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  Flora and Fauna
    Endau Rompin  
 
 

Lowland Dipterocarp Forest

The forest abounds with the famous fan palm of the 'Livistona endauensis' variety which is indigenous to the region. Other interesting plants include the 'Rhopa Coblaste', more commonly known as the climbing bamboo, and the walking stick palm or 'Phychorapis Singaporensis', identified by its slender stems and feather like leaf fronds, there are also many varieties of toadstools and orchids.

 
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Wildlife

Tigers, elephants and wildboar are some of the animals to be found here. The largest surviving population of Sumatran rhinoceros in Peninsular Malaysia is also found within the park. Others include the binturong or bear cat (Arctictis Binturong) and the white handed gibbon, the only ape species in the region.

 
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Birds And Butterflies

The forest is also home to the chirping drongos, hornbills and argus pheasant. Butterflies and the fruit piercing months of the genus 'Othreis' can be seen flitting through the trees.

 

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