These animals are totally protected in Sarawak. This is because they are now extremely rare, due to hunting and habitat destruction. Everyone's help is needed to ensure that they do not become extinct in Sarawak.

You are not allowed to keep them as pets, hunt, capture, kill, sell, import or export them, or possess any recognizable part of these animals. The penalties for such offences are:

• for a rhinoceros, a fine of RM50,000 and five-years imprisonment;
• for an orang-utan or proboscis monkey, a fine of RM30,000 and two years imprisonment;
• for all other species, a fine of RM25,000 and two-years imprisonment.

If you have any enquiry, or know of anybody hunting or keeping any of these animals, please contact:

Enforcement Division
Forest Department Headquarters
Wisma Sumber Alam
Jalan Stadium, Petra Jaya
93660 KUCHING
SARAWAK

Information will be kept strictly confidential. Call us today at telephone No. 082-319119 or 319139 or 446426 or hand phone No. 011221724.

For further enquiry, please contact us

List of Totally Protected Animals in Sarawak
The following table refers to the First Schedule [Section 2(1)] PART I on Totally Protected Animals from the Wild Life Protection Ordinance, 1998 (Chapter 26).

Mammals English Name Scientific Name Local Name Slow loris Nycticebus coucang Ukang; bengkang (I) Western tarsier Tarsius bancanus Kera hantu; ingkat (I) Silvered langur Presbytis cristata Lotong Hose's langur Presbytis hosei Berangad White-fronted langur Presbytis frontata Puan Banded langur Presbytis melalophos Penetat Maroon langur Presbytis rubicunda Lotong merah; jelu merah (I) Proboscis monkey Nasalis larvatus Orang belanda; rasong (I) Bornean gibbon Hylobates muelleri Wak-wak; empeliau (I) Orang-utan Pongo pygmaeus Mawas; maias (I) Giant squirrel Ratufa affinis Tupai kerawak Tufted ground squirrel Rheithrosciurus macrotis Tupai Clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa Rimau dahan; engkuli (I) Bay cat Felis badia Kuching merah Marbled cat Felis marmorata Kuching dahan Flat-headed cat Felis planiceps Kuching hutan All whales, dolphins and porpoises All species of Cetacea Paus; lumba lumbi Dugong Dugong dugon Dugong; duyong (I) Rhinoceros Dicerorhinus sumatrensis Badak Wild cattle Bos javanicus Tembadau Naked bat Cheiromeles torquatus

Birds English Name Scientific Name Local Name Oriental darter Anhinga melanogaster Pacific reef egret Egretta sacra Ujoh laut Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis Burung apuh; burung lima ringgit Storm's stork Ciconia stormi Bangau Lesser adjutant stork Leptoptilos javanicus Bangau White-bellied fish eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster Lang laut Grey-headed fish eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus Lang laut Bornean peacock pheasant Polyplectron schleiermacheri Ruai Argus pheasant Argusianus argus Ruai Bulwer's pheasant Lophura bulweri Bekia Black-naped tern Sterna sumatrana Burung laut Bridled/brown-winged tern Sterna anaethetus Burung laut; entala puteh (I) All phalaropes Phalaropus spp. Kedidi All imperial pigeons Ducula spp. Rawa Silvery (grey) wood pigeon Columba argentina Pergam White-crowned hornbill Aceros comatus Sentuku (I) Bushy-crested hornbill Anorrhinus galeritus Kakalau (I) Wrinkled hornbill Aceros corrugatus Alau buloh Wreathed hornbill Aceros undulatus Alau sangoh Asian black hornbill Anthracoceros malayanus Alau babi; gagak/rengak (I) Oriental pied hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris Alau pedada; bruie (I) Rhinoceros hornbill Buceros rhinoceros Kenyalang (I) Helmeted hornbill Buceros vigil Tajai (I) All pittas Pitta spp. Burung pacat Straw-headed bulbul Pycnonotus zeylanicus Barau-barau Bornean bristlehead Pityriasis gymnocephala

Reptiles English Name Scientific Name Local Name All marine turtles All species of Chelonidae and Dermochelyidae Penyu-penyu laut Painted terrapin Callugur borneensis Beluku Terrapin Orlitia borneensis Beluku Niah cave gecko Cyrtodactylus cavernicolus Cicak gua Niah Earless monitor lizard Lanthanotus borneensis Cicak purba