Table of Contents

Introduction 6 Endemic Mammals 8 Climate: Seasons 10 Climate: Phenology 12 Origin and Evolution of Bornean Mammals 14 Sundaland 1 Million Years Ago 16 Extinct Mammals 18 Arrival of Man 20 Traditional Hunting 22 Ecology: Forest Diseases and Natural Medicines 24 Ecology: Danger Signals, Mimicry and Camouflage 26 Ecology: Vegetation and Mammals in Borneo 28 Ecology: Large Caves of Borneo 30 Ecology: Biodiversity Gradients 32 Ecology: Seed Dispersal Overview 34 Ecology: The Significance of Seed Size 36 Ecology: Anachronistic Fruits 38 Ecology: How Plants Colonize New Islands 40 Ecology: Forest Nomads 42 Ecology: Seed Predation Overview 44 Ecology: Why So Many Trees? 46 Plants: Poaceae Grasses and Bamboos 48 Plants: Palms 50 Plants: Eugeissona Palms 52 Plants: Dipterocarps 54 Plants: Rafflesia 56 Plants: Mangoes 58 Plants: Oaks and Chestnuts 60 Plants: Durians 62 Plants: Langsat Family 64 Plants: Legumes (Bean Trees) 66 Plants: Leguminous Lianas 68 Plants: Pitcher Plants 70 Plants: Bananas and Gingers 72 Plants: Artocarpus 74 Plants: Figs 76 Bat Ecology: Bat Figs 78 Bat Ecology: Bat-dispersed Seeds 80 Bat Ecology: Bat-pollinated Trees 82 MAMMALS OF BORNEO Fruit Bats and Flying Foxes 84 Cynopterus Fruit Bats 86 Dayak and Dusky Fruit Bats 88 Rousette Fruit Bats 90 Tail-less Fruit Bats: Aethalops, Chironax, Balionycteris 92 Tail-less Fruit Bats: Megaerops 94 Macroglossus and Eonycteris Nectar Bats 96 Introduction to Insectivorous Bats 98 Insect Bat-Foraging Guilds 100 Rhinolophus: Horseshoe Bats 102 Hipposideros: Roundleaf Bats 106 False Vampire and Hollow-Faced Bats 110 Emballonuridae: Sheath-tailed Bats 112 Bent-winged or Long-fingered Bats 116 Vesper Bats 118 Molossidae 1, Wrinkle-lipped Bats 134 Molossidae 2, Naked Bat 136 Shrews 138 Moonrat and Hylomis 140 Treeshrews Introduction 142 Lesser, Slender and Plain Treeshrews 144 Mountain, Striped and Smooth-tailed Treeshrews 146 Painted and Splendid Treeshrews 148 Large Treeshrew 150 Pangolin 152 Colugo 154 Introduction to the Primates of Borneo 156 Tarsiers 158 Slow Loris 160 Red Langur 162 Grey Langurs 164 Natuna Langur 168 Sarawak Langur 170 Silvered Langur 172 Proboscis Monkey 174 Proboscis Monkey: Ecology 176 Proboscis Monkey: Conservation 178 Long-tailed Macaque 180 Pig-tailed Macaque 182 Gibbons 184 Gibbons: Ecology 186 Hominidae, Orangutan 188 Orangutan: Ecology 190 Orangutan: Conservation 192 Squirrels 194 Kinabalu Squirrel 195 Prevost's Squirrel 196 Horse-tailed Squirrel 198 Small Sundasciurus Squirrels 200 Red-bellied Squirrels 202 Grey-bellied Callosciurus Tree Squirrels 204 Pigmy Squirrels 206 Bornean Sculptor Squirrel 208 Giant Squirrel 210 Ground Squirrels 212 Tufted Ground Squirrel 214 Flying Squirrels: Introduction 216 Petinomys and Pteromyscus Medium Flying Squirrels 218 Hylopetes and Iomys Medium Flying Squirrels 220 Aeromys Large Flying Squirrels 222 Petaurista Giant Flying Squirrels 224 Rats: Introduction and Commensal Rats 226 Dark-tailed Rats 228 Endemic Mountain Rats 230 Relict Tree Rats 232 Large Maxomys Spiny Rats 234 Small Maxomys Spiny Rats 236 Lowland Tree Rats 238 Chiropodomys Sunda (Pencil-Tailed) Tree Mice 240 Emmon's Tree Rat and Ranee Mouse 242 Old World Porcupines 244 Sun Bear 246 Sun Bear Ecology 248 Martens, Weasels, Otters and Badgers 250 Malay Weasel 252 Sunda Skunk and Ferret-Badger 254 Otters 256 Otter Ecology 258 Linsang 260 Introduction to Civets 262 Three-striped and Island Palm Civets 264 Malay Civet and Otter Civet 266 Masked Palm Civet and Binturong 268 Hose's and Banded Civet 270 Mongooses 272 Wild Cats 274 Clouded Leopard 276 Clouded Leopard Ecology 278 Marbled Cat 280 Bay Cat 282 Flat-headed Cat 284 Leopard Cat 286 Elephants 288 Bornean Elephant Ecology 290 Elephant Conservation 292 Introduction to Rhinoceroses 294 Sumatran Rhino Ecology 296 Sumatran Rhino Conservation 298 Wild Pigs 300 Bearded Pig Ecology 302 Banteng and Water Buffalo 304 Mousedeer or Cevrotains 306 Deer and Sambar Deer 308 Muntjac 310 Dugongs 312 Dolphins, Porpoises and Whales 314 Whales 324 Maps and Sites 326 Selected Bibliography 388 Index of Common Names 394 Index of Scientific Names 396 Glossary and Index of Text Notes 398 The Authors 399 Index to Wildlife Site Maps 400 Topographical Map of Borneo Inside Back Cover

About the Author

Quentin Phillipps is a native of Borneo who has been fascinated by its wildlife and natural history since he was a child. Karen Phillipps is a native of Borneo who has illustrated many books on Asian wildlife, including A Field Guide to the Mammals of Borneo. They are the coauthors of the acclaimed Phillipps' Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo (Princeton).

Reviews

"Excellent and very informative... All the species present in the region are covered in detail with wonderful illustrations by Karen Phillipps... The details provided on each mammal are comprehensive, informative and cover all 277 known land and marine mammals' species in the region."--Dato' Dr Amar-Singh, Bird Ecology Study Group "This book is much more than a field guide, although it serves this purpose extremely well... A number of sidebars provide information on particular ecological relationships (such as predator/prey), seed dispersal, and other notable facts. The writing is colorful yet professional. Overall, this is a very comprehensive work."--Choice