 THAILAND July 1998
Mammal list |
| Pygmy Shrew |
Suncus etruscus |
1 crossing the road at Doi Inthanon about km
30 caught and examined in hand, one of the two smallest mammals (the other is a bat) with
an average weight of 2.5 grams |
| Common Treeshrew |
Tupaia glis |
Doi Inthanon, Kaeng Krachan |
| Wrinkle-lipped Bat |
Chaerephon plicata |
up to 10,000 exiting cave near Khao Yai |
| Slow Loris |
Nycticebus coucang |
1 spotlit near entrance to Khao Yai |
| Pig-tailed
Macaques |
Macaca nemestrina |
Common at Khao Yai |
| Dusky Langur |
Trachypithecus obscura |
Kaeng Krachan |
| Phayre’s Langur |
T. phayrei |
Very wary and defensive at Doi Inthanon
leading us to believe they are hunted |
| Silvered Langur |
T. christatus |
Khao Yai, Nam Nao |
| White-handed Gibbon |
Hylobates lar |
Khao Yai, Kaeng Krachan |
| Yellow-throated Martin |
Martes flavigula |
1 on jeep track at Doi Inthanon |
| Siberian Weasel |
Mustela sibirica |
1 at Doi Inthanon summit |
| Indian Civet |
Viverra zibetha |
1 spotlit in grassland in Khao Yai |
| Eurasian Wild Pig |
Sus scrofa |
1 Khao Yai |
| Sambar |
Cervus unicolor |
Very common at Khao Yai |
| Barking Deer |
Muntiacus muntjak |
Not uncommon at Khao Yai, Nam Nao |
| Grey-bellied Squirrel |
Callosciurus caniceps |
Common in lowland areas |
| Variable Squirrel |
C. finlaysoni |
Common at Khao Yai, Nam Nao, Doi Inthanon |
| Belly-banded Squirrel |
C. flavimanus |
Nam Nao |
| Burmese Striped Tree Squirrel |
Tamiops macclellandi |
Common in all wet forest |
| Black Giant Squirrel |
Ratufa bicolor |
3 Nam Nao, 2 Kaeng Krachan |
| Red Giant Flying Squirrel |
Petaurista petaurista |
2 Nam Nao |
