Bukit Tigapuluh National Park

- Sumatra

Sumatra National Parks

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It takes up approximately 130,000 hectares of lowland and hill rainforest. Including some rare species of animals and plants which include:

• 660 plant species have been recorded (to date) including 246 used locally as medicinal plants and  rafflesia hasseltii and rafflesia arnoldii flowers which can grow up to a massive 1metre wide and are only found in 2 places on the planet. As  83 western Malaysian or Sumatran endemic plants

• 192 species of birds were recorded, at least 10 of which are globally threatened.

• 98 species of fish

• 59 species of mammals  5 of which are globally threatened - including:-

• Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus),

• Asian elephant (Elephus maximus),

• Gibbons (Hylobates agilis, H. syndactilus),

• Clouded leopard (neofelis nebulosa),

• Golden cat (catopuma temminckii).

• Spotted-winged fruit bat - Balionycteris maculata

• White-collared fruit bat - Megaerops wetmorei

• Long-tailed macaque - Macaca fascicularis

• Pig-tailed macaque - Macaca nemestrina

• Siamang - Hylobates syndactylus

• Banded leaf monkey - Presbytis femoralis

• Oriental small-clawed otter - Aonyx cinerea

• Malayan sun bear - Helarctos malayanus

• Spiny Turtle - Heosemys spinosa

• Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle - Notochelys platynota

• Estuarine Crocodile - Crocodylus porosus

• False Gavial - Tomistoma schlegelii

Last updated - 7th September 2008