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Borneo is the third-largest island in the world, with an area of about 748,168 square kilometres, and lies at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, north of Java, west of Sulawesi and east of Sumatra. The equator crosses it and divides it roughly in half. Politically it is shared by three sovereign states: about 73 percent belongs to Indonesia, where the island is also called Kalimantan, about 26 percent forms the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, and Brunei occupies a small area on the northwestern coast. Its geology began forming in the Mesozoic, and it was once part of Sundaland, a region joined to mainland Asia, until sea level rise at the end of the Last Glacial Period isolated it. Its seven ecoregions include some of the oldest tropical rainforests in the world, rich in endemic species, and the island is home to hundreds of Indigenous communities and languages.

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Source Plants For A Future: Agathis kinabaluensis - Useful Tropical PlantsRange
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Southeast Asia - Borneo

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Source Plants For A Future: Agathis lenticula - Useful Tropical PlantsRange
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Southeast Asia - Borneo (Sabah, Brunei)

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Source Banded linsang (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
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Since 2006, it has been recorded by camera traps on the Sunda Islands of Borneo and Sumatra

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Source Banded palm civet (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, where it lives
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The banded palm civet is native to Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, the Mentawai Islands and Borneo from sea level up to an elevation of 1,660 m (5,450 ft).

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Source Nycticebus bancanus (Wikipedia)Distribution, where it lives
Quote, Distribution, where it lives
The Bangka slow loris (Nycticebus bancanus) is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris that is native to southwestern Borneo and the island of Bangka.

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Source Black-eared squirrel (Wikipedia)Lead, range
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This tiny squirrel is found in forests in Borneo, Sumatra and Java.

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Source Bornean bearded pig (Wikipedia)Lead
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Sumatra, Borneo, the Malay Peninsula, and various smaller islands like in Sulu archipelago such as Tawi-Tawi, where it inhabits rainforests and mangrove forests

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Source Bornean ferret badger (Wikipedia)Lead, living or extinct
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The Bornean ferret badger (Melogale everetti), also known as Everett's ferret badger or the Kinabalu ferret badger, is a small, nocturnal and omnivorous mammal that is endemic to the island of Borneo.

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Source Bornean pithecheirops (Wikipedia)Lead
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is a species of rodent found in Borneo

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Source Nycticebus borneanus (Wikipedia)Distribution, where it lives
Quote, Distribution, where it lives
Nycticebus borneanus, the Bornean slow loris, is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris that is native to central south Borneo in Indonesia.

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Source Bornean yellow muntjac (Wikipedia)Lead, range (borneo)
Quote, Lead, range (borneo)
endemic to the moist forests of the island of Borneo

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Source Borneo black-banded squirrel (Wikipedia)Lead
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It is endemic to northern Borneo.

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Source Borneo elephant (Wikipedia)Article text
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inhabits northeastern Borneo

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Source Borneo fruit bat (Wikipedia)Range and habitat
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The Borneo fruit bat is only found on the island of Borneo, where its range includes Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

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Source Brooks's dyak fruit bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, Borneo
Quote, Distribution, Borneo
Its range includes Sumatra and possibly Kalimantan on the island of Borneo.

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Source Dayak fruit bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, Borneo
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The dayak fruit bat or dyak fruit bat (Dyacopterus spadiceus) is a relatively rare frugivorous megabat species found only on the Sunda Shelf of southeast Asia, specifically the Malay Peninsula south of the Isthmus of Kra, and the islands of Borneo and Sumatra.

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Source Hose's palm civet (Wikipedia)Article text (intro)
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endemic to the island of Borneo

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Source Ear-spot squirrel (Wikipedia)Lead
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It is endemic to Borneo (Indonesia and Malaysia)

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Source Geoffroy's rousette (Wikipedia)Distribution, Borneo
Quote, Distribution, Borneo
Geoffroy's rousette occurs throughout Southeast Asia and in the Malesia region of Oceania, in Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, the island of Borneo, Timor-Leste, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, and Papua New Guinea.

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Source Gray-bellied pencil-tailed tree mouse (Wikipedia)Lead
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It is endemic to Borneo

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Source Hairy-nosed otter (Wikipedia)Section: Distribution and habitat
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This hairy-nosed otter occurs in Southeast Asia from southern Thailand, Cambodia, southern Vietnam and Peninsular Malaysia to Sumatra and Borneo.

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Source Horse-tailed squirrel (Wikipedia)Lead
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It is found throughout the islands of Borneo and Sumatra

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Source Horsfield's tarsier (Wikipedia)Habitat and distribution, where it lives
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Horsfield's tarsier is found in Southern Sumatra, Borneo and nearby islands.

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Source Hose's langur (Wikipedia)Lead, where it lives
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endemic to the island of Borneo, including Brunei, Kalimantan (Indonesia), and East Malaysia

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Source Hose's palm civet (Wikipedia)Lead
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Hose's palm civet (Diplogale hosei), also known as Hose's civet, is a viverrid species endemic to the island of Borneo.

