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The Chinese ferret-badger, aka small-toothed ferret-badger, hails from southeast Asia. These critters prefer grasslands, open forests, and tropical rainforests. They are threatened by hunting, for their meat; and trapping, for their fur. However, they are abundant across their range and are thus listed as Least Concern by the IUCN. Their […]

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The grey-shanked douc langur is native to the Vietnamese provinces of Quảng Nam, Quảng Ngãi, Bình Định, Kon Tum, and Gia Lai. These primates face the on-going threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments; deforestation via the logging industry; roads and railroads that […]

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The Chinese crocodile lizard can only be found in the cooler forests in southeastern China and northeastern Vietnam. Unfortunately, these lizards face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of agriculture, logging, mining, and quarrying; roads and railroads, that divide their territory and can result in vehicle […]

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The Tonkin snub-nosed monkey, aka Dollman’s snub-nosed monkey, hails only from northern Vietnam. They dwell at elevations of up to 3,900 feet. Sadly, these primates face many threats such as habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments, agriculture, mining, quarrying, utility lines, logging, and dams; […]

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The François’ langur, aka Francois’ leaf monkey, Tonkin leaf monkey, or white side-burned black langur, hails from Southwestern China to northeastern Vietnam. They are among the least studied of the Colobinae (leaf-eating monkeys) subfamily. These cool-looking primates face the threats of deforestation from logging; habitat loss and destruction at the […]

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The common Indian toad, aka Asian black-spined toad, Asian toad, black-spectacled toad, Asian common toad, common sunda toad, or Javanese toad, can be found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Macao, India, Indonesia, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Even though they face […]

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The Sunda pangolin, aka Javan pangolin or Malayan pangolin, is found in southeast Asia, in places like Borneo, Brunei, Cambodia, Java, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sumatra, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. They prefer primary forests, secondary forests, scrub forests, gardens, oil palm plantations, and rubber plantations. Unfortunately, due […]

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The Delacour’s langur, aka Delacour’s lutung, hails only from northern regions of Vietnam. These primates prefer forests, inland cliffs, mountain peaks, and subterranean habitats. Sadly, due to habitat loss and destruction at the hands of mining and quarrying; hunting; trapping; and interference by recreational activities, these primates are listed as […]

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The black crested gibbon, aka cao-vit gibbon, hails from southwestern China, northwestern Laos, and northern Vietnam. They prefer higher altitudes of up to 7,800 feet. These primates favor semi-evergreen forests, tropical evergreen forests, and deciduous forests in subtropical & mountainous regions. Due to habitat loss and destruction at the hands […]

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The red-shanked douc can only be found in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. These primates are an Old World (monkeys hailing from Asia or Africa) creature that dwells in the mid to upper levels of the forest canopy in mountainous to lowland terrains, semi-deciduous, primary, and secondary rainforests. Unfortunately, due to […]

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