Wild Malaysia: The Wildlife and Scenery of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak, and Sabah
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ISBN: 0262160781 / Publisher: Mit Pr, September 1990
Surveys the plants and animals of Malaysia, including monkeys, elephants, leopards, bats, birds, butterflies, and wildflowers
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Wild Malaysia is a major new pictorial study of the natural history of southeastAsia's southernmost peninsula and offshore islands, which are home to an enormous wealth of species.Produced in association with the World Wide Fund for Nature, it is illustrated with 400 superbfull-color plates taken especially for this book, of plants, insects and other invertebrates, fish,reptiles, frogs, birds, and mammals, each in its natural habitat.Wild Malaysia offers a general yetaccurate introduction to this spectacularly scenic region and its national parks. Malaysia'stropical islands, topped by rainforest and ringed by coral reefs and transparent blue seas, are asbeautiful and untouched as anywhere in the world. Its vast and exotic wildlife encompasses elephantsand the world's smallest rhinoceros, a profusion of monkeys and apes (including proboscis and leafmonkeys, gibbons, and orangutans), the slow loris and the tarsier, the clouded leopard and thesunbear, bats and reptiles, a spectacular variety of bird and marine life, and over 10,000 speciesof plants.An extensive introduction examines the topography, history, climate, and peoples ofMalaysia and includes important discussions of the relationship between man and forest, betweenconservation and development. Sections on animal and plant life provide an overview of themultiplicity of species to be found. And in "A Walk through the Rainforest," Junaidi Payne explainsthe complex interdependence of the forest ecosystem, details Malaysia's conservation programs, andthe plans to create new reserves and protected areas not only in the forest but on the islands andsurrounding seas as well.Individual chapters describe peninsular Malaysia's islands, coastal areas,and hill forest (many of which have been designated as national parks), Sarawak's great rivers andcave systems, and Sabah's offshore islands with their coral reefs, marine life, and exotic flora.There is also a complete list of conservation areas.Gerald Cubitt is one of the world's leadingnatural history photographers. Junaidi Payne is a professional conservation biologist and SeniorScientific Officer with World Wide Fund Malaysia. He is coauthor with Charles M. Francis of A FieldGuide to the Mammals of Borneo.
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