New Trip Report: Deramakot and the Kinabatangan River, Borneo
A new report from Andreas Jonsson who was in Borneo last month.
Deramakot and the Kinabtangan River, 2017: Andreas Jonsson, 8 days & 29 species including Sunda Stink Badger, Banded Palm Civet, Moonrat and Western Tarsier.
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Jon Hall
Hi, the fruit bat looks too small to be a Flying Fox unless those leaves are absolutely enormous. Could it be a Black-capped Fruit Bat (Chironax melanocephalus)… I don’t see much else that fits ? That other animal is strange looking… did you see a potential mother near by? I guess it could be a baby civet – small toothed palm civet maybe?- but I am not convinced really.
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Antee
Hmm, My guide told me some kind of flying fox but I also said it was too small.
It had a fairly light nose.
Just like this image I found from Tabin: http://www.wildlifeworldwide.com/images/galleries/asia_borneo_tabin_wildlife_resort_flying_fox_gallery.jpgIs it possible Black-capped Fruit bats come with a light nose?
Regarding baby Civet. No mother nearby at all. It was close to a stream and my first thought was some kind of Otter but when it approached I saw it must be a baby Civet.
Almost totally black. Just a pale strip on top of head. Common Palm Civet baby also seems to fit…Thanx.
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Andreas Jonsson
Sorry for late answer.
Somehow I missed your comment 🙂I have uploaded these two creatures on Flickr. Not very good pictures but at least they are bigger and you can zoom in 🙂
https://www.flickr.com/photos/78467255@N08/33517819854/in/dateposted-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/78467255@N08/33517882034/in/dateposted-public/
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Antee
Sorry for late answer.
Somehow I missed your comment 🙂I have uploaded them on Flickr. Not really good pictures but at least they are bigger and you can zoom in 🙂
You see the pale nose quite well on the Bat.https://www.flickr.com/photos/78467255@N08/33517882034/in/dateposted-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/78467255@N08/33517819854/in/dateposted-public/
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michael gordon
The unkown baby civet looks like an island palm to me.
For glory days being over, sometimes we see a lot and sometimes not much. This year there has been 13 CL sightings.
The japenese groups come about 3 times a year so not too much of a worry yet. -
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jo dale
You arrived just after we departed I believe. The glory days are not over, there have been more sightings of clouded leopard since we got back and also in danum I believe. I think the weather played a small part in the luck of our respective trips. You saw some great things, as did we, and the lack of a clouded leopard is all the more reason to return! 🙂