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1. Yellow-throated marten, 黄喉貂, Martes flavigula
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1. Yellow-throated marten, 黄喉貂, Martes flavigula
A fairly common medium-sized mammal, not too difficult to encounter in the forest, but usually too shy for a photo. However, this time, an adult and a young one gave us a nice view before continuing on their way.
一种相当常见的中型哺乳动物，在森林里并不难遇见，但通常太害羞而难以拍摄。不过这次，一只成体和一只幼体在继续前行前，给了我们一个不错的观赏机会。
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1. Zebra, 斑马, 斑馬, Equus quagga
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1. Zebra, 斑马, 斑馬, Equus quagga
The plains zebra occurs in six regional races, each with its own stripe pattern. All are distinct from the two other zebra species: the larger Grevy’s zebra (Equus grevyi) of northern Kenya, and smaller mountain zebra (Equus equus) of southwest Africa.
Plains zebras are highly sociable: dominant stallions preside over harems of females and young, which may coalesce into much larger herds. especially during migration, and often associate with wildebeest and other grazers. Zebra crop grass using flexible lips and powerful incisors, and open up grassland habitat for other species.
Their pattern has long puzzled scientists: it may function as camouflage, as an insect deterrent or to dazzle pursuing predators such as lions; perhaps all three. [https://www.expertafrica.com/wildlife/zebra/africa]
update 202501
It’s common, but such an adorable creature—I never get tired of seeing it over and over again.
它很常见，但却是如此可爱的生物，无论看多少次都不会腻。
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Very cute creatures, commonly found in African regions, are neither rare nor shy.
非常可爱的生物，常见于非洲地区，既不稀有也不害羞。
1. Meerkats, 狐獴, Suricata suricatta
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1. Meerkats, 狐獴, Suricata suricatta
update 202501
Occasionally spotted in open grasslands, they are often seen in groups and appear very curious about humans.
偶尔在开阔的草原上被发现，它们常常成群出现，并对人类表现出极大的好奇心。会站上来看我们。
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Giraffes are divided into numerous subspecies, although the most well-known are the Maasai, reticulated and Rothschild’s giraffes. In Southern Africa, however, all giraffe are “southern giraffe.” Subspecies differ only in their blotch pattern, color and distribution; all other characteristics are the same.
[https://www.nathab.com/know-before-you-go/african-safaris/southern-africa/wildlife-guide/giraffe/]
1. South African giraffe, 南非长颈鹿, 南非長頸鹿, Giraffa camelopardalis
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1. South African giraffe, 南非长颈鹿, 南非長頸鹿, Giraffa camelopardalis
update 202501
It’s such an adorable creature! Seeing it in the wild made us pause for a while to capture some photos of this charming animal—even though we were here primarily for the birds. Absolutely delightful!
它真是个可爱的生物！在野外看到它时，虽然我们主要是为了观鸟而来的, 我们停下来蛮久拍了好一会儿照片，但它实在太可爱了！
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1. Dugong, 儒艮, 海牛
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1. Dugong, 儒艮, 海牛
The dugong ( Dugong dugon) is a marine mammal. It is one of four living species of the order Sirenia, which also includes three species of manatees. It is the only living representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae; its closest modern relative, Steller’s sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), was hunted to extinction in the 18th century.
儒艮（Dugong dugon）是一种海洋哺乳动物。它是海牛目现存的四个物种之一，另外三个是海牛属的物种。儒艮是曾经种类繁多的儒艮科唯一的现存代表，其最近的现代亲缘种是斯特勒海牛（Hydrodamalis gigas），但该物种在18世纪因捕猎而灭绝。
update 202412
What a fantastic day! We not only checked off our target but also got to see a dugong, dolphins, and a green turtle, making it truly memorable.
多么美好的一天！我们不仅达成了目标，还看到了儒艮、海豚和绿海龟，让这一天变得难忘。
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very special gliding mammals, which is nocturnal
1. Bornean Colugo, 婆罗洲猫猴, Galeopterus borneanus
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1. Bornean Colugo, 婆罗洲猫猴, Galeopterus borneanus
– lucky night, ours activities start with this weird creature with baby
– 幸运的晚上，好是带小孩。
update 202403
– it is another lucky night, managed to see this cute animal feeding on leaf .. and next night with young .few months ago actually managed to see or record how it drink water on tree.
– 非常幸运，可以看到他们怎么吃叶子。之前拍过他喝水。
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Another mammal collection.
