Sunday, February 22, 2009

Balai Polis dan Pondok Polis kawasan Temerloh

Police Stations, etc in Temerloh/Temerluh, Pahang

Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPD)
IPD Temerloh
Ibupejabat Polis Daerah
Temerloh
Polis Diraja Malaysia
28000 Temerloh
Pahang.
Telefon : 09-2961222, 09-2961355, 09-2961357, 09-2964361, 09-2962515 (KPD), 09-2960684 (B/Gerakan)
Faks : 09-2963375

BP Kerdau
Polis Diraja Malaysia
28010 Kerdau
Pahang.
Telefon : 09-2846222

BP Kuala Krau
Polis Diraja Malaysia
28050 Temerloh
Pahang.
Telefon : 09-2861222

BP Lanchang
Polis Diraja Malaysia
28500 Lanchang
Pahang.
Telefon : 09-2803222

BP Mentakab
Polis Diraja Malaysia
28400 Mentakab
Pahang.
Telefon : 09-2771222/09-2771523

BP Temerloh
Polis Diraja Malaysia
28000 Temerloh
Pahang.
Telefon : 09-2961222

Pondok Polis

PP Mempateh
Polis Diraja Malaysia
28500 Lanchang
Pahang
Telefon : 09-2804168

PP Sanggang
Polis Diraja Malaysia
Kg. Sanggang
28000 Temerloh
Telefon : 09-2761964

PP Telok Sentang
Polis Diraja Malaysia,
Telok Sentang, 28000,
Temerloh.
Telefon : 09-2761964

Monday, February 2, 2009

Saw the Giant Squirrel in Kampung Lubuk Layang - Ratufa bicolor

In my Kampung Lubuk Layang, just a couple of weeks ago, I spotted a black giant squirrel...






Photographed at Gunung Pulai, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia.

Order : RODENTIA
Family : Sciuridae
Species : Ratufa bicolor

Head-Body Length : Up to 40 cm
Tail Length : Up to 50 cm
Weight : Up to 1.5 kg ?

The beautiful Black Giant Squirrel is one of the largest squirrels in the world. It inhabits tall primary forest and generally remains high in the canopy, but at times may be found at lower levels when feeding. It is largely solitary in habits and extremely shy, rarely coming to ground. It can confidently make huge leaps from branch to branch in the high canopy.



Orange-chested form from Pulau Penang, Peninsular Malaysia, showing typical feeding posture.
Photo thanks to M.A. Muin ©

Its upperparts and tail are jet black, but the cheeks, chest, front of the forelimbs and underparts are cream or orange. The tail is long and dorso-ventrally flattened.

Fruits and seeds make up its diet, supplemented by occasional insects and sometimes birds eggs. It builds a large, spherical nest of leaves and twigs.

The species once ranged extensively from Nepal and Assam through Burma, Indochina and Thailand to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java and Bali. Its numbers have declined with the large-scale clearance of primary forest. It is absent from Singapore.