Tabin Wildlife Reserve
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The Tabin Wildlife Reserve ( Tabin Wildlife Reserve ) is an approximately 1,200 -square-kilometer reserve in the Malaysian state of Sabah in the northeast of the island of Borneo. It was in 1984 reported to protect especially the diminutive Bornean elephant, Bornean banteng and the Sumatran rhino as a protected area.
The reserve extends from sea level to about 500 m. By 1989, still a large area wood was harvested in the area. Therefore, the vegetation with the exception of a 80 -square-mile core zone and four reserves, known as Virgin Jungle Reserves ( VJR ) where still original primary forests are, from secondary forest.
Almost all large animal species in Borneo occur in the reserve. The number of elephants is estimated at about 120 to 300 animals (as of 1993), to live Bornean banteng and Sumatra rhinos and sambar deer, barking deer, and Kant Chile in the area. Seven of Sabah's eight primate species are in the area before, including orangutans and proboscis monkeys, however, both in low population densities. The largest predator in Borneo, the clouded leopard is as much at home as numerous smaller predators. Outside of the reserve at the nearby Sungai Segama lives a relatively large population of proboscis monkeys (about 1000 copies).