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The Borneo elephant, also called the Bornean elephant or the Borneo pygmy elephant, is a subspecies of Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) that inhabits northeastern Borneo, in Indonesia and Malaysia. Its origin remains the subject of debate.
Bornean clouded leopard; Bornean flat-headed frog; Bornean orangutan; Bornean pygmy shrew; Bornean smooth-tailed treeshrew; Bornean water shrew; Bornean whiskered myotis; Bornean white-bearded gibbon; Bornean yellow muntjac; Borneo black-banded squirrel; Borneo elephant; Borneo python; Borneogena antigrapha; Britomartis igarashii; Brooke's squirrel
The critically endangered Bornean orangutan, a great ape endemic to Borneo, in Tanjung Puting Borneo elephant. The wildlife of this ecoregion consists of a large number of forest animals ranging from the world's smallest squirrel, the least pygmy squirrel, to the largest land mammal in Asia, the Asian elephant.
The lowland tropical rainforest is home to many birds and mammals. It is the only place where the enigmatic spectacled flowerpecker has been recorded. Bornean orangutans, Müller's Bornean gibbons, and other primates, including Horsfield's tarsier, as well as deer, wild cats and the rare Bornean pygmy elephant may be seen.
SOS Elephants is a non-profit foundation, established in July 2011 by the Pombia Safari Park, to promote the conservation of Borneo elephant. Its mission is to ensure the long-term survival of the pygmy elephants of the State of Sabah , Borneo ( Malaysia ).
However, the discovery of a previously unknown orangutan population in Malaysian Borneo is reason to hope. Threats Human actions have reduced orangutan habitats by more than 80% over the past 20 ...
Borneo elephants probably were killed in a concession area of Yayasan Sabah in the reserve. [2] [3] The concession was originally intended to be managed into perpetuity for the benefit of all Sabahans but was instead largely decimated by overharvesting. [4] The reserve sits between Danum Valley and Maliau Basin Conservation areas. [5]
if the bornean elephant truly is a native subspecies to bornea then may island dwarfism explain for y its the smalled subspecies of elephant, and it is possible since paleontoligical evidence suggests that it is possible since remains of other extinct species of elephants known as dwarf elephants did suffer from this and explains y they became ...