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 2000, IUCN
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 Profiles; Links for Laos: Laos
WWW Virtual Library, United
Nations Environment Program - Laos
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