Taman Rimba Kiara is a little green gem located in a corner of the TTDI residential area. The above flowering tree, the firmiana malayana or mata lembu, flashes in testimony to man's care-less-ness - it's one of only two trees in the park that had flowered, since then the tree had been chopped down.

Thursday, 4 November 2021

As I was passing by

 This was the first time I came across three Common Tree Shrews (Tupaia glis).  The tree shrew tends to move about singly, and unlike the plantain squirrel will scoot instantly when alerted to human presence.

It feeds on a mixed diet of insects and ants plus fruits and seeds, and unlike the squirrel that it's always mistaken for, is hardly seen on trees.










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