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Encyclopedia > Crocker Range National Park
Crocker Range National Park
IUCN Category II (National Park)
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Location: Sabah, Malaysia
Nearest city:
Coordinates: °′″, °′″
Area: 139,9 km²
Established: 1984
Visitation: (in )
Governing body: Sabah Parks

Crocker Range Park was established in 1984, although the area had previously been under protection as a forest reserve. It covers the north-south Crocker Range, of 1200-1800 meter mountains in Sabah, east Malaysia on the island of Borneo, which separate the western coastal plain with the rest of the state. The boundaries of the park have been surveyed, but no facilities exist at present for visitors. The World Conservation Union or International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ... Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales A national park is a reserve of land, usually owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. ... Image File history File links Locator_Dot. ... State motto: Sabah Maju Jaya Capital Kota Kinabalu Governor Tun Haji Ahmadshah Abdullah Chief Minister Hj. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sabah Parks is the state body in charge of preservation, management and promotion of Sabahs various protected reserves. ... Crocker Range (Banjaran Crocker in Malay), is a mountain range on the island of Borneo. ... State motto: Sabah Maju Jaya Capital Kota Kinabalu Governor Tun Haji Ahmadshah Abdullah Chief Minister Hj. ... Borneo (left) and Sulawesi. ...


The park covers 139.9 square kilometers, making it the largest park in Sabah. The park consists of both hill and montane forest, with many species of flora and fauna endemic to Borneo. Maintenance of this forest cover is essential to ensuring a pure water supply for many of the towns and communities in Sabah. In biology and ecology endemic means exclusively native to a place or biota, in contrast to cosmopolitan or introduced. ...


The park contains at least five species of primates, such as the orang-utan, gibbons and the furry tarsier with its enormous round eyes, and extremely sociable long-tailed macaques. The Padas River bisects the range between Beaufort and Tenom. For the ecclesiastical use of this term, see primate (religion) Families 13, See classification A primate is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all lemurs, monkeys, and apes, including humans. ... For the chess opening, see Sokolsky Opening. ... Famous people named Gibbons include: Christopher Gibbons (1615 - 1676) - English composer, son of Orlando . ... Type Species Lemur tarsier Erxleben, 1777 Species Tarsius syrichta Tarsius bancanus Tarsius tarsier Tarsius dentatus Tarsius pelengensis Tarsius sangirensis Tarsius pumilus The tarsiers are the members of the Tarsius genus of prosimian primates, monotypic in the Tarsiidae family and Tarsiiformes infraorder. ... Type Species Simia inuus Linnaeus, 1758 = Simia sylvanus Linnaeus, 1758 Species See text. ... Tenom is a town located in Interior Division of Sabah, east Malaysia on the island of Borneo. ...


Crocker Range Park is administered by Sabah Parks. Sabah Parks is the state body in charge of preservation, management and promotion of Sabahs various protected reserves. ...


External links

  • sabahparks.org
Flag of Sabah Sabah Coat of Arms of Sabah
Divisions: Interior Division | Kudat Division | Sandakan Division | Tawau Division | West Coast Division
Towns: Beaufort | Beluran | Inanam | Keningau | Kinabatangan | Kuala Penyu | Kota Belud | Kota Kinabalu | Kota Marudu | Kudat | Kunak | Lahad Datu | Nabawan | Papar | Penampang | Pitas | Ranau | Sandakan | Semporna | Sipitang | Tambunan | Tamparuli | Tawau | Tenom | Tuaran


 
 

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