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Wildlife of Singapore. A crab-eating macaque, a primate native to Singapore. The wildlife of Singapore is surprisingly diverse despite its rapid urbanisation. The majority of fauna that remain on the island exist in nature reserves such as the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve and the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. [1]
Plantain squirrel (Callosciurus notatus) Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) Raffles' banded langur (Presbytis femoralis) was almost extirpated in Singapore. There are currently about 65 species of mammals in Singapore. [ 1 ] Since the founding of modern Singapore in 1819, over 90 species have been recorded, including megafauna such as ...
Fauna of Singapore. Singapore has about 65 species of mammals, 390 species of birds, 110 species of reptiles, 30 species of amphibians, more than 300 butterfly species, [1] 127 dragonfly species, [2] and over 2,000 recorded species of marine wildlife. [3][4] The Central Catchment Nature Reserve and the nearby Bukit Timah Nature Reserve are the ...
There are about 110 species of reptiles in Singapore. [1] Most of them are small or rarely seen, but there are a few which are large or prominent. The largest reptiles found in Singapore are the estuarine crocodile and the reticulated python. The ones most commonly seen in urban areas are the house geckos [2] (typically called house lizard by ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Singapore.The avifauna of Singapore include a total of 450 species, 35 of which have been introduced by humans. [1]This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2023b edition. [2]
The banded leaf monkey is one of four primate species native to Singapore. However, rapid urbanisation and habitat loss exterminated the population at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. Today, they are restricted to a small area within the Central Catchment Nature Reserve with a population size of about 40 individuals. [16]
Raffles' banded langur. The Raffles' banded langur (Presbytis femoralis), also known as the banded leaf monkey or banded surili, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is endemic to Singapore and southern Peninsular Malaysia. [2] The species underwent taxonomic revisions in 2019 and 2020, in which two former subspecies were ...
Thomisus callidus. Categories: Fauna by country. Fauna of Asia by country. Fauna of Southeast Asia. Indomalayan realm fauna. Biota of Singapore. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.