First Bornean orangutan sighting in Usun Apau National Park, Sarawak
Ahmad Ampeng1, Jack Liam1, Boyd Simpson2
1Sarawak Forest Department, Petra Jaya, Kuching, Malaysia Sarawak Forest Department, Petra Jaya Kuching Malaysia.
Abstract:
Wildlife surveys were conducted in Usun Apau National Park (UANP), Sarawak from Oct 2017 to Oct 2020. This was the first attempt to document fauna diversity in Usun Apau National Park on the UANP plateau at 1200-1400 m a.s.l. On 17 September 2020, 10 AM, we observed an orangutan individual, Pongo pygmaeus, over a period of one minute at Libut Camp UANP (E: 114039'.546, N: 2052'36.44) at 1,020 m a.s.l. We also recorded four nests and orangutan vocalisation twice. This observation is important for Bornean orangutan conservation as this was the first orangutan sighting in UANP and well outside the species distribution range for in Sarawak.
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