First Bornean orangutan sighting in Usun Apau National Park, Sarawak

First Bornean orangutan sighting in Usun Apau National Park, Sarawak

Wildlife surveys were conducted in Usun Apau National Park (UANP), Sarawak from Oct 2017 to Oct 2020. This was the first attempt to document fauna diversity in Usun Apau National Park on the UANP plateau at 1200-1400 m a.s.l. On 17 September 2020, 10 AM, we observed an orangutan individual, Pongo py...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ahmad Ampeng, Jack Liam, Boyd Simpson, Carl Traelholt, Shukor Md Nor, Mohd Shamsul Bahri Abdan-Saleman, Syafiani Osman, Shaffeqe Affendy Zakaria, Badrul Munir Md-Zain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2021-01-01
Series:Biodiversity Data Journal
Subjects:
<i>Pongo pygmaeus</i>
orangutan distribution
Usu
Online Access:https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/60753/download/pdf/
Description
Summary:Wildlife surveys were conducted in Usun Apau National Park (UANP), Sarawak from Oct 2017 to Oct 2020. This was the first attempt to document fauna diversity in Usun Apau National Park on the UANP plateau at 1200-1400 m a.s.l. On 17 September 2020, 10 AM, we observed an orangutan individual, Pongo pygmaeus, over a period of one minute at Libut Camp UANP (E: 114039’.546, N: 2052’36.44) at 1,020 m a.s.l. We also recorded four nests and orangutan vocalisation twice. This observation is important for Bornean orangutan conservation as this was the first orangutan sighting in UANP and well outside the species distribution range for in Sarawak.
ISSN:1314-2828

Similar Items