Endangered Species In Malaysia

Once plentiful in southeast asia many gibbon species are currently endangered including the lar gibbon.

Endangered species in malaysia. Bank negara malaysia is issuing the third endangered species coin series which carries the theme endangered marine animals and reptiles. 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. Animal conservation borneo east sabah endangered species heart of borneo initiative tree planting world wildlife fund. 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.

Using the total at the bottom of this page as an official count of endangered species of the world is not recommended. 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. The following list includes all mammals which occur in malaysia and are rated as critically endangered cr endangered en or vulnerable vu in the 2004 iucn red list of threatened animals. Some of the malaysia critically endangered mammals according to the international union for the conservation of nature iucn are looked at below.

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. Black shrew suncus ater. This list combines species from several endangered species lists. 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. Black shrew sumatran rhinoceros malayan tapir mouse deer and orangutan. Despite the government s conservation effort malaysians are yet to realize the importance of wildlife conservation. Endemic to malaysia horseshoe bat species rhinolophus convexus.

In 2015 it was placed under the critically endangered list. Critically endangered mammals eastern sumatran rhinoceros. The top five endangered mammals are. Even though the threat caused by deforestation is on the decline these animals are still over hunted for their meat.

They are also captured in large numbers for the pet trade even in protected areas. For more information on what creatures are listed on this site.