Borneo is a wonderland of extraordinary and unique wildlife, including many endemic species found nowhere else on Earth. Here are several of the “critters” I saw while traveling and trekking in April 2025.
Giant Forest Ant
Water Monitor Lizard
Huntsman Spider
Tractor Millipede
Plain Treeshrew
Provost’s Squirrel
Green Lantern Bug / Pyrops Cultellatus
Colugo
Cricket
Centipede
Pyrops White Head / Lantern Bug
Five-bar Swordtail
Common Palm Civet
Lesser Mousedeer
Leopard Cat
Leopard Cat
Long Horned Orb Weaver
Tiger Leech
Wallace’s Flying Frog
Western Tarsier
Red Leaf Monkey
Luzon Glassy Tiger
Mantis
Angelhead Lizard
Tractor Millipede
Angelhead Lizard
Halequin Flying Frog
File Eared Tree Frog
Green Pug Moth
Katydid
Lantern Bug
Tropical Swallowtail Moth
Geometrid Moth
Stag Beetle
Xyleutes
Rhinoceros Beetle
Hwak Moth
Tropical Swallowtail Moth
Stag Beetle
Sphinx Moth
Tropical Swallowtail Moth
