Have you ever wondered about what kind of animals are in the Borneo rainforest? Borneo rainforest is one of the biggest tropical rainforests in Indonesia has so many animals living there similar to some of the animals found in the oriental region.
Most animals in the Borneo rainforest are protected by the law, which makes them live under the rainforest conservatory. Since there are so much illegal hunting and illegal logging around the Borneo rainforest, it makes the government and locals work together.
Protecting animals in the Borneo rainforest needs a bigger effort than you thought before. That makes the government decide to make a law against illegal hunting and illegal logging that bring danger to the animals that live there.
If you are wondering what kind of typical animals are in the Borneo rainforest, here we have some of them on the list below. Let’s check them out!
- Bornean Orang Utan
The Bornean orangutan is one of the most popular animals in the Borneo rainforest that has a status as a critically endangered animal. Orangutans in the Borneo rainforest help the rainforest ecosystem in a healthier forest. That is why this type of animal should be protected.
Lately, the life of Bornean Orang Utan at risk from time to time. There are so many factors, but mostly it is because of illegal hunting, sometimes illegal logging, or even the changing function of the forest to an agricultural area.
Lately, it found around 20,000 species of Bornean Orang Utan in 2006. Compare to around 2004 that the amount of them is around 35,000 make their population crucially in danger.
- Birds
The Borneo rainforest is home to so many Indonesian birds. There are more than eight species of birds found living in the Borneo rainforest. The most iconic bird is the hornbill which has the biggest amount of bird species living there.
A bird is a typical animal in the Borneo rainforest that lives in a group. They are omnivore animals that eat some fruits and other small animals such as bugs.
Most of them have a short beak with yellow color as same as their horn and black fur all around their body that different from some birds from animals found in the Neotropical region.
- Mammals
Mammals are one of the most popular animals in the Borneo rainforest that bring a healthier ecosystem there. Most mammals are found in the Borneo rainforest such as bats, primates, orangutans, elephants, and rodents, which is different from some of the animals in the Mediterranean region.
Mammals in the Borneo rainforest are found in around 13 different species. Most of them help the ecosystem of the rainforest, so the government decides to change the forest to become a conservative area to protect those animals.
- Proboscis Monkey
The probosci’s monkey is one of the typical animals in the Borneo rainforest that live around the lowland area of the forest which is different from some animals in the Baltic sea. They are living in a group similar to orang-utan which commonly comes in between 10 – 30 individuals led by the male monkey.
Proboscis monkey lately has a status as an endangered animal in the Borneo rainforest. Their amount lately decreased from time to time nowadays only found less than 7,000 species of them.
- Muller’s Bornean Gibbon
Muller’s Bornean Gibbon is one of the most popular animals in the Borneo rainforest. Their habitat comes originally from the Borneo rain forest as they are part of the endemic animals in Borneo Island.
Muller’s Bornean Gibbon commonly lives in the northern and southern areas of the Borneo rainforest. They live by eating fruits which make them has longer arm compared to other primates on Borneo Island.
Such as Monkeys and orangutans, are living in social groups by marking their territory with unique songs such as the ways animals communicate with each other.
- Bornean Elephant
The Bornean elephant is one of the types of animals in the Borneo rainforest that lives in a lowland area. Compared to the common elephant in Asia, the Bornean elephant has a shorter and smaller body that only reaches around 2.5 meters tall. Most of them can be found around the northeast of Borneo Island.
The pygmy of the Bornean Elephant is the only endemic subspecies elephant of Borneo Island. Their population decreased time by time lately in around 2012 their population is only around 80 elephants. It falls deep compared to 2007 when their population of around 1.000 elephants.
- Borneo Rhinoceros
The Borneo rhinoceros is one of the most popular animals in the Borneo rainforest that used to sentence as an extinct animal. Lately in around in between 2013 to 2016, the research found that their existing record by the camera and it proofs that they are not extinct yet.
The Borneo rhinoceros has a smaller size compared to the Sumatran rhino, which has the biggest amount of species in Indonesia. Borneo rhinoceros found around 15 individuals that make the government ordered the locals to protect them from any hunt or deforestation.
- Green Tree Python
Green tree python is one of the most popular animals in the Borneo rainforest. As a reptile family, this type of python has its egg to give birth to keep its existence. This type of python has no venomous weapon that may be dangerous to other animals or even humans.
Green tree pythons commonly live in a tree and live by hunting and eating smaller mammals and other reptiles. The length of their body can reach up to 2 meters long with around 3.6 kilograms of weight. The species of green tree python are endangered, and we should help to protect them.
So, there are some animals in the Borneo rainforest that still exist now. Have you ever seen one of those species in the Borneo rainforest? Which one that becomes your favorite so far?