Khao Phra Thaew Ecologicy Sustainability Project-KES

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Photo Gallery:

Mammals Amphibians Birds Reptiles Other & small creatures

       One of a few large mammals still surviving in this forest is a male Wild boar (Sus scrofa) behind the undergrowth flame, and a Malayan flying lemur (Cynocephalus variegates) clinging on a Hopea sp trunk, turning back to stare at the visitors as they pass by. (M1000 @Owart Maprang; M1005 @Suwit Punnadee)


       An insect hunter found in the middle storey or over canopy is a Lesser sheath-tailed bat (Saccolaimus monticola) photographed during mating they hold on by its wrists at their roost beneath the rock crevice at day, and a solitary Wooly horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus luctus) always found sleeping beneath rock crevices, where it has its own sleeping site. (M1010 @Suwit Punnadee; M1015 @Phamon Sumphanthamitr)


       A Lesser false vampire bat (Megaderma spasma) in sleeping posture. They also feed mainly on arthopods, and a Lesser mouse deer (Tragulus javanicus) behind the undergrowth flame. They seek refuge in rock crevices, dense bush and fallen logs during the day, emerging to feed at night on young leaves and fruits. (M1020 @Phamon Sumphanthamitr; M1025 @Suwit Punnadee)


       A Rousettes (Rousettus sp) one of many bat species which always comes to feed on Jam (Muntingia calabura) fruit at GRP's Social House, that orientates in darkness by echo-sounding, and a solitary Horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus sp) looking down as a gibbon observer passes by during the day. (M1030 @Phamon Sumphanthamitr; M1035 @Owart Maprang)


       A Long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys sabanus) is seen foraging. (M1040 @Suwit Punnadee; M1041 @Phamon Sumphanthamitr)

This is Thailand's largest squirrel, a diurnal mammal living mostly in tall trees in rain forest. A Black giant squirrel (Ratufa bicolor) enjoying fruits of a climber Tetracera indica upon forest canopy. (M1045 @Suwit Punnadee)

A Belly-banded squirrel (Callosciurus flavimanus) feeding on a fig cluster, and a Gray-bellied squirrel (Callosciurus caniceps) gnawing the bark of Nitta (Parkia timoriana) tree. Many squirrels can be quite easily seen in the morning during foraging along the canopy. (M1050, M1055 @Suwit Punnadee)

A Common slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) nurses her infant upon a banana clump. The young offspring has pale long fur covering its whole body, this will disappear when it become a sub-adult. These mammals feed mainly on small creatures such as insects, lizards, geckos, nesting birds etc. and also feed on small amount of ripe fruit. It is illegally trapped for the pet trade, because of its gentle and attractive appearance. (M1060 @Suwit Punnadee)

       A young slow loris enjoying an Giant Malaysian shield mantis on a Cinnamomum sp bush, and the large eyes of adult caught in flashlight glare during foraging at night, as it grips a Cashew Nut branch with its broad fingertips. As the name suggests, this little primate is normally slow moving, though it can move fast if need be. (M1100, M1105 @Suwit Punnadee)


       An endangered mammal specie, Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) is seen foraging, seen upon a Arenga pinnata tree, and roaming along the ground. They feed mainly on termites and ants. (M1066 @Phamon Sumphanthamitr; M1065 @Suwit Punnadee)


       This forest provides safe roosting sites for many species of fruit bats like these Lesser short-nosed fruit bats (Cynopterus brachyotis) looking down at us from their sleeping site on a broad palm leaf. Fruits and nectar are their main diet, so they play an important part as seed dispersers and pollinators for many plant species, and a Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) hunts for its prey under cover of darkness. (M1070, M1075 @Suwit Punnadee)


       A young Pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina) watches the gibbon's observers, a predator leaves a clue behind as the remains of a Red spiny rat (Maxomys surifer). (M1080, M1085 @Suwit Punnadee)


       Some mammals have been poached to extinction such as the Dusky leaf monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) and the White-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar), a re-introduction programme is an important idea to increase biodiversity and conserve the ecosystem of this forest. (M1090 @Suwit Punnadee; M1095 @Phamon Sumphanthamitr)


       Several times in the forest, we have seen the young gibbons tease, play and follow Malayan flying lemur to pull their tail. The flying lemur flee away which uses its gliding membrane to sail across to the other lower trunk as Dipterocarp tree." (M1110, M1115 @Suwit Punnadee)