Some species of rare animals in protective forest captured through camera traps

The management board of Long Song-Da Bac protective forest and the Southern Institute of Ecology have set up 36 camera traps to track animals in the forest.

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They have recorded a number of endangered, rare, and precious species in need of conservation, such as black-shanked douc langur (Pygathrix nigripes), Javan pangolin (Manis javanica), green peafowl (Pavo muticus), Sumatran serow (Capricornis sumatraensis), and pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina).

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The pig-tailed macaque is the most common type that has been recorded 88 times at 22 camera trap sites.

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Most notably, this is the first time that the Sumatran serow has been recorded in the dry deciduous dipterocarp forest in Vietnam.

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Javan pangolin is listed as one of the rare and threatened species subject to priority protection.

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The black-shanked douc langur belongs to group 1B – the group of endangered species which needs priority protection under Vietnamese regulations.

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Pictured is a red junglefowl (Gallus gallus).

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Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) is classified as an endangered species in Vietnam though internationally it is listed as of "Least Concern" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Leopard cat populations are declining in the wild nationwide as people keep them as pets for their fur.