First Bornean orangutan sighting in Usun Apau National Park, Sarawak

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, , over a...

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Published in:	Biodiversity data journal Vol. 9; p. e60753
Main Authors:	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
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 22-01-2021
Subjects:	orangutan distribution Pongo pygmaeus Short Communication Usu Usun Apau National Park Sarawak orangutan distribution Pongo pygmaeus
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Summary:	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, , 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.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Academic editor: Ricardo Moratelli
ISSN:	1314-2828 1314-2836 1314-2828
DOI:	10.3897/BDJ.9.E60753