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Symphalangus syndactylus (Raffles,1821)

Symphalangus syndactylus (Primates: Hylobatidae) also known as Siamang, is the largest gibbon species found in Southeast Asia.

Ms. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas & Ms. Nor Hazwani Binti Ahmad Ruzman • 30 January 2018 • 4184 views

Hoya coronaria Blume

Hoya coronaria Blume gets its species name from the Latin word “coronaria” meaning crown because of the resemblance of its flower to a crown.

Aliaa Athirah Adam Malek & Mrs. Rafidah Abdul Rahman • 17 January 2018 • 5461 views

Amolops larutensis (Boulenger, 1899)

Amolops larutensis, commonly called the Larut Hill Cascade Frog or Larut Torrent Frog, is named after Bukit Larut and was described by G.A. Boulenger in 1899.

Mr. Kaviarasu Munian • 29 December 2017 • 4569 views

Kittacincla malabarica (Scopoli, 1786)

The White-rumped Shama (Kittacincla malabarica), also known as murai batu, is one of the most popular birds because of its beautiful melodious songs and long beautiful tails.

Ms. Nor Hazwani Binti Ahmad Ruzman & Mr. Mohammad Shahfiz Azman • 15 December 2017 • 5216 views

Abavorana luctuosa (Peters, 1871)

Abavorana luctuosa, also known as Mahogany Frog or Purple Frog is one of many amphibians found in Malaysia.

Mr. Kaviarasu Munian • 30 November 2017 • 4948 views

Neobalanocarpus heimii (King) P.S. Ashton

Neobalanocarpus heimii is a monotypic genus that belongs to the family Dipterocarpaceae and is better known as chengal in Malay.

Mr. Tan Kok Kiat & Mr. Cheah Yih Horng • 17 November 2017 • 5945 views

Arctictis binturong (Raffles, 1821)

Arctictis binturong, commonly called Binturong or bearcat, is the largest species in the Viverridae family, weighing 6 to 10 kg (Phillipps & Phillipps, 2016) with a body length ranging from 61 to 96 cm and an almost equally long tail of ...

Noor Faradiana Binti Md Fauzi, Mr. Mohammad Shahfiz Azman, Ms. Nor Hazwani Binti Ahmad Ruzman & Nur Alwani Binti Zakaria • 31 October 2017 • 5432 views

Geostachys tahanensis Holttum

Geostachys tahanensis is a small-sized ginger described by R.E. Holttum in 1950 (Holttum, 1950).

Mr. Lau Kah Hoo • 16 October 2017 • 4413 views

Ptilocercus lowii Gray, 1848

Ptilocercus lowii, also known as the Pen-tailed treeshrew, is the only species in the family Ptilocercidae while the other treeshrews such as the Common tree shrew (Tupaia glis) and Lesser treeshrew (T. minor) are grouped i...

Nur Alwani Binti Zakaria, Mr. Mohammad Shahfiz Azman, Ms. Nor Hazwani Binti Ahmad Ruzman & Noor Faradiana Binti Mad Fauzi • 29 September 2017 • 4874 views

Ixonanthes icosandra Jack (Ixonanthaceae)

Ixonanthes icosandra is a common tree in Malaysian forests. The genus Ixonanthes was described by William Jack, a Scottish botanist, in 1822 based on the two species, I. reticulata and I. icosandra.

Mrs. Sarah Nabila Binti Rosli • 30 August 2017 • 4153 views

Rusa unicolor Kerr, 1972

The largest species in the deer family (Cervidae), Rusa unicolor is commonly known as Sambar or Sambar Deer (Leslie, 2011). It is also the most widely sighted species in the world.

Ms. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas, Mrs. Nur Alwani Binti Zakaria & Mr. Mohammad Shahfiz Azman • 16 August 2017 • 4818 views

Tacca integrifolia Ker-Gawl.

The genus Tacca was originally categorized under the family Taccaceae. However, recently after molecular research, it has been classified under the family Dioscoreaceae together with the yam or ubi in Malay (Caddick et al.,...

Mrs. Norzielawati Bt. Salleh • 31 July 2017 • 5480 views

Dipterocarpus lamellatus Hook. F.

Dipterocarpus lamellatus is one of the rarest and most endangered of all dipterocarps (Ashton, 2004).

Yap Myo I • 23 June 2017 • 5196 views

Brucea javanica (L.) Merr.

Brucea javanica is a shrub to spindly tree that can reach up to 10 m tall.

Mrs. Sarah Nabila Binti Rosli • 31 May 2017 • 4947 views

Anoplolepis gracilipes

The yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes) is a species of ant which is believed to have originated in West Africa

Mrs. Nur Zati Akma Mustafa & Ms. Ong Su Ping • 28 April 2017 • 5026 views

Trachemys scripta elegans Schoepff, 1792

Trachemys scripta elegans is a turtle species belonging to the family Emydidae.

Ms. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas & Mr. Kaviarasu Munian • 31 March 2017 • 4360 views

Elephas maximus Linnaeus 1758

The Asian Elephant, Elephas maximus or gajah in Malay, occurs in both Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah but is not found in Sarawak.

Ms. Ajla Rafidah Baharom & Ms. Siti Fariezza Bt Khairi Thaw • 28 February 2017 • 5161 views

Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don (Apocynaceae)

Catharanthus roseus is commonly known as Madagascar Periwinkle or Rosy Periwinkle.

Ms. Siti Fariezza Bt Khairi Thaw • 31 January 2017 • 6004 views

Phallus indusiatus Vent.

In India, Phallus indusiatus was reported to grow best at temperatures of between 21 degree Celcius to 25 degree Celcius in moist bamboo thickets at 300 - 600 m a.s.l. with 45 - 85% relative humidity (Dash et al., 2010).

Mr. Tan Kok Kiat • 13 January 2017 • 4999 views

Rhodamnia cinerea Jack

Rhodamnia cinerea, known locally as mempoyan, is a shrub to medium-sized tree and grows in lowland areas to mountains and is sometimes found in coastal areas.

Mrs. Sarah Nabila Binti Rosli • 30 December 2016 • 4754 views

Balanophora papuana Schltr.

Balanophora papuana is a herbaceous plant that is widespread throughout Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, the Philippines and the archipelago of islands stretching from Sumatera to New Guinea.

Mrs. Syazwani Bt. Azeman • 15 December 2016 • 4795 views

Tapirus indicus Desmarest 1819

Tapirus indicus or more commonly known as Malayan Tapir in English or Tenuk in Malay is an iconic species to Malaysia and is the largest among the tapir species.

Ms. Ajla Rafidah Baharom • 30 November 2016 • 3852 views

Cynopterus brachyotis

Cynopterus brachyotis has a dog-like face, large dark eyes, and brown to yellowish brown fur with a distinct dark orange collar in adult males, and yellowish in females.

Ms. Nor Hazwani Binti Ahmad Ruzman • 15 November 2016 • 4966 views

Sesamum radiatum Schumach. & Thonn.

Sesamum radiatum Schumach. & Thonn. is a flowering plant that belongs to the family Pedaliaceae and is the same genus as sesame (S. indicum), known in Malay as bijan.

Ms. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas • 31 October 2016 • 4123 views

Gonocephalus grandis (GRAY, 1845)

Gonocephalus grandis more commonly known as the Giant Anglehead Lizard, is one of many lizards found in the evergreen forests of Malaysia.

Mr. Kaviarasu Munian, Mr. Mohammad Shahfiz Azman & Ms. Nor Hazwani Binti Ahmad Ruzman • 14 October 2016 • 5161 views

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