Cambodia is home to a wide array of wildlife. There are 212 mammal species, 536 bird species, 176 reptile species (including 89 subspecies), 850 freshwater fish species (Tonlé Sap Lake area), and 435 marine fish species. Many of the country's species are recognized by the IUCN or World Conservation Union as threatened, endangered, or critically endangered due to deforestation and habitat destruction, poaching, illegal wildlife trade, farming, fishing, and unauthorized forestry concessions. Intensive poaching may have already driven Cambodia's national animal, the Kouprey, to extinction. Wild tigers, Eld's deer, wild water buffaloes and hog deer are at critically low numbers.
Cambodia is home to a wide array of wildlife. There are 212 mammal species, 536 bird species, 176 reptile species (including 89 subspecies), 850 freshwater fish species (Tonlé Sap Lake area), and 435 marine fish species. Man.y of the country's species are recognized by the IUCN or World Conservation Union as threatened endangered, or critically endangered due to deforestation and habitat destruction, poaching, illegal wildlife trade, f.arming, fishing, and unauthorized forestry concessions Intensive poaching may have already driven Cambodia',s national animal, the Kouprey, to extinction Wild tigers, Eld's deer, wild water buffaloes and hog deer are at critically low numbers.