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Animals in Laos
Some species found only in Laos include the Laotian rock rat, a rodent that resembles a dark colored rat with a bushy tail similar to a squirrel and Paulina's Limestone Rat, which can be found around the entrances to limestone caves. The Annamite roundleaf bat as well as the Khaokhouay roundleaf bat, both microbats with very limited habitats, are also found exclusively in Laos. Roosevelt's muntjac, sometimes called Roosevelt's barking deer, can only be found with certainty in Laos, but it is possible the animal's range may extend into Vietnam as well.
Of course, there are also many animals found in Laos that are also found in other areas. Asian giant softshell turtles, reticulated pythons, Corbett's tigers, Javan rhinoceroses and pot-bellied pigs all live in the wild in Laos. Asian elephants have been domesticated in Laos and used for foresting but also exist in the wild. Saltwater crocodiles once inhabited most of the Mekong River but are now considered to be extinct in Laos and all other parts of Southeast Asia with the possible exception of Myanmar.
With its lush rain forests and isolated mountainous regions, new species are occasionally discovered in Laos. For instance, in 2005 the bare-faced bulbul, a rare small bird, was discovered there. Evidence of the saola, also known as the Vu Quang ox or Asian unicorn, has been found in Laos as far back as 1992, but no live specimen has ever been documented.
Click here for a list of endangered animals in Laos.
Even-toed ungulates in Laos
Chinese forest musk deer Fea's muntjac Chinese goral Banteng Grey ox Gaur Indo-chinese warty pig Brow-antlered deer Wild boar Kanchil Sambar Indian muntjacCarnivores in Laos
Malayan sun bear Lesser panda Crab-eating mongoose Hog badger Clouded leopard Chinese ferret-badger Burmese ferret-badger Yellow-throated marten Yellow-bellied weasel Siberian weasel Bearcat Leopard Small-toothed palm civet Tiger Gem-faced civet Marbled cat Asian palm civet Spotted linsang Asiatic golden cat Large-spotted civet Large indian civet Small indian civet Leopard cat Common otter Fishing cat Indian smooth-coated otter Owston's banded palm civet Asiatic wild dog Asiatic black bear Back-striped weasel Jungle catDolphins, porpoises, and whales in Laos
Irrawaddy dolphinBats in Laos
Woolly horseshoe bat Small bent-winged bat Whiskered myotis Big-eared horseshoe bat Rickett's big-footed bat Malayan horseshoe bat Thick-thumbed myotis Blanford's bat Marshall's horseshoe bat Little tube-nosed bat Himalayan whiskered bat Great roundleaf bat Stoliczka's trident bat Bourret's horseshoe bat Round-eared tube-nosed bat Ashy roundleaf bat Hutton's tube-nosed bat Fulvus roundleaf bat Least horseshoe bat Scully's tube-nosed bat Intermediat roundleaf bat Shamel's horseshoe bat Shield-faced roundleaf bat Lesser brown horseshoe bat Thomas's horseshoe bat Geoffroy's rousette Leschenault's rousette Great evening bat Harlequin bat Hardwicke's woolly bat Least pipistrelle Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat Black-bearded tomb bat Lesser dog-faced fruit bat Greater bamboo bat Greater long-tongued fruit bat Greater short-nosed fruit bat Lesser false vampire bat Acuminate horseshoe bat Whiskered bat Disk-footed bat Bornean horseshoe bat Hairy-faced bat Croslet horseshoe bat Western bent-winged bat Burmese whiskered batHares, pikas, and rabbits in Laos
Burmese hareHorses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs in Laos
Sumatran rhinoceros Javan rhinocerosPangolins in Laos
Malayan pangolin Chinese pangolinPrimates in Laos
Slow loris Common gibbon Lesser slow loris Capped gibbon François's langur Bear macaque Dusky leaf monkey Douc langur Assam macaque Rhesus macaqueElephants in Laos
Asian elephantRodents in Laos
Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine Greater bandicoot rat Chestnut white-bellied rat Hairy-footed flying squirrel Ryukyu mouse Lang bian white-bellied rat Small white-toothed rat Fawn-colored mouse Bower's white-toothed rat Hoary bamboo rat Particolored flying squirrel Large bamboo rat Indochinese flying squirrel Malayan porcupine Finlayson's squirrel Inornate squirrel Spotted giant flying squirrel Himalayan striped squirrel Edwards's long-tailed giant rat Maritime striped squirrel Long-tailed giant rat Cambodian striped squirrel Fea's tree rat Pencil-tailed tree mouse Polynesian rat Lesser rice-field rat Himalayan field rat Sikkim rat Millard's rat Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse Tanezumi rat Mo's spiny rat Cook's mouse Black giant squirrel Red spiny rat Gairdner's shrewmouse Asian red-cheeked squirrel Indochinese ground squirrel Delacour's marmoset ratTree shrews in Laos
Northern tree shrew
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