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Aquilaria malaccensis Lam.

Aquilaria malaccensis is commonly known as agarwood and locally referred to as karas. This tree species belongs to the Thymelaeaceae family.

Mr. Muhammad Alif Azyraf Bin Azmi • 27 April 2026 • 3837 views

Batagur affinis (Cantor, 1847)

The Southern River Terrapin (Batagur affinis) is a member of the Geoemydidae family, one of the most diverse groups of freshwater turtles, with over 70 recognised species worldwide (Clemente et al., 2021). Batagur affinis i...

Ms. Nur Asma Fatin Umirah Binti Mahmud • 27 March 2026 • 3860 views

Otus lettia (Hodgson, 1836)

Meet the ‘ghost of the trees’: the Collared Scops Owl (Otus lettia), a medium-sized owl with a pale face, large ear tufts, and a pale ‘collar’ on the back of its neck. In Malaysia, it is known as ‘Jampuk Biasa&r...

Mrs. Anisya Fatini & Ms. Nur Aina Amira Binti Mahyudin • 12 December 2025 • 10382 views

Petaurista petaurista (Pallas, 1766)

This is the Red Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista petaurista, family Sciuridae), a remarkable rodent that can glide up to 100 m between trees (Francis, 2010).

Mrs. Aziemah Binti Kinan & Mr. Mohamad Nur Arifuddin • 31 October 2025 • 16260 views

Shorea lumutensis Symington

Shorea lumutensis is one of the species in the Balau group and is locally known as “Balau Putih” in Peninsular Malaysia.Shorea lumutensis is one of the species in the Balau group and is locally known as “Balau Putih” ...

Mrs. Suhaida Mustafa • 30 July 2025 • 20861 views

Eurema hecabe (Linnaeus, 1758)

Eurema hecabe, also known as Common Grass Yellow or Kuning-rumput in Bahasa Melayu (Omar et al., 2023), is a diurnal butterfly species belonging to the family Pieridae. The adult stage of Eurema hecabe has a wingspan of 35&...

Ms. Nur Atiqah Binti Saupi & Mr. Tan Kok Kiat • 30 December 2024 • 31508 views

Begonia aequilateralis Irmsch.

Begonia aequilateralis is a herbaceous, monoecious and rhizomatous species belonging to the family Begoniaceae. It is endemic to Selangor, where it only grows in riverine areas and is attached to rocks in lowland forests. This species is lis...

Mr. Tan Kok Kiat • 31 October 2024 • 33487 views

Tholymis tillarga (Fabricius, 1798)

Tholymis tillarga has a medium-sized body that measures about 43 mm for male and 39 mm for female. The male of Tholymis tillarga can be recognized by the red colour on its body including thorax and abdomen with the presence of white...

Mrs. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas • 30 September 2024 • 36360 views

Coccinellid beetles as Predators of Plant Pests

One promising biological control agent is ladybird beetles or coccinellids. These beetles are a subfamily of the family Coccinellidae and can be found on every continent in the world, except Antarctica. This family comprises 6,000 species worldwide, ...

Mr. Mohd Yusri Bin Zainudin & Nurhannah Abdul Halim • 30 August 2024 • 34860 views

Helosis ruficeps (Ridl.) Eberwein

Helosis ruficeps is a parasitic plant from the family Balanophoraceae, known for its root parasitism. The genus name, Helosis, originates from the Greek word for a nail, denoting the peltate bracts of the plant. The specific epithet...

Ms. Siti Nur Fatinah Binti Khairi • 15 August 2024 • 34651 views

Terminalia catappa (Combretaceae)

Terminalia catappa, also known as Ketapang, is commonly found wild in coastal areas. The Latin name Terminalia refers to the leaves clustered at the ends of twigs. Meanwhile, the epithet name catappa comes from the original...

Mrs. Norzielawati Salleh • 31 July 2024 • 35519 views

Davallia denticulata (Burm. f.) Mett. ex Kuhn var. denticulata

Davallia denticulata var. denticulata is commonly known as the Rabbit foot fern because of its long-creeping, thick rhizome covered in reddish-brown and toothed hair-like scales (Tsutsumi & Kato, 2005;...

Ms. Yasmin Sarah Binti Abd. Majid • 30 April 2024 • 35009 views

Manilkara zapota (Sapotaceae)

The leaves are simple, quite thick, shiny and dark green, while the young shoots are brown and rough. They are alternate and spirally arranged at the end of the branch. Matured leaves, 3.5-15 cm long and 1.5-7 cm wide, are ovoid and tapered at the en...

