Camera Trap Survey Documents Rare Wildlife in Southeast Asia's Annamite Mountains

In the Annamite Mountains, a camera trap survey conducted in 2025 revealed a variety of rare species across northeastern Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos. This initiative, spearheaded by Fauna & Flora's Cambodia program in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and local Indigenous communities, identified critically endangered animals such as the Sunda pangolin, Asian elephants, clouded leopards, marbled cats, stump-tailed macaques, dholes, grey peacock-pheasants, and the Annamite striped rabbit. Photographs captured playful interactions among sun bears, along with images of great hornbills and the elusive serow. Gareth Goldthorpe from Fauna & Flora emphasized that the findings highlight rare species and their proximity to human habitats, with major threats including habitat fragmentation, encroachment, and snaring. The mountain range extends about 683 miles.