Taman Negeri Rompin, Pahang

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Taman Negeri Rompin or Rompin State Park is a state park located within Rompin District, in the state of Pahang, Malaysia. It spans an area of 31,797 hectares, consisting of lowland mixed dipterocarp forest, edaphic hill forest formation and rivers. [1] The geological history of the park dates back at least 248 million years to the Permian-Carboniferous age, which the rock types include low grade metamorphics, igneous, granite and sedimentary sequence that has shaped the ecosystem within the protected area.

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The forest of Taman Negeri Rompin includes species of plants such as Livistona endauensis, [2] a type of fan palm endemic to the forest reserve of Endau-Rompin. Due to the diversity of plant species within this reserved forest, hundreds of species of birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians and insects have been documented, several of which are threatened or endangered.

Flora and fauna

Endau-Rompin is among the Central Forest Spine (CFS) of Peninsular Malaysia. The wildlife recorded includes Malayan Tiger (Panthera tigris jacksonii), though the number of the individual is unknown. It was also recorded that a tiger has preyed upon the cub of Sunbear (Helarctos malayanus), by a camera trap. In total, 6 species of cats have been recorded within the state park. Other animals include the arboreal mammals, the White-handed Gibbon (Hylobates lar), Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus). Bearded Pigs (Sus barbatus), also recorded which at Peninsular Malaysia the species occur only at Johor and the southern of Pahang.

The lowland and hill dipterocarp forest flora support diverse species of birds that includes both diurnal and nocturnal such as babblers, hornbills, flycatchers, owls, broadbills and a variety of migratory birds. [3] The list of birds provided is based on the sighting recorded within the park [4]

Piciformes

Cuculiformes

Apodiformes

Passeriformes

Coraciiformes

Bucerotiformes

Accipitriformes

Psittaciformes

Trogoniformes

Columbiformes

Strigiformes

References

  1. ↑ J, Kiew (1987). "Endau-Rompin Important Bird and Biodiversity area". Birdlife.org. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Livistona endauensis". Malaysia Biodiversity Information System (MyBIS).
  3. ↑ Robson, Craig (2005). Birds of Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia: Princeton University Press. p. 140. ISBN   0691124353.
  4. ↑ Jeyarajasingam, Allen (2012). A field guide to the Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Oxford University Press. p. 628. ISBN   978-0-19-963942-7.

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