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Species: Small Indian civet (Viverricula indica) LC/ Note: Its current status and species presence on Sumatra still unclear. Only few published record reported species existence on northern Sumatra, and none of them came from southern Sumatra. Further verification and confirmation required. [4]
Pages in category "Fauna of Sumatra" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 202 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Endemic Fauna of Sumatra — a large island in Indonesia. Pages in category "Endemic fauna of Sumatra" The following 72 pages are in this category, out of 72 total.
Sundaland includes Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the smaller surrounding islands, whose fauna share similar characteristics with the mainland Asian fauna. During the ice age, lower sea levels connected the Asian continent with the western Indonesian archipelago. This enabled animals from the Asian mainland to migrate over dry land to Sundaland.
Note On A Collection Of Amphibians And Reptiles From Western Sumatra (Indonesia), With The Description Of A New Species Of The Genus Bufo. Zootaxa. 1-43. [10.5281/zenodo.194395]. Uetz, Peter. "The Reptile Database". The Reptile Database
Sumatra [a] (/ s ʊ ˈ m ɑː t r ə /) is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia.It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 482,286.55 km 2 (182,812 mi. 2), including adjacent islands such as the Simeulue, Nias, Mentawai, Enggano, Riau Islands, Bangka Belitung and Krakatoa archipelago.
The Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra was chosen because, first, it represents significant area of forests on the island of Sumatra, because of the biodiversity, of lowland and mountain forest. This once vast island of tropical rainforest has been condensed to secluded areas, in the space of 50 years.
The Sumatran lowland rain forests ecoregion (WWF ID: IM0158) covers the lowland forests running the length of the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. The region is one of exceptionally high biodiversity, similar to Borneo and New Guinea islands. Many endangered mammals species (including the Sumatran rhinoceros and the Lar gibbon) are present, and ...