Endangered Species In Malaysia

Black shrew sumatran rhinoceros malayan tapir mouse deer and orangutan.

Endangered species in malaysia. Animal conservation borneo east sabah endangered species heart of borneo initiative tree planting world wildlife fund. In 2015 it was placed under the critically endangered list. The species was initially listed as critically endangered but it is currently listed as near threatened. The top five endangered mammals are.

There was a considerably long wait for them to come back but none have and now the famous turtles of rantau abang have ended up on malaysia s extinction list. Using the total at the bottom of this page as an official count of endangered species of the world is not recommended. This list combines species from several endangered species lists. The malayan tapir like the malayan tiger has been listed as an endangered species with less than 3 000 left in the wild.

This species of shrew has a black coat on the top tail surface and sides and a white underside. Malaysian authorities will replant trees in a forest ravaged by logging on borneo island in the latest effort to restore the natural habitat of endangered orangutans a global environmental group said wednesday. Bank negara malaysia is issuing the third endangered species coin series which carries the theme endangered marine animals and reptiles. The malayan water shrew scientifically named the chimarrogale hantu is a species of shrew found only in selangor in malaysia.

However loss of habitat due to deforestation as trees are felled at four times the sustainable rate by loggers and palm oil cultivators means that there are many more threatened and endangered species. They also often end up becoming roadkill as roads often create a break in their living areas forcing them to cross dangerous highways. Endangered species found in malaysia. These are some of malaysia s beautiful and sadly endangered animals.

With the recent loss of tam the last living male sumatran rhino in malaysia his species was added to that list as the last living female iman cannot reproduce. This elegant creature is a subspecies unique to peninsular malaysia with the three priority areas for tigers being taman negara endau rompin forest complex and belum temenggor forest complex. Five of the 10 animals and plants most threatened by the illegal wildlife trade are in malaysia the tiger asian rhinoceros elephant and orang utan are included in the top 10 list released by the world wide fund for nature wwf international together with a red and pink jewel like coral species corallium borneense. If the tiger being an apex predator is taken out of the food chain everything else in the ecosystem suffers including us.

This series is of part of the coins in education cie program an initiative of bank negara malaysia to create public awareness of the species of endangered animals and birds in malaysia. For more information on what creatures are listed on this site.