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TRAVEL"Load equipment into the pickup trucks#The way to Phou Den Din NPA$

Take a rest after long ride with outstanding view and weather%

We crossed many steep mountains with many dangerous passes&

The roads are not good, and the tires tend to give us a hard time'There are no modern rest stops that don't leave us feeling tired.
One of the best lunches...
(Despite taking three days to travel nearly 1000 km, it did not deter
us from reaching the beauty of nature and the environment)

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HABITATS AND ENVIRONMENT!*Bamboo grooves mixed
hill evergreen forest

A stream in hill evergreen forest!!

A village surrounded by secondary forest and post-logging recovery forest!"

A misty primary forest!#

A forest mixed with banana, bamboo, cassava, and secondary forest!$A wide river in the disturbed hill evergreen forest!%

The rubber plantation!&

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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES!(Preparing the harp trap

The harp trap was set for
capturing the flying bats

Checking the harp trap"*after sunset

The happy smile of
the researcher,when handling acute fruit bat
captured by themist net!"#$%&'"()'"*)+",)-'%$./"(0"'1."
2&+'"3.'"!

We released an owl after taking it out from the bat mist net""

SM4 bat recorder
for automaticrecordingecholocation
calls of bats"#We climbed to the tops of multiple mountains for trapping every day"$Pitfalls with drift-fence for catching Shrews and Lizards"%

The Shrews fell into the pitfalls"&

Sherman trap for capturing Rodent and Shrew"'Sherman trap for capturing Rodent and Shrew"(Release individuals of species for which sufficient specimens are available")Camera trapping#*Preparing labels for tagging specimens#!

Trap numbers with captured sites and specimen labels
were checked and organized very carefully#"Taking live photos and specimen photos of the captured animals##

Measuring and examining a lot of specimens until 2 A.M.

#$

Making a squirrel skin#%Extracting tissues for DNA analyzing#&

Working station: The Bat team is close, and the Rodent team is far#'

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LIVE ANIMAL PHOTOS#)A Hylopetes flying squirrel$*

A Hylopetes flying squirrel$!

A Belomys flying squirrel$"

A Rattus rat (FES-KYOTO U 00736)$#

A Rattus rat (FES-KYOTO U 00791)$$

A Niviventer rat (FES-KYOTO U 00792)$%

A Niviventer rat (FES-KYOTO U 00806)$&A Mus mouse (FES-KYOTO U 00811)$'

A Mus mouse (FES-KYOTO U 00870)$(

A Mus mouse (FES-KYOTO U 00973)$)

A Crocidura white-toothed Shrew (FES-KYOTO U 00987)%*

A Crocidura white-toothed Shrew (FES-KYOTO U 00978)%!

A species of Murina (FES-KYOTO U 00715)%"

A species of Murina (FES-KYOTO U 00835)%#

A species of Murina (FES-KYOTO U 00836)%$

A species of Sphaerias (FES-KYOTO U 00716)%%

A species of Rhinolophus (FES-KYOTO U 00717)%&

A species of Macroglossus (FES-KYOTO U 00837)%'

A species of Macroglossus (FES-KYOTO U 00839)%(

A species of Hipposideros (FES-KYOTO U 00842)%)

A species of Tylonycteris (FES-KYOTO U 00981)&*

A species of Myotis (FES-KYOTO U 00985)&!

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Life in the field survey&"

A huge open kitchen&#Local cuisine attracts us because of its delicious taste on every
bite and its challenging, spicy flavors&$

We had a campfire by the road during
going to check the traps&%

A fascinating dining experience in a forest&&

A real-life forest lunch restaurant. “Foreign diners” (two in the left)are expressing overwhelming praise for the deliciousness of Lao cuisine&'

Communication with local researchers, managers, officers, and people
has always been considered an important part of our work&(The driver celebrated his 53rd birthday wonderfully, receiving direct wishes&)from international friends for the first time in his life

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