Fig. 1 in Conservation Status Of Small Asian Mongoose Herpestes Javanicus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818) (Mammalia: Carnivora: Herpestidae) In Lao Pdr

Fig. 1. Lao PDR, with locations of post-1990 Small Asian Mongoose records, survey areas, and sites mentioned in the text. Filled stars: confirmed records; open stars: provisional records. Increasing altitude is represented by increasing darkness: areas of level terrain are therefore areas of uniform shading. Dotted outlines indicate national protected areas (all surveyed to at least some extent). Survey areas outside NPA system: A, Phongsali town and surrounds; B, Upper Lao Mekong and Bokeo plain; C, Xiangkhouang plateau, Phou (= Mount) Gnouan and Phou San; D, Muang (= District) Sangthong, Vientiane municipality; E, Nam Theun Extension proposed NPA (= former Nam Chat–Nam Phan provincial protected area); F, Pakxan wetlands; G, Nakai plateau; H, Muang Vilabouli, Savannakhet province; I, western Savannakhet lowlands and Mekong; J, central Savannakhet lowlands; K, Phou Ahyon; L, Dakchung plateau; M, Salavan town and surrounds; N, Phou Kathong proposed NPA; O, Xe (= River) Namnoy catchment and Bolaven Southwest proposed NPA; P, Muang Pathoumphon, Champasak province; Q, Nam Ghong provincial protected area; R, Dong Khanthung proposed NPA. In addition various sites around Vientiane received at least moderate coverage.