Raffles Museum Treasures: Mandarin newt

Mandarin newt (Tylototriton shanjing)

AmphibiaWeb
IUCN Red List
ARKive


(Photo by salamandermaster)

Monday Morgue: 6th September 2010

Spotted moon snail (F. Naticidae)
Cyrene Reef, 11th July 2010

Wild Fact Sheets

Raffles Museum Treasures: Asian elephant

Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Native to Singapore: Locally Extinct

IUCN Red List
IUCN Species of the Day
ARKive
Animal Diversity Web
WWF
EDGE
National Geographic Animal Facts
Cumulative Index for the Mammalian Species
Natural History Museum Species of the day


(Photo by Abhinayah)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Black-shanked douc

Black-shanked douc (Pygathrix nigripes)

Primate Info Net
The Primata
WWF
IUCN Red List
ARKive
Animal Diversity Web
Unexpected Large Monkey Population Discovered
Huge populations discovered of two of Asia's rarest primates


(Photo by iphegenia1)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Large bamboo rat

Large bamboo rat (Rhizomys sumatrensis)

On the subspecies of Rhizomys sumatrensis (Raffles) with some notes on related species
IUCN Red List


(Photo by Niall Corbet)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Red panda

Red panda (Ailurus fulgens)

The Red Panda Network
IUCN SSC Mustelid, Viverrid, and Procyonid Specialist Group: The Red Panda, Olingos, Coatis, Raccoons, and their Relatives
IUCN Red List
ARKive
Animal Diversity Web
National Geographic Animal Facts
Tetrapod Zoology: Nigayla-ponya, firefox, true panda: its life and times
Cumulative Index for the Mammalian Species


(Photo by Tambako the Jaguar)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Chinese pangolin

Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla)

CITES: Transfer of Manis crassicaudata, M. pentadactyla, M. javanica from Appendix II to Appendix I.
IUCN Red List
ARKive
Animal Diversity Web
Cumulative Index for the Mammalian Species


(Photo by s k i n k)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Chinese ferret badger

Chinese ferret badger (Melogale moschata)

Badger Pages
IUCN Red List
Animal Diversity Web
Cumulative Index for the Mammalian Species


(Photo by alexwhitesnake)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Proboscis monkey

Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus)
Collected from Kapuas River, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Mounted in 1905

Proboscis Monkeys Project
The Primata
Primate Info Net
IUCN Red List
ARKive
Animal Diversity Web


(Photo by Austin King)

Monday Morgue: 30th August 2010

Coastal horseshoe crab (Tachypleus gigas)
Changi, 12th July 2010

Wild Fact Sheets
A Guide to Seashore Life

Raffles Museum Treasures: Spotted house gecko

Spotted house gecko (Gekko monarchus)
Collected from Bukit Timah, November 1998
Native to Singapore

Wildlife Singapore
Ecology Asia


(Photo by Marcus)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Four-lined tree frog

Four-lined tree frog (Polypedates leucomystax)
Collected from Nee Soon swamp-