Proboscis monkey – Nasalis larvatus Wurmb, 1787 – of Sabah / Borneo Nasalis larvatus is an Old World colobine primate endemic to Borneo, where it occupies mangrove, riverine and swamp forests and is best known for the male’s greatly enlarged…
Borneo elephant or the Borneo pygmy elephant, Elephas maximus borneensis Deraniyagala, 1950 Sabah/Borneo. Elephas maximus borneensis is the Bornean elephant, a subspecies of the Asian elephant restricted to north eastern Borneo, with most herds in Sabah and a small population in…
Red leaf monkey, Presbytis rubicunda (S. Müller, 1838) of Danum Vallay/Sabah and Central Sarawak – Borneo Presbytis rubicunda is an Old World colobine endemic to Borneo and the adjacent Karimata Island where it inhabits evergreen lowland dipterocarp forest as well…
Philippine slow lori, Nycticebus menagensis (Lydekker, 1893) of central Sarawak, around 1280m ASL. Right next to a logging road, this Slow Lori climbed through the branches. In the area where I was traveling I was hoping for Nycticebus kayan (Kayan River…
The endemic Thomas’s flying squirrel, Aeromys thomasi (Hose, 1900) of central Sarawak, around 1200m ASL. Locally, Aeromys thomasi can be very common, in some areas even more common than the red giant flying squirrel (Petaurista petaurista). The Thomas’s flying squirrel…
Red giant flying squirrel or common giant flying squirrel, Petaurista petaurista (Pallas, 1766) of south Sarawak, around 200m ASL.
Horsfield’s tarsier, also known as the western tarsier, Cephalopachus bancanus (Horsfield, 1821) of south Sarawak / Borneo
Northwest Bornean orang-utan, Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus (Linnaeus, 1760), is one of the three sup-species of Pongo pygmaeus in Borneo. When you think of Borneo’s wildlife, the orang utan will come to your mind almost immediately. I’ve seen these forest people,…
The Philippine slow loris, Nycticebus menagensis (Lydekker, 1893) of south Sarawak, around 60m ASL. According to Munds & Nekaris et al (2013), there are four different species of Slow Loris in Borneo. The species in the photo is Nycticebus menagensis (Lydekker, 1893),…
The endemic Thomas’s flying squirrel, Aeromys thomasi (Hose, 1900) of south Sarawak, around 1000m ASL. Females of the Thomas’s flying squirrel reach a head-torso length of 343.3 mm, a tail length of 410 mm and a weight of 1117 g.…