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…
Tag: Sabah
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…
Sunda scops owl Otus lempiji (Horsfield, 1821) of Kuching / south Sarawak / Borneo
Red giant flying squirrel or common giant flying squirrel, Petaurista petaurista (Pallas, 1766) of south Sarawak, around 200m ASL.
Millipede-like centipede, Edentistoma octosulcatum Tömösváry, 1882 – south Sabah / Borneo – around 200m ASL
Holochlora sp.(?) Stål, 1873 of south Sabah / Borneo This bush-cricket has carefully cut out pieces of a dead leaf, laid an egg on it and then “closed” it. This process took over an hour and it did not allow…
Male of Frog-legged Leaf Beetle or Frog Beetle Sagra buqueti Lesson, 1831, of Sabah / Borneo around 100m ASL.
Tympanophyllum atroterminatum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895) of south Sabah / Borneo
Pyrops whiteheadi (Distant, 1889) of south Sabah / Borneo Like many other plant-sucking insects, pyrops also excrete honeydew. I have seen different species of ants and cockroaches using this source of energy, but also some nocturnal geckos have learned not to…
Eine längst überfällige Reise in ein Inselparadies. Kein Regenwaldabenteuer, sondern eine touristische Reise in den äußersten Osten Borneos. Nach vielen Jahren, die ich in Borneo verbracht habe, fällt es mir schwer zu glauben, dass ich nie die Gelegenheit hatte, die…