Tufted ground squirrel
I am sorry if it looks like I’ve overtaken this blog recently, but I think this will be of interest to many people. There is a new paper on the diet of tufted ground squirrel, a much-sought Bornean endemic. It is based on numerous sightings in Gunung Palung NP in W Kalimantan, so I asked one of the authors if it’s a particularly good place to see the squirrel. Apparently, it is, and there are two others: Gunung Tambuyukon in Sabah and Lanjak Entimau in Sarawak. I have to admit I’ve never heard of either of them.
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Vladimir Dinets
I found both places in Google Earth, but it was unclear what the access situation is. I asked the person who recommended them, and just heard back:
“You can drive to the Monggis substation of Kinabalu park and hike trails that go up Tambuyukon. Not sure what the rules are these days. Lanjak has a no-go zone but you can take a canoe to villages in the buffer zone or access forest via Batang Ai National Park.” – Andy Boyce.
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tom hewitt
I have climbed the mountain twice. It is long and arduous and often the wettest part of the Kinabalu park.
Superb unique pitcher plants near summit and views of Mt K itself. There are orangutans in the forest at lower
elevations.Sabah Parks has a sub station there called Monggis. It has camping and basic room and kitchen facilities and would
make a fine base to stay and explore from. Any serious time on the trails would require a local guide – perhaps 100 myr
or more per day.Climbing up there are a number of campsites where you would need to be self sufficent.
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Michael Johnson
Gunung means mountain in Malay/Indonesian. Tambuyukon is 12km north of Kinabalu, and in the same mountain range and park. Just looking at a map there appears to be a “nature resort” just to the east of it, might be worth checking out as a base to explore this area.