Based on observations and camera trap records this individual Ficus cucurbitina located on the roadside about 8 km from the Deramakot HQ is the most productive and wildlife friendly fig in Borneo.
The photos below show the results of camera trapping during a two week fruiting episode in July 2024. Note that only the primates that visited the fruiting fig tree are shown below and these included four individual orangutans. Other primate visitors were Red Langur, North Borneo Gibbon and Pig-tailed Macaques.
Not shown below are photographs of other visitors including Bornean Palm Civet, Binturong, Prevost’s Squirrel, Horsetail Squirrel, Yellow-throated Marten and Rhino Hornbill.
A previous fruiting episode in July 2020.
A big thank you to the Sabah Forest Department especially Johnny Kissing , the District Forest Officer at Deramakot and his assistant Jack Edwards and Datuk Fred Kugan, Chief Conservator of Forests for their support of wildlife research and conservation projects at Deramakot.
Thanks also to Yulinda Wahyuni, Shavez Cheema and Chun Xing Wong of 1Stop Borneo Wildlife
