Quang Tri, Aug. 12 -- Camera traps in the Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park in central Quang Tri province have recorded a large number of endangered species listed in Vietnam's Red Data Book, the park's management board announced on August 11.

Analysing 186,183 images from 120 trap stations, researchers identified 64 species, including 34 birds, six primates, five ungulates, six civets, two weasels, two badgers, and others such as Annamite striped rabbits, wildcats, squirrels, pangolins, Laotian rock rats, porcupines, and bamboo rats. Notably, 38 of these species are classified as endangered, precious, and rare, requiring urgent protection in the Red Data Book.

While exact population sizes remain undetermined, researchers have mapped sp...