Abstract
An inventory of the mammal fauna of Phu Quoc Island, the largest offshore island of Vietnam lying 20 km off the Cambodian coast, has been conducted for the first time. A total of 17 species of small mammals were recorded: Cynopterus brachyotis, Cynopterus sphinx, Hipposideros ater, Rhinolophus shameli, Rhinolophus lepidus, Rhinolophus malayanus, Hesperoptenus blanfordi, Crocidura sp., Menetes berdmorei, Hylopetes alboniger, Berylmys berdmorei, Maxomys surifer, Rattus tanezumi, Rattus exulans, Niviventer fulvescens, Tupaia belangeri, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus. In addition, Pteropus vampirus, Callosciurus finlaysonii, Trachypithecus germani, Macaca fascicularis and Muntiacus muntjak were registered on the basis of field observations. Records for Sus scrofa and Cervus unicolor are based on interviews conducted. Most of the findings represent new distributional records for Vietnamese mammal fauna.
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