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Source Nycticebus kayan (Wikipedia)Distribution, where it lives
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The Kayan River slow loris (Nycticebus kayan) is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris that is native to the northern and central highland region of the island of Borneo.

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Source Earless monitor lizard (Wikipedia)Article text (intro)
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endemic to the Southeast Asian island of Borneo

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Source Large flying fox (Wikipedia)Distribution, Borneo
Quote, Distribution, Borneo
The large flying fox ranges from Malay Peninsula, to the Philippines in the east and Indonesian Archipelago of Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Timor in the south.

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Source Least pygmy squirrel (Wikipedia)Lead
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on the Southeast Asian islands of Borneo, Sumatra and Banggi

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Source Lesser pygmy flying squirrel (Wikipedia)Lead, where it lives
Quote, Lead, where it lives
It is endemic to Borneo

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Source Long-tongued nectar bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, Borneo
Quote, Distribution, Borneo
Its wide geographical range includes Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, southern Philippines, Java, Borneo, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and northern Australia.

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Source Sundasciurus lowii (Animal Diversity Web)Geographic Range, Borneo
Quote, Geographic Range, Borneo
is found in regions of Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo

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Source Malayan civet (Wikipedia)Lead
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The Malayan civet (Viverra tangalunga), also known as the Malay civet and Oriental civet, is a viverrid native to the Malay Peninsula and the islands of Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo, the Riau Archipelago, and the Philippines.

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Source Malayan weasel (Wikipedia)Lead, living or extinct
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The Malayan weasel (Mustela nudipes) or Malay weasel is a weasel species native to the Malay Peninsula and the islands of Sumatra and Borneo.

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Source Maroon leaf monkey (Wikipedia)Lead
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It is found on the southeast Asian island of Borneo and the nearby smaller Karimata.

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Source Masked palm civet (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, where it lives
Quote, Distribution and habitat, where it lives
The masked palm civet is distributed from the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent, especially the Himalayas, ranging eastwards across Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam to China, Borneo, Sumatra, Taiwan, and the Andaman and Nicobar islands.

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Source Miller's langur (Wikipedia)Lead
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It is endemic to East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo in Indonesia.

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Source Minute fruit bat (Wikipedia)Lead, Borneo
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It is found in Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Sulawesi.

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Source Black-eared squirrel (Wikipedia)Article text (intro)
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This tiny squirrel is found in forests in Borneo, Sumatra and Java.

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Source Otter civet (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
Otter civets are distributed in Sumatra, Borneo and peninsular Thailand.

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Source Philippine slow loris (Wikipedia)Distribution
Quote, Distribution
The Philippine slow loris (Nycticebus menagensis) is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris that is native to the north and east coastal areas of the island of Borneo, as well as the Sulu Archipelago in the Philippines.

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Source Presbytis (Wikipedia)Lead, range (Borneo)
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Members of the genus live in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, on Sumatra, Borneo, Java and smaller nearby islands.

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Source Rafflesia arnoldii (Wikipedia)Article text
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It is native to the rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo.

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Source Rajah spiny rat (Wikipedia)Lead, range
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is endemic to Thailand and Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and adjacent islands

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Source Ranee mouse (Wikipedia)Lead, range
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It is restricted to the island of Borneo, in the provinces of Sarawak (Malaysia) and Sabah (Malaysia).

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Source Tufted ground squirrel (Wikipedia)Article text (intro)
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It is found only on the island of Borneo.

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Source Sabah grizzled langur (Wikipedia)Lead, living or extinct
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The Sabah grizzled langur is native to the island of Borneo in the province of Sabah in Malaysia, with part of its range in Indonesia.

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Source Plants For A Future: Agathis orbicula - Useful Tropical PlantsRange
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Southeast Asia - Borneo (Kalimantan Timur, Sabah, Sarawak)

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1. Mount Kinabalu (Wikipedia)
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With a height of 4,095 metres (13,435 ft)
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Borneo (Wikipedia)
  • On Continent: Asia, Lead, first paragraph
    Situated at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia
  • Part Of: Indonesia, Lead, fifth paragraph
    Approximately 73% of the island forms part of Indonesia
  • Part Of: Malaysia, Lead, fifth paragraph
    About 26% consists of the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak
  • Part Of: Brunei, Lead, fifth paragraph
    the sovereign state of Brunei occupies a small area on the island's northwestern coast
  • Shaped By: Terrane Accretion, Geology
    Borneo was formed through Mesozoic accretion of microcontinental fragments, ophiolite terranes and island arc crust onto a Paleozoic continental core.
  • Shaped By: Sea Level Change, Lead, second paragraph
    until it became isolated by sea level rise at the end of the Last Glacial Period
  • In Group: Marine and Coastal Landforms (World), Lead, first sentence
    is the third-largest island in the world
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