Thursday 18 September 2014
3 ANIMALS THAT EXIST ONLY IN INDONESIA
Indonesia has some of the exotic animals found only in this country, although the type very much, but only 3 animals in our opinion really does not exist in other parts of the world
1. KOMODO
Komodo, or the more called Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis), is the world's largest lizard species that live on the Indonesian island of Komodo. This lizard by the natives of Komodo island is also called by local names ora. Including family members Varanidae lizards, and klad Toxicofera, dragons are the largest lizards in the world, with an average length of 2-3 m. Large size is associated with symptoms of island gigantism, the tendency for body meraksasanya certain animals that live in small island linked to the absence of mammalian carnivores on the island where dragons live, and the rate of metabolism of small dragons. Komodo dragons are found by western researchers in 1910 .Dragons in the wild habitat has shrunk due to human activity and therefore incorporate dragons IUCN as a species vulnerable to extinction. This large lizard is now protected under Indonesian law and a national park, namely Komodo National Park, established to protect them.
2. ORANG UTAN
Orangutans (or orangutans, other name is the introspective) is a kind of great apes with long arms and reddish or brown fur, which live in the tropical forests of Indonesia, especially on the island of Borneo and Sumatra. The term "orang-utan" is taken from the words in the Malay language, the 'people' which means human and 'utan' means jungle. Orangutans includes two sub-species, the Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) and orang-utan Kalimantan (Borneo) (Pongo pygmaeus). What is unique is the orang-utan has a close kinship with humans at the level of kingdom Animalia, where orangutans have DNA similarity rate of 96.4%.
3. ANOA
Anoa is endemic to Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi province at the same mascot, Indonesia. There are two species of anoa, namely: mountain Anoa (Bubalus quarlesi) and the Lowland Anoa (Bubalus depressicornis). Both of these types live in the forest that are not touched by humans, they look similar to a buffalo, with a body weight of 150-300 kilograms weight and height is 75 centimeter.Saat anoa conservation focused on the protection of forests and penangkaran.Banyak calling a dwarf buffalo anoa .
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