Discoveries
In 1996 western scientists collected an undescribed rodent representing a mammal family that had been previously known only from fossils. The Laotian Rock Rat was formally described as a new species in 2005.
| Bolikhamxai Province | Ha Tinh province, Vietnam | |||
| Nakhon Phanom Province, Thailand | Quang Binh province, Vietnam | |||
| Khammouane Province | ||||
| Savannakhet Province |
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