Loggerhead Sea-turtles (Caretta caretta) have a distinctive, large head, for which they are named. These sea-turtles live near sandy beaches throughout temperate and subtropical regions, with migration patterns across the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans as well as the Mediterranean and Black Sea. While there are no total population estimates, there are believed to be […]
Red-capped Mangabey
Red-capped Mangabey (Cercocebus torquatus) is named for the distinctive red fur that looks like a “cap” on the primate’s head. This mangabey is classified as ‘vulnerable’ in the IUCN Red List of Threatened species, given that its global population has declined more than 30% over the past three generations. The species is believed range […]
Lar Carpenteri Gibbon
Lar Carpenteri Gibbon (Hylobates lar) is threatened by extinction, with the global population declining by an estimated 50% over the past few years. There is no reliable population estimate for most of the countries in which the gibbon ranges, which includes Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, and Myanmar. In Yunan – China, Lar Carpenteri is thought […]
Rickett’s Big-footed Myotis
PRCF discovery In 2006, PRCF Vietnam engaged in a Cave Fauna Research Project in the karst caves mountains of Kim Hy Nature Reserve in northern Vietnam. Through this project, we discovered the Rickett’s big-footed Myotis, a bat species new to science. During an intensive field survey between 2006 and 2007 three specimens of a white- […]
Olive Ridley Sea-turtle
Olive Ridley Sea-turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), named for its olive-colored shell, is a vulnerable species due to their estimated 31% – 36% decline over two generations before 2008. These sea-turtles nest in as many as 60 countries throughout the world, and migrate through the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans. There is general global decline rate is breeding […]
Eastern Hoolock Gibbon
The Eastern Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock leuconedys) is one of two species of Hoolock Gibbon. This species is found particularly east of the Chindwin River in Myanmar and in southwest Yunnan (China). Indian records of the species likely to actually represent the Western Hoolock The species has experienced a drastic population decline in the last 30 to […]
White-eared Night Heron
White-eared Night Heron (Gorsachius magnificus) is a globally endangered bird. Its global distribution is poorly known. However, the heron appears to be distributed across southeast southern China and northern Vietnam. During the past 30 years, the species has been observed in five northern Vietnam provinces. In the past decade, it has been sparengly recorded only […]
Green Turtle
Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) are the only herbivore species of turtles. They have green cartilage and fat inside their bodies for which they are named, not their shells like commonly assumed. Green turtles are considered an endangered species, as the population of nesting females has undergone a 48% – 67% decline over the last three […]
Western Hoolock Gibbon
Until recently, almost nothing was known about the status of Hoolock Gibbon in Myanmar. The first modern records on the species in Myanmar were collected in 1983, during assessments for new protected areas in the country. Birdwatching tours became popular during the 1990s and provided occasional Hoolock records, as did more detailed biodiversity surveys. The first dedicated studies […]
Indochinese Tiger
Indochinese Tiger (Panthera tigris) is believed to remain in small, scattered groups, or even very few individuals in Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, China, and Laos. Although the species used to be widespread in the 1980s-1990s, tigers have experienced a drastic population decline of more than 70%. In 2007 there were believed to be well below […]