Crocodylus siamensis), and Cambodia’s largest concentration of Asian elephants (
Elephas maximus).
Sunda pangolins (Manis javanica) are critically endangered. Image by Frendi Apen Irawan via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SS 2.0).
The first biodiversity survey of the Cardamom Mountains in 2000 found that although they cover just 6% of Cambodia’s land mass, they account for most of Cambodia’s large mammal species and half of Cambodia’s known bird, reptile and amphibian species. On the coast, the Cardamom Mountains connect to Peam Krasop Wildlife Sanctuary, which encompasses some of the largest remaining pristine mangrove forests in the Gulf of Thailand and part of one of four Ramsar sites in Cambodia.
Fossilised bones were found on Koh Por island in Koh Kong province by a team of archaeologists from the Cambodian Ministry of Environment. - Phnom Penh Post/ANN PHNOM PENH, March 14 (Phnom Penh Post/ANN): A team of archaeologists from the Ministry of Environment is studying fossilised bones found on Koh Por next to the Tatai Wildlife Sanctuary in Bak Khlang commune, Mondul Seima district, Koh Kong province. Based on preliminary findings, the fossil may be of animals that lived when dinosaurs roamed the earth.
Lim Vanchan, office director of the heritage area department of the ministry’s general department of local communities said on March 9 that the fossil is 70cm long and 20cm wide.
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Fossilised bones were found on Koh Por island in Koh Kong province on Thursday. Koh Kong Administration
Ancient ammonite fossils unearthed in Koh Kong
Thu, 11 March 2021
A team of archaeologists from the Ministry of Environment is studying fossilised bones found on Koh Por next to the Tatai Wildlife Sanctuary in Bak Khlang commune, Mondul Seima district, Koh Kong province. Based on preliminary findings, the fossil may be of animals that lived when dinosaurs roamed the earth.
Lim Vanchan, office director of the heritage area department of the ministry’s general department of local communities said on March 9 that the fossil is 70cm long and 20cm wide.
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