Mrs. Syazwani Binti Azeman • 29 February 2024 • 35181 views

Phaenicophaeus curvirostris (Shaw, 1810)

Phaenicophaeus curvirostris, known as the Chestnut-breasted Malkoha, is a cuckoo belonging to the family Cuculidae (Avibase, 2018). The Chestnut-breasted Malkoha measures approximately 46 cm, including a 26 cm tail. It has a dark oily-green ...

Nurfahana Binti Mo`in & Ms. Nur Aina Amira Binti Mahyudin • 30 November 2023 • 36972 views

Pangium edule Reinw. (Achariaceae)

Pangium edule is a small to moderately large tree, growing up to 26 m tall. The green leaves are clustered or spirally arranged at the apex of branches or twigs with a long petiole. It is large in that the young leaves are heart-shaped while...

Mrs. Norzielawati Salleh • 29 September 2023 • 35365 views

Libellago aurantiaca (Selys, 1859)

Libellago belongs to the family Chlorocyphidae and a majority of the species are diminutive. The members of the family Chlorocyphidae are quite unique compared to the other damselfly families because their wings are longer than their abdomen...

Mrs. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas & Academician Dr. Choong Chee Yen • 15 September 2023 • 34466 views

PARASITIC CYMOTHOIDS: A FISH’S NIGHTMARE

The above parasitic “tongue biter” is Cymothoa eremita collected from the host Nemipterus furcosus. The first collected specimen was from Malaysian waters (in Sarawak) by Anand et al. (2015, 20...

Dr. Melissa Beata Martin • 31 May 2023 • 35886 views

Arenga pinnata (Wurmb) Merr.

Arenga pinnata is known as Enau and Kabong among the Malay community. This species is easily distinguished from its trunk appearance covered with black fibres from the old leaf bases.

Mrs. Sarah Nabila Binti Rosli • 15 September 2022 • 40642 views

Betta livida Ng & Kottelat, 1992

The fighting fish, commonly known as Betta, is a freshwater ray-finned fish found in the South-east Asia region. Betta is usually small in size, but they are energetic and colourful.

Mr. Tan Kok Kiat • 31 May 2022 • 40599 views

Discotettix belzebuth Serville, 1838

Distributed in Borneo, Discotettix belzebuth Serville, 1838 (referred commonly as pygmy devil or spiky pygmy grasshopper) is one of the six extant species listed under genus Discotettix, which is exclusive to the terrestrial regions...

Mrs. Amira Aqilah • 15 February 2022 • 37383 views

Nycticebus coucang (Boddaert, 1785)

Nycticebus coucang commonly known as Sunda Slow Loris or Greater Slow Loris. It is also referred by local as Kera Duku or Kongkang. It is a mammal that constitutes Family Lorisidae and belongs to Order Primates (Francis, 2019).

Ms. Noor Faradiana Binti Md Fauzi, Mr. Mohammad Shahfiz Azman, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmad Khaldun Ismail & Dr Scott A Weinstein • 15 November 2021 • 40097 views

Shorea leprosula Miq.

Shorea leprosula is locally and commercially known as meranti tembaga and seraya tembaga, but is more popularly known as meranti tembaga (Wong, 2002).

Ms. Sara Eisya Binti Mohamed Ghozali • 30 September 2021 • 39012 views

Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758

Compared to other egret groups, this species has a much larger body size. The wingspan of this bird can reach up to 145 cm, and the body length ranges from 94 cm to 104 cm.

Ms. Nur Aina Amira Binti Mahyudin, Ms. Nur Athirah Binti Fauzi & Mr. Kaviarasu Munian • 02 August 2021 • 36038 views

Cheilinus undulatus Ruppell, 1835

The humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) is an endangered coral reef fish belong to the family Labridae.

Mr. Tan Kok Kiat • 15 July 2021 • 36152 views

Callosciurus prevostii (Desmarest, 1822)

Prevost's Squirrel is a diurnal, medium-sized, arboreal squirrel scientifically known as Callosciurus prevostii (Lurz et al., 2017). It is the largest squirrel of Callosciurus species (Baker, 2021).

Ms. Nur Afikah Abd Shukor • 30 April 2021 • 36142 views