1. Whitehead’s Pygmy Squirrel, 怀氏矮松鼠, 懷氏矮松鼠, Exilisciurus whiteheadi
2. Bornean Black-banded Squirrel, 婆罗洲黑纹松鼠, 婆羅洲黑紋松鼠, Callosciurus orestes ***
3. Bornean Pygmy Squirrel, 婆罗洲侏儒松鼠, 婆羅洲侏儒松鼠, Exilisciurus exilis ***
4. Mountain Red-bellied Squirrel, 赤腹松鼠, 赤腹松鼠, Callosciurus erythraeus
5. Prevost’s squirrel, 普氏松鼠, Callosciurus prevostii
6. Cream-coloured giant squirrel, 斑臀巨松鼠, Ratufa affinis
7. Plantain squirrel, 大蕉松鼠, Callosciurus notatus
8. Jentink’s squirrel, Sundasciurus jentinki, 婆罗松鼠, 婆羅松鼠
9. Red giant flying squirrel, 棕鼯鼠, 大鼯鼠, Petaurista petaurista
10. Temminck’s Flying Squirrel, Petinomys setosus
11. Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel, Petaurista elegans
12. Thomas’s flying squirrel, 托氏飞鼠, 托氏飛鼠, Aeromys thomasi
*** the Chinese name is not official but it is like a direct translation from English common name
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Other’s Mammal collections as below
Primates series | 灵长类 | liewwk Nature – 13 [update 20230923]
Borneo pygmy elephant, 婆羅洲侏儒象 | liewwk Nature [update 20240505]
1. Whitehead’s Pygmy Squirrel, 怀氏矮松鼠, 懷氏矮松鼠, Exilisciurus whiteheadi
– locally common, montane Borneo endemic
– small and overall brown with white ear tufts
– 婆羅洲高山特有種。
– 小，棕色，白耳毛。
update 202405
– another cute fellow everyone looking at, it is small, fast and cute.
– Borneo endemic found from low to mid range at montane of Borneo
– 婆罗洲另一只高山特有种。
– 非常可爱，小，动作快。
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2. Bornean Black-banded Squirrel, 婆罗洲黑纹松鼠, 婆羅洲黑紋松鼠, Callosciurus orestes ***
*** the Chinese name is not official but it is like a direct translation from English common name
– common North-East montane Borneo endemic
– very look-alike Plaintain Squirrel except it is a Grey belly but not red
– Overall olive-brown, very small ~20gram
– lowland Borneo endemic
– mostly active feed at eye level
update 202101
– montane species also named Pallas’s squirrel
– a medium-sized tree squirrel, overall olive-brown and underpart red. Slight different form the Plantain squirrel which is lowland species and with an extra Black buff stripe on the flank
– Fraser Hill, Cameron Highland, Genting Highland Pahang, Malaysia
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– moderate size tree squirrel
– many different sub-species across Malaysia and Sumatra based on slightly different colors
– overall black upper part
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6. Cream-coloured giant squirrel, 斑臀巨松鼠, Ratufa affinis
– large tree squirrel found primary forest or “good” secondary forest
– few different sub-species across SEA
– overall cream and tri-colors
7. Plantain squirrel, 大蕉松鼠, Callosciurus notatus
– medium size, chestnut belly, and a black and white stripe on the side
– common at mangrove, urban garden, forest
– found South Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok Borneo island & Singapore
– montane Borneo endemic
– white eye-ring, white patch near nose and eye
update 202101
– common at lowland forest (RDC, DANUM etc)
– 在低海拔森林，蛮普通。
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– a wonderful special extension for some mammals, we sight Thomas’s Flying Squirrel flying in day time at Danum Valley, follow by Black flying squirrel flying close toward us (yes just ~10m from us like hitting us … plus this common Red giant flying squirrel flying in close distance while ours dusk drive .. wow wow wow
– 非常幸运在哺乳特别加长版，我们见到3中飞鼠在我们面前飞。都在非常近距离的飞啊。。。这一只还在这么漂亮的夕阳光线下飞。幸运啊
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update 20221014
– very lucky morning to have this flying toward us so close in the morning
– 第一次见它在早上（天已亮飞到我们面前）
10. Temminck’s Flying Squirrel, Petinomys setosus
update 202403
– a very small flying squirrel found near Danum Valley, BRL
– lucky moment to see it feeding so long but not able to capture other angle
– 在丹浓谷看到这小家伙。可惜没看到他飞+其他角度
11. Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel, Petaurista elegans
– a not so big “red” with white spot
update 202403
– a very lucky night with some owl and this lovely flying squirrel feeding on tree for long …
– 非常幸运的一个晚上，见到鸮后还加上这只小可爱在哪吃果子。
Thomas’s Flying Squirrel is endemic to Borneo where it inhabits tall forest, both primary and secondary, in the lowlands and in mid-montane areas at elevations of up to 1600 metres.
Its fur is reddish-brown to dark brown, with no markings to speak of : it is this plain appearance which distinguishes it from other large flying squirrels, such as the Red Giant Flying Squirrel and Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel, both of which typically have black fur on some part of the body (e.g. face, feet, tip of the tail etc.).
