SUMMARY: At Sabang Beach and Cabayugan (Palawan Island) I saw nine mammal species including Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse. I also found a Palawan Treeshrew at night in its nest. I was with Chi Phan on a six-night trip (16-22 Jan 2025).
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Siberut Island mammal records (Sumatra, Indonesia; 2024), v2.
SUMMARY: On a six-day visit (7-12 Sep 2024) with Ian Thompson to the Toloulaggo Village area on Siberut Island we saw 12 mammal species of which 11 were endemic to the Mentawai Islands, as well as another 4 species without confirmed identification. Highlights were: Golden-bellied Treeshrew, Kloss’s Gibbon, Siberut Langur, Mentawai Long-tailed Giant Rat and Siberut Flying Squirrel. We also saw what appears to be Sipora Flying Squirrel, noting that literature and databases do not include Siberut in range for this species. Siberut Island is in the Mentawai Islands off western Sumatra. We stayed in Toloulaggo village and visited only the degraded forest within 2 km of the village. Ian arranged the trip through Wawan (Arif Setiawan) of SwaraOwa; our two local guides were Ismael Saumanuk and Vinsensius Tateburuk (Vincent), assisted by Franky.
Continue readingWay Kambas (Sumatra) mammal trip – Aug 2014
I visited Way Kambas NP, South Sumatra, in August 2014 and used Hari, an excellent local guide, for much of my time there. The 31 mammal species seen included great views of Pen-tailed Treeshrew, Black-eared Pygmy Squirrel, Indomalayan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse, six bats; and a brief view of Marbled Cat. Birds included Large Frogmouth, Reddish Scops Owl, Buffy Fish Owl, Brown Hawk Owl, Crested Fireback and White-winged Duck.
Link to trip report (pdf) including photos: 20140816-WayKambas(Sumatra)-PaulCarter-TRv2