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Set up as one of the first national parks of Malaysia, Kinabulu National Park, Sabah, was conferred the title of a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The recognition has a lot to do with the active role played by Kinabulu National Park, Sabah, as one of the most significant biological sites in the world. Located in the eastern coast of Sabah, in the island of Borneo, the park girdles Mount Kinabalu that shoots to a height of 4101 meters and keeps growing on the virtue of being the youngest granite pluton in the whole world.
Vegetation in Kinabulu National Park, Sabah, can be distinctively classified into four major zones. This diversity in vegetation can be attributed to more than one factor, which includes soil type, terrain, nearness to streams and exposure to the sun. Kinabulu National Park, Sabah, is home to about five to six thousand species of trees. There are nearly thousand different species of orchids that includes even the rarest breeds. Eria, Bulbophyllum, Dendrobium, Dendrochilum, Pholidota, and Coelogyne are some of the genera of orchids that you will commonly come across in Kinabulu National Park, Sabah. Approach the Poring Hot Springs area to see some of the rare species of Rafflesia.
A majority of the animals found in Kinabulu National Park, Sabah, inhabit the lowlands. The most commonly spotted mammals here comprises of the red leaf monkey, Borneo gibbon, orangutan, linsang and binturong. Bearded hogs, barking deer and mouse deer are among the large mammals you will come across. Watch out for the nocturnal creatures like Malay weasels, flying foxes and the leopard cats at night. Borneo's largest insectivore, the Moonrat, can be sighted by you if you are lucky enough.
There are an incredible 326 species of birds in Kinabulu National Park, Sabah. Watch out for the red-breasted partridge, Everett's thrush and the Kinabalu serpent eagle. The Short tailed Bush warbler and the Sunda bush warbler usually lurks in the undergrowth at an altitude of about 6500 feet.
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