In common with most other flying squirrels it is exclusively nocturnal. Its diet includes forest fruits, but little else is known of its ecology.
Within Borneo, this species has been documented in parts of Sabah (including Mount Kinabalu), Sarawak, Brunei and west and east Kalimantan. It appears to be absent in the southeast of the island. [https://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/mammals/thomas%27s-flying-squirrel.htm]
托马斯飞鼠是婆罗洲的特有物种，栖息于低地和中山地带的高大森林中，包括原生林和次生林，海拔可达1600米。
其毛色从红褐色到深棕色不等，无明显的斑纹。这种朴素的外观使其与其他大型飞鼠区分开来，如红巨飞鼠和斑巨飞鼠，这两种飞鼠的某些部位（如脸部、足部、尾尖等）通常具有黑色毛发。
与大多数其他飞鼠一样，托马斯飞鼠完全为夜行性动物。其食物包括森林中的水果，但其生态学方面的其他信息所知甚少。
在婆罗洲，该物种已被记录在沙巴（包括京那巴鲁山）、砂拉越、文莱以及加里曼丹的西部和东部地区，而似乎在岛屿的东南部未发现其踪迹。
update 202412
After witnessing the spectacular gliding display of the Red Giant Flying Squirrel, we encountered this Thomas’s Flying Squirrel up close—just about 10 feet away. It was calmly feeding on a small tree, completely unbothered by our presence.
在欣赏了红巨飞鼠精彩的滑翔表演后，我们又近距离观察到了这只托马斯飞鼠，距离我们大约只有10英尺。它正悠闲地在一棵小树上进食，丝毫不在意我们的存在。
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very cute creatures .. move real slow ..
1. Sunda slow loris, 間蜂猴, Nycticebus coucang
2. Philippine Slow Loris, 菲律宾蜂猴, Nycticebus menagensis
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1. Sunda slow loris, 間蜂猴, Nycticebus coucang
very cute and move slow
– both below got from Fraser Hill, Pahang, Malaysia & Kuala Tahan, Pahang, Malaysia
2. Philippine Slow Loris, 菲律宾蜂猴, Nycticebus menagensis
– another Slow Loris found at Borneo, pretty common at lowland forest
– 婆罗洲蛮普通的蜂猴
one of the cutest creatures …. big eye , move slow …
1. Western Tarsier, 邦加跗猴, Cephalopachus bancanus
found from Borneo lowland forest
update 202409
– another good found while ours’ night drive, this cute fellow make ours day after searching for the Frogmouth without success.
– 我们夜观，其中一只最可爱的。我们找蛙嘴找了很久，也找不到。竟然找到这一只小可爱。
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New mammals collection which will combine Peninsular Malaysia & Borneo
1. Red Leaf monkey, 栗紅葉猴, 栗红叶猴, Presbytis rubicunda
2. Siamang, 合趾猿, Symphalangus syndactylus, フクロテナガザル
3. Bornean Orangutan, 婆罗洲猩猩, 婆羅洲猩猩, Pongo pygmaeus
4. Western Tarsia, 跗猴, Cephalopachus bancanus
5. Sunda Slow Loris, 巽他间蜂猴, 巽他懶猴, Nycticebus coucang
6. Proboscis monkeys, 长鼻猴, 长鼻猴, Nasalis larvatus
7. Long-tailed Macaque, 长尾猕猴, 长尾猕猴, Macaca fascicularis
8. Southern pig-tailed macaque, 豚尾猴, 豚尾猕猴, Macaca nemestrina
9. Dusky leaf monkey, 郁乌叶猴, 鬱烏葉猴, Trachypithecus obscurus
10. White-thighed surili, 白腿叶猴, 白腿葉猴, Presbytis siamensis
11. White-handed Gibbon, 白掌长臂猿, 白掌長臂猿, Hylobates lar
12. Silvery lutung, 银色乌叶猴, 銀色烏葉猴, Trachypithecus cristatus
13. BORNEAN GIBBON, 婆罗洲长臂猿, 婆羅洲長臂猿, Hylobates funereus
1. Red Leaf monkey, 栗紅葉猴, 栗红叶猴, Presbytis rubicunda
– also call maroon langur, maroon leaf monkey, Borneo endemic.. lucky to have rare white morph
update 202309
– after 11 years of first visit with you, and after you left… my first time here again … not really a good visit every step I move remind us .. same accommodation, lake, jungle trail … river …
– 11年前我与他初次到这，你离开后第一次到回这。到这我的心这的很不好受，每一步都想起我们当时在这。
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2. Siamang, 合趾猿, Symphalangus syndactylus, フクロテナガザル
– a noisy big and mainly black, normally moving in a group
– common at Bukit Tinggi, Fraser Hill, even lowland forest
– overall black and when calling the throat to grow (gray)
– a quite common primate, always hear their loud call in the morning
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– one of the main target for this trip, not really have good view of any adult but this give good open view for us
– 这次婆罗洲行主要目标，只有这只给我们看，其他都很害羞。
update 202207
– a disadvantage having long prime lens, when this big size mammal come close, but still lucky to have the cute face expression.
