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Kampuchean wildlife — survival against the odds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Chris Thouless
Chris Thouless*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Large Animal Research Group, 34A Storey's Way, Cambridge CB3 0DT, UK
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The continuing war in Kampuchea has made it difficult for zoologists to assess the status of endangered species in the remoter parts of the country. Two of the world's rarest mammals, the kouprey and the Javan rhinoceros, may still survive there. The author visited the area in April 1986 and, in interviews with people in two refugee camps on the Thai border, gained the impression that the effects of the war on wildlife were not as drastic as had been expected.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , October 1987 , pp. 223 - 228
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1987

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