosciurus erythraeus | p | p | p | |
| Red-cheeked Squirrel | Dremomys rufigenis | p | p | p | |
| Himalayan Striped Squirrel | Tamiop mcclellandi | p | p | p | p |
| Large Black Flying Squirrel | Aeromys tephromelas | p | |||
| Red Cheeked Flying Squirrel | Hylopetes lepidus | p | |||
| Hodgson's Porupine | Hystrix brachyura | p | p |
Source: A Wildlife and Habitat Survey of Nam Ha and Nam Kong Protected Areas, Luang Namtha Province, Lao PDR, 1997, Department of Resource Conservation/Wildlife Conservation Society Cooperative Program, Dept. of Forestry, Ministry of Agriculuture and Forestry, Lao PDR
By Robert Tizard, Peter Davidson, Khamkhoun and Khounmee Salivong
Revised: October 31, 2005 .