| Common Treeshrew Tupaia glis |
seen a couple of times at DVFC |
| Slender Treeshrew Tupaia
gracilis |
one at DVFC |
| Mountain Treeshrew Tupaia
montana |
two animals seemed to spend a lot
of their time hanging around the twin cabins, they like bananas! |
| Pig-tailed Macaque Macaca
nemestrina |
a couple seen on the drive to and
from DVFC |
| Long-tailed Macaque Macaca
fascicularis |
less common than Proboscis but
seen a few times at SK |
| Maroon Langur Presbytis
rubicunda |
a really beautiful primate seen
relatively frequently at DVFC, once at Poring |
| Silver Langur Trachypithecus
cristatus |
a troop seen regularly hanging
around the lodge at SK |
| Proboscis Monkey Nasalis
larvatus |
really quite common on the banks
of the river at SK |
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| Bornean Gibbon Hylobates
meulleri |
probably the same family group
seen twice at DVFC near the start of the Rhino Ridge trail, observed very well on the
second occasion |
| Orang Utan Pongo pygmaeus |
a total of eight animals were
seen at SK, one male, a couple of mothers with young and a few more lone females |
| Malaysian Weasel Mustela
nudipes |
a superb animal, we saw one in a
gully on the walk from the HQ to the cabins at GK |
| Binturong Arctictis binturong |
a prolonged and fabulous view of
a single animal feeding on a fruiting tree near the DVFC compound, Mammal of the Trip! |
| Low's Squirrel Sundasciurus
lowii |
one at DVFC |
| Prevost's Squirrel Callosciurus
prevostii |
seen a few times at Danum and
Poring, the race on Sabah is strikingly all black and quite different to the animal on the
peninsula |
| Horse-tailed Squirrel Sunasciurus
hippurus |
one at DVFC |
Bornean Mountain Ground Squirrel
Dermomys everetti |
seen a couple of times at GK |
| Red-bellied Sculptor Squirrel Glyphotes
simus |
one at GK |
| Jentink's Squirrel Sundasciurus
jentincki |
one at GK |
Bornean Black-banded Squirrel
Callosciurus orestes |
one at GK |
| Plain Pygmy Squirrel Excilisciurus
exilis |
this very cute squirrel was seen
quite a few times at DVFC, SK and PHS |
Whitehead's Pygmy Squirrel
E. whiteheadi |
we watched one of these amazing
squirrels foraging in a large tree in front of the canteen at GK for about 20 minutes, the
tufts on the ears were astoundingly long reaching almost halfway down the animal's back |
| Bearded Pig Sus barbartus |
a family group would come to feed
on scraps at the back of the lodge at SK |
| Sambar Cervus unicolor |
spotlit a couple of times at DVFC |
| Barking Deer Muntiacus
muntjak |
commonly encountered on trails at
DVFC |
| Bornean Barking Deer M.
atherodes |
otherwise known as Bornean Yellow
Muntjac, we saw one animal at DVFC |
| Lesser Mouse-Deer Tragulus
javanicus |
two spotlit near the pond at DVFC |
Mammals seen in Sabah February ~ March 2000
