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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]
B. Bagauda zetteli; Balu bow-fingered gecko; Barbodes xouthos; Barilius borneensis; Bay cat; Betta pallifina; Betta taeniata; Black shrew; Bornean clouded leopard
Borneo has own a wide variety of bird species. The geological history of Borneo is a major factor: long isolation of the island, broken during the last Ice age, when Borneo was connected to the continent of Asia, led to a combination of Asian and native species. There are about 420 species of birds and 37 are endemic to Borneo [4] [5]
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 .
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. Wild orangutan at Danum Valley. Other notable species that inhabit the area are the sun bear and Bornean rhinoceros.
They used their smaller amphibious plane, now renamed The Spirit of Africa and Borneo, and produced footage for the feature Borneo (1937). Martin Johnson was a member of the Adventurers' Club of New York. [8] He described the Borneo expedition before the club on November 19, 1936, the event being called "Martin Johnson Night."