Species Endangered Animals In Malaysia

Five of the 10 animals and plants most threatened by the illegal wildlife trade are in malaysia the tiger asian rhinoceros elephant and orang utan are included in the top 10 list released by the world wide fund for nature wwf international together with a red and pink jewel like coral species corallium borneense.

Species endangered animals in malaysia. These are some of malaysia s beautiful and sadly endangered animals. Even though the threat caused by deforestation is on the decline these animals are still over hunted for their meat. The battle to save malaysia s wildlife has been a long and troubled one. This is a list of the mammal species recorded in malaysia there are 313 mammal species in malaysia of which six are critically endangered seventeen are endangered twenty eight are vulnerable and one is near threatened every mammal in malaysia belongs to the subclass theria and the infraclass eutheria as all are placental mammals.

Endangered marine species in malaysia kuala lumpur. It is the only hornbill species in the world with a solid casque. An unusual hornbill species found in sarawak. Rare and endangered species in malaysia in fact all animal species in malaysia are caught.

Owlcation found in the evergreen forests of southeast asia including malaysia borneo sumatra thailand and myanmar the helmeted hornbill is a unique animal. Five of the 10 animals and plants most threatened by the illegal wildlife trade are in malaysia the tiger asian rhinoceros elephant and orang utan are included in the top 10 list released by the world wide fund for nature wwf international together with a red and pink jewel like coral species corallium borneense. All other species of hornbills have hollow casques. This elegant creature is a subspecies unique to peninsular malaysia with the three priority areas for tigers being taman negara endau rompin forest complex and belum temenggor forest complex.

Indonesian sumatra laos peninsular malaysia myanmar and thailand possibly extinct in china.