Animal Info - Laos


Contents

Threatened Species, Environmental and Social Data (Mammals, Biodiversity/Ecosystems, Population, Area/Land Use, Economy, Education), References and Links


Threatened Species

Threatened Species: The following list includes all mammals which occur in Laos and are rated as Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals

  • Critically Endangered:
  • Endangered:
  • Vulnerable:
    • Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus).
    • Asiatic Golden Cat (Catopuma temminckii). 
    • Assamese Macaque (Macaca assamensis).
    • Back-striped Weasel (Mustela strigidorsa).
    • Buff-cheeked Gibbon (Nomascus gabriellae). (Previously Hylobates gabriellae.)
    • Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa).
    • Dhole (Cuon alpinus).
    • Eld's Deer (Cervus eldi).
    • Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra). 
    • Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus).
    • Francois' Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus francoisi).
    • Gaur (Bos frontalis).
    • Irrawaddy Squirrel (Callosciurus pygerythrus).
    • Long-tailed Goral (Naemorhedus caudatus).
    • Mainland Serow (Capricornis sumatraensis).
    • Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus).
    • Marbled Cat (Pardofelis marmorata).
    • Northern Pigtail Macaque (Macaca leonina).
    • Owston's Palm Civet (Chrotogale owstoni).
    • Pig-tailed Macaque (Macaca nemestrina).
    • Pygmy Loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus).
    • Pileated Gibbon (Hylobates pileatus).
    • Sikkim Rat (Rattus sikkimensis).
    • Smooth-coated Otter (Lutrogale perspicillata). (Previously Lutra perspicillata.) 
    • Stumptail Macaque (Macaca arctoides).

Environmental and Social Data

Mammals

Total number of species: 172 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of endemic species: 0 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of threatened species: 1996: 30 (17 % of total species) (IUCN 1996); 2000: 33 (19 % of total species) (IUCN 2000

Biodiversity/Ecosystems

Laos contains portions of the Annamite Range Moist Forests, Northern Indochina Subtropical Moist Forests, Eastern Indochina Dry & Monsoon Forests, and Mekong & Salween Rivers Global 200 Ecoregions (Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999)

Population

Population in 1995: 4,837,000 (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population density in 1995: 20.4 people/sq km (52.9 people/sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population in 1998: 5,260,842 (World Almanac 1999)
Average population growth rate, 1980 - 1990: 2.7 % (World Bank 1992)

Area/Land Use

Area: 236,800 sq km (91,429 sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Percentages of primary world ecosystem types:

  • Crop and Settlements: 7 %
  • Interrupted Woods: 7 %
  • Major Forests: 86 %

(Groombridge 1992)

Percent of land area classified as the following degree of human disturbance: Low: 28 %, Medium: 6 %, High: 66 % (WRI 1994)

Economy

Per capita GNP ($ U.S.) (1991): $218 (WRI 1994)
Per capita GDP ($ U.S.) (1996): $1,150 (World Almanac 1999)

Education

Percent of females in secondary education (1989): 22 % (World Bank 1992)


References and Links

References: Groombridge 1992, Groombridge & Jenkins 1994, IUCN 1994, IUCN 1996, IUCN 2000IUCN 2004, Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995, Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999, Wemmer et al. 1998, World Almanac 1999, World Bank 1992, WRI 1994

General Links (After you get to one of these sites, click on the link for Laos): CIA World Factbook, Foreign Embassies of Washington, D.C., Library of Congress - Country Studies, University of Texas - Country Maps, Washington Post - Countries, World Resources Institute - Country ProfilesLinks for LaosLaos WWW Virtual Library, United Nations Environment Program - Laos


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