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Byttneria maingayi Mast. (Malvaceae)

Byttneria maingayi is distributed in Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo and Singapore. In Peninsular Malaysia, it has been recorded from Pahang, Negeri Sembilan and Johor.

Ms. Munira Mohd Sazali & Dr. Avelinah Julius • 17 January 2022 • 6057 views

Neurobasis chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Neurobasis chinensis also called Common Green Metalwing is a damselfly species that belongs to the Calopterygidae family.

Ms. Fatin Qurratul 'ain Binti Saberam & Mrs. Aziemah Binti Kinan • 31 December 2021 • 5599 views

Odontomachus rixosus Smith, 1857

Odontomachus rixosus Smith, 1857, belongs to the genus Odontomachus, subfamily of Ponerinae and tribe Ponerini (Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014) is a forest species that widely distributed throughout tropical Asia and can be found in t...

Mrs. Auni Atikah & Mrs. Nur Zati Akma Mustafa • 15 December 2021 • 6102 views

Macaca arctoides (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1831)

The Stump-tailed Macaque or Bear Macaque (Macaca arctoides) locally known as Beruk Kentoi in Malay is an Old-World Monkey native to Cambodia, southwestern China, northeastern India, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, and Vietnam (Ch...

Mrs. Aziemah Binti Kinan & Ms. Fatin Qurratul 'ain Binti Saberam • 30 November 2021 • 5692 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, Dr. Ahmad Khaldun Ismail & Dr Scott A Weinstein • 15 November 2021 • 6617 views

Dysphaea dimidiata Selys, 1853 (Black Velvetwing)

Black Velvetwing or scientifically known as Dysphaea dimidiata is a moderate sized damselfly with a hindwing length of 31 mm.

Ms. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas • 29 October 2021 • 5429 views

Shorea siamensis Miq. (Dipterocarpaceae)

Shorea siamensis is the only species in the Temak Batu group. Previously, this species was placed in its own genus, Pentacme.

Ms. Siti Fariezza Bt Khairi Thaw • 15 October 2021 • 6039 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 • 5970 views

Dendrelaphis cyanochloris (Wall, 1921)

Blue Bronzeback or known scientifically as Dendrelaphis cyanochloris is classified under the family Colubridae. Frank Wall was the first to describe it in 1921. It is also known as Wall’s Bronzeback.

Ms. Nur Aina Amira Binti Mahyudin & Mr. Kaviarasu Munian • 15 September 2021 • 5776 views

Galeopterus variegatus Audebert, 1799

The Sunda flying lemur or Sunda colugo (Kubong) is one of the species from the family Cynocephalidae (Colugos).

Ms. Nor Hazwani Binti Ahmad Ruzman & Mr. Mohammad Shahfiz Azman • 31 August 2021 • 5214 views

Cycas clivicola K.D. Hill

The epithet for the species clivicola is derived from the Latin words 'clivis' meaning a cliff and 'cola' meaning a dweller as this plant usually grows on cliffs. In 1999, K.D. Hill described Cycas clivicola to two s...

Ms. Fatin Qurratul 'ain Binti Saberam • 16 August 2021 • 5730 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 • 5345 views

Sterculia foetida L. (Malvaceae)

It is popularly known as 'kelumpang jari' in Malay because the leaves look like 'jari' or fingers containing 5-6(-9) leaflets (Francis, 2010). Besides, this species also called kelumpang, kelapung, kayu lepung, kepoh, kepah, giant ...

Mrs. Norzielawati Bt. Salleh • 30 July 2021 • 5572 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 • 5092 views

Sus barbatus (Müller, 1838) – The Bearded Pig

As its name suggests, the bearded pig (Sus barbatus) possesses a unique characteristic different from other species in the Suidae family. There is a 'beard' of bristles along its upper jaws (Meijaard, 2000).

Mr. Muhammad Syaridzwan Baharudin & Mr. Mohammad Shahfiz Azman • 30 June 2021 • 5320 views

Nasalis larvatus Wurmb, 1787

The proboscis monkey is an iconic primate species found only on the Island of Borneo.

Ms. Nuralyaa Binti Jamalullail • 31 May 2021 • 5233 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 • 5075 views

Chrysophyllum cainito L. (Sapotaceae)

Commonly known as Star Apple in English or epal bintang in Malay, Chrysophyllum cainito in the family Sapotaceae, is a small evergreen tree native to Central America and the West Indies.

Mrs. Syazwani Bt. Azeman • 31 March 2021 • 5186 views

Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook. f. & Thomson

Cananga odorata, commonly known as Ylang-ylang in English, belongs to the Annonaceae or custard-apple family, and is well-known for its fragrant flowers.

Mrs. Aziemah Binti Kinan, Ms. Fatin Qurratul 'ain Binti Saberam & Mrs. Sarah Nabila Binti Rosli • 26 February 2021 • 5603 views

Probarbus jullieni Sauvage 1880

The Jullien's Golden Carp is one of the rarest and most highly valued freshwater carp in the world.

Mr. Tan Kok Kiat • 31 January 2021 • 5347 views

Cynopterus horsfieldii Gray, 1843

Locally known as Horsfield’s fruit bat, Larger Dog-faced Fruit Bat or Cecadu Pisang Besar in Malay, Cynopterus horsfieldii is a medium-sized plant-visiting bat belonging to the family Pteropodidae (Tan et al., 1999).

Ms. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas & Dr. Juliana Binti Senawi • 31 December 2020 • 5111 views

Dipterocarpus grandiflorus Blanco

Dipterocarpus grandiflorus is an emergent tree that can grow up to 45 m tall and 1.5 m in diameter.

Ms. Siti Fariezza Bt Khairi Thaw & Muhammad Hatta bin Ramli • 21 December 2020 • 5556 views

Pentaspadon motleyi Hook. f

Pentaspadon motleyi is known in Malay as Pelong licin. The epithet for the genus Pentaspadon is derived from the Greek words ‘penta’ meaning five and ‘spadon’ meaning eunuch, which refers to the five...

Mr. Ahmad Firdaus Zainuddin • 10 December 2020 • 5565 views

Cratoxylum cochinchinense (Lour.) Blume (Hypericaceae)

The family Hypericaceae comprises eight genera and 400 species distributed in temperate and tropical regions.

Mrs. Sarah Nabila Binti Rosli & Sarah Binti Haizam • 30 November 2020 • 6009 views

Vatica odorata (Griff). Symington

Vatica odorata, a member of the Dipterocarpaceae, is known by the locals in Peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak as Resak ranting kesat.

Ms. Siti Fariezza Bt Khairi Thaw • 20 November 2020 • 5340 views

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