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Learn the wildlife of Gunung Mulu National Park

Sarawak · Malaysia

1,546 species have research-grade observations inside Gunung Mulu National Park on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you know what you're looking at before you go.

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Most recorded here

The species with the most research-grade observations on iNaturalist, and how many each has. Most recorded doesn't mean native.

Birds

  1. Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis27
  2. Rufous-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx rufidorsa22
  3. Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus20
  4. Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis18
  5. White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus17
  6. Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica15
  7. Scaly-crowned Babbler Malacopteron cinereum13
  8. Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma12
  9. Mossy-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus salangana12
  10. Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea12

Plants

  1. Musa campestris42
  2. Plocoglottis plicata40
  3. Aeschynanthus tricolor30
  4. Polygala venenosa29
  5. Begonia conipila27
  6. Shaggy Leaf Fig Ficus villosa23
  7. Amorphophallus hewittii23
  8. Monophyllaea pendula22
  9. Crêpe ginger Hellenia speciosa18
  10. Rhaphidophora foraminifera18

Mammals

  1. Least Pygmy Squirrel Exilisciurus exilis85
  2. Wrinkle-lipped Bat Mops plicatus60
  3. Diadem Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros diadema25
  4. Prevost's Squirrel Callosciurus prevostii16
  5. Plantain Squirrel Callosciurus notatus13
  6. Large-eared Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus philippinensis6
  7. Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus brachyotis6
  8. Mountain Treeshrew Tupaia montana5
  9. Horsfield's Bat Myotis horsfieldii4
  10. Fawn Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros cervinus4

Insects

  1. Treehugger Tyriobapta torrida190
  2. Prickly Haaniella Haaniella echinata136
  3. Pyrops intricatus119
  4. Pyrops sultanus89
  5. Rajah Brooke's Birdwing Trogonoptera brookiana76
  6. Discotettix belzebuth65
  7. Penthicodes farinosus46
  8. Hairy Earwig Arixenia esau41
  9. Giant Shield Bug Pycanum rubens40
  10. Brown Pansy Junonia hedonia36

Spiders and kin

  1. Heteropoda boiei85
  2. Long-horned Orbweaver Macracantha arcuata26
  3. Heteropoda borneensis17
  4. David Bowie Spider Heteropoda davidbowie12
  5. Thelcticopis orichalcea11
  6. Asian Forest Scorpion Heterometrus longimanus11
  7. Orsima ichneumon10
  8. Common White-flanked Water Spider Nilus albocinctus9
  9. Hyllus keratodes9
  10. Giant Golden Orbweaver Nephila pilipes7

Reptiles

  1. Baumann’s Crested Lizard Bronchocela octospinosa202
  2. Miri Bent-toed Gecko Cyrtodactylus miriensis151
  3. Cyrtodactylus hutan128
  4. Borneo Forest Dragon Gonocephalus bornensis105
  5. Bornean Keeled Pit Viper Tropidolaemus subannulatus104
  6. Borneo Skink Dasia vittata60
  7. Blunthead Slug Snake Aplopeltura boa57
  8. Rough Mabuya Eutropis rudis56
  9. Double-spotted Gecko Gekko monarchus50
  10. Beauty Ratsnake Elaphe taeniura47

Amphibians

  1. Rough-sided frog Hylarana glandulosa183
  2. Brown Marsh Frog Hylarana baramica55
  3. Bornean Copper-cheeked Frog Hylarana raniceps55
  4. Crested Toad Ingerophrynus divergens44
  5. River Toad Phrynoidis asper42
  6. Bornean Tree Hole Frog Metaphrynella sundana41
  7. Brown Tree Frog Leptomantis harrissoni40
  8. Gunung Mulu Bubble-nest Frog Philautus tectus36
  9. Api Dwarf Toad Pelophryne api31
  10. Striped Stream Frog Hylarana signata28

Fish

  1. Hampala bimaculata21
  2. Baram Snakehead Channa baramensis9
  3. Barbonymus collingwoodii7
  4. Three Spot Gourami Trichopodus trichopterus4

Mollusks

  1. Exrhysota brookei44
  2. Amphidromus hamatus31
  3. Vitrinula moluensis12
  4. Videna metcalfii12
  5. Red Land Snail Coptocheilus anostomus8
  6. Pincerna globosa5

How a trip works

A trip has its own trail of lessons: meet six species, match them to new photos, then practice with four choices. Species you learn go into your Fieldbook, and starting a trip earns its Passport stamp. Your home place stays as it is.

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Species lists and counts from research-grade observations on iNaturalist, as of October 2026. Parks outside the U.S. are from the World Database on Protected Areas (UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, Protected Planet). KnowKi is not affiliated with the National Park Service or any park's managers. Free, with no ads, no account, and no purchases.