Tue, 19 Sep 2000

Outline of Biodiversity Wealth

Name Scientific Name ------------------------------------------------------------ - Two-horned Sumatran rhino Dicerorhinus sumatrensis - Sumatran tiger Panthera tigris sumatrensis - Branch tiger Neofelis nebulosa - Honey bear Helarctos malayanus - Golden cat Felix termminnckii - Forest cat Felix bengalensis - "Kukang" cat Nycticebus coucang - Tarcius Tarsius sp - Sumatran forest goat Capricornus sumatranus - Sumatran elephant Elephas maximus sumatrensis - Tapir Tapirus indicus - Gibbon Symphalangus sundacytlus - Simpai Prebytis melalophos - Short-tailed macaque Macaca namestrina - Forest Cock Laphora inornata - Horned frogs Mesophyrs nasuta - Forest deer Muntiacus muntjak - Helen King of Butterfly Troides helena

Of the park's 180 species of birds, among others: - Black eagle Ictinaetus Malayensis - Kuau bird Arguasianus argus - Rangkong Buceros rhinoceros - Abang Pipi bird Lophura inormata - Cocoa bird Cochoa beccarii - Pitta (shy) bird Pittidae

200 species of mammals

4,000 species of flora, comprising:

300 species of orchids Bamboo Cinnamon Edelweiss Two Rafflesia flowers Rafflesia haseltti & arnoldi parasitic flowering plants Amorphophalus titanum -------------------------------------------------------------

* Data from various sources