Kinabatangan

‘The Kinabatangan is one of only two known places on earth where 10 primate species can be found. These include the orang utan, long tail macaques, pigtail macaques, silver leaf monkey and several species that are endemic to Borneo, such as the Proboscis Monkey, the Maroon Langur and Bornean Gibbon. (Hornbills and Crocodiles). The area is inhabited by at least 50 mammal species, and also serves as home to rare and endangered animals such as the wild Asian Elephant and possibly the Sumatran Rhino, which is on the verge of extinction and was last recorded in the area in 1993. There are currently about 95—115 elephants ranging in the lower Kinabatangan river region in the remaining forests of Pin-Supu, Gomantong, Pangi and Keruak Forest Reserves. These fragmented patches of forests have been cut off from the more extensive forest blocks and elephant ranges further inland by a major public road near Batu Putih and by plantations. This restricts the elephants’ movement to an area that is too small for them’ (Copy and Paste from – Kinabatangan Floodplain post, note to self to precise’ and reference).