– 这家伙来的太近。只有长定焦只有拍一些不一样的。还好，他满脸都是可爱的表情。
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update 2021 Lucky moment to see this young orangutan close and eating "rambutan" (a local fruit). 幸運的這麼近的見到小婆羅洲猩猩吃野生紅毛丹。 #
Orangutans, 人猿
update 202101 an adult wild Orang Utan come close to Lobby at BRL Danum Valley
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4. Western Tarsia, 跗猴, Cephalopachus bancanus
– a big eye, bear-like and with long-tailed
– very cute
– 大眼睛，有点像熊，长尾巴
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5. Sunda Slow Loris, 巽他间蜂猴, 巽他懶猴, Nycticebus coucang
– bear-like, move really slow and active at the night
– 有点像熊，动作很慢。
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6. Proboscis monkeys, 长鼻猴, 长鼻猴, Nasalis larvatus
– a special Borneo endemic
– tame, mostly light brown. Male with a big nose
– 婆罗洲特有种。
– 通常很乖，容易接近。
– 雄带有大鼻子。
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7. Long-tailed Macaque, 长尾猕猴, 长尾猕猴, Macaca fascicularis
– very common “monkey” at Malaysia and Borneo
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– 马来西亚与婆罗洲很普通的猴
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8. Southern pig-tailed macaque, 豚尾猴, 豚尾猕猴, Macaca nemestrina
– another common “monkey” Malaysia and Borneo. bigger than Long-tailed, normally small group and aggressive. Short or “pig” tail
– 很普通的猴。短尾（猪尾），较少群活动。
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9. Dusky leaf monkey, 郁乌叶猴, 鬱烏葉猴
– a black-gray leaf monkey which normally found hill area
– a white eye-ring make it distinct
– 体重5-9千克，头体长42-61厘米。尾长50-85厘米，眼睛又圆又大，眼周有一圈白色，就像是戴了一副白框眼镜，亦称“眼镜叶猴”。体色灰黑色，腹部稍浅，尾部深灰色，比体色稍浅，尾巴的根部是白色的，冠毛棕色直立，脸部灰色。唇周和眼周内侧有明显的白色斑。
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10. White-thighed surili, 白腿叶猴, 白腿葉猴, Presbytis siamensis
– a not so common hill, overall black-gray and white chest, side face
– 不很普通的猴，通常在山边。全黑灰白。胸-肚白。脸黑，脸边白。
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11. White-handed Gibbon, 白掌长臂猿, 白掌長臂猿, Hylobates lar
– a rare, sight this small group at Panti, Johor
– face with white outer and “white-hand”
– 体长为50-76厘米，体重4.2-6.8千克。手、足白色或淡白色，故称白掌长臂猿。背毛长11-15厘米。两性均有暗、淡两种色型。不同亚种之间色泽有所变化。此外自眉的边缘经面颊到下颌有一圈白毛形成的圆环，把脸部勾勒得十分醒目。
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12. Silvery lutung, 银色乌叶猴, 銀色烏葉猴, Trachypithecus cristatus
– overall black with silver on edge
– normally found near mangrove, river side
– 黑银，通常在红树林。
update 202309
– a special target tour, heavy rain before we go out for river cruise. When rain stop, we went out and got many good sight and finally got the Wrinkled Hornbill. When we trying for other, saw this weird looking Silvery Lutung.
– 特别目标鸟团，来到京河时。下了大雨，等了一会看到红毛猩猩后。就出去了。没很久也看到第一只目标-皱盔犀鸟。然后，尽然遇见这一只“很特别的叶猴
update 202208
– special date Aug 25-26. My special one always .. she
– 特别的日子，我的宝贝永远都是我的宝贝。
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13. BORNEAN GIBBON, 婆罗洲长臂猿, 婆羅洲長臂猿, Hylobates funereus
– a not so common seen Primate. Normally will heard in most of the lowland forest in Sabah.
– 通常都在沙巴低海拔的森林听到它的叫声。非常不容易见到。
update 202309
– a special trip to Tawau for specific Photography target, but the bird does not show up last evening, so morning we decided to have casual birding and for me this guy show up is better than any other. it move fast but I manage to got few shots of the beautiful primate.
– 专到斗湖为了拍一只鸟，可是没出现。我们觉得走走后才再寻找目标。可是一大早，这家伙在我们腹肌叫的很大声。也跳来跳去很快。
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