OBSERVATIONS ON MAMMALS OF MT. SONTRA, SOUTH VIETNAM

Wild mammals were trapped on the slopes and at the base of a mountain complex (Mount Sontra) forming the tip of a peninsula in South Vietnam. Mammals were collected to provide baseline data on taxonomy, distributions and habitats, and Mt. Sontra offered the advantages of accessibility and safety — it is surrounded by Allied military forces or by ocean. A disadvantage was possible faunistic isolation, although populations on Mt. Sontra seemed ecologically similar to others we have studied elsewhere in South Vietnam. A previous paper was concerned with tick-host relationships in this area (Hoogstraal et al, 1968). The present report lists mammals collected and provides notes on some of the species.