ON MAMMALS FROM THE PEOPLES-DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLIC-OF-LAOS, MAINLY FROM SEKONG PROVINCE AND HONGSA SPECIAL ZONE

Mammal data and material were collected during a short stay in the Peo ple's Democratic Republic of Laos in the winter of 1993-1994. Most dat a are from the southern Sekong Province and the northwestern Hongsa Sp ecial Zone. from where practically nothing has been previously reporte d. Many localities are new, and add to our knowledge of species distri butions. Of particular interest are Megaerops niphanae and Taphozous s accolaimus, which are reported from Laos for the first time, some new localities for Pygarhrix nemaeus; two new records of Prionodon pardico lor; reports on Panthera tigris and Nemorhaedus sumatraensis; and reco rds of Leopoldamys edwardsi and L. sabanus, Maxomys moi, Berylmys bowe rsii which is new for the Sekong Province region, and Niviventer cf. t enaster which is new for Laos.