First Bornean orangutan sighting in Usun Apau National Park, Sarawak

By

Ampeng, Ahmad
Liam, Jack
Simpson, Boyd
Traelholt, Carl
Md Nor, Shukor
Abdan-Saleman, Mohd Shamsul Bahri
Osman, Syafiani
Zakaria, Shaffeqe Affendy
Md.-Zain, Badrul Munir.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-01-22

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

9

Pages

1--6

Subjects

orangutan distribution , Pongo pygmaeus , Sarawak , Usun Apau National Park

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e60753
eLocator: e60753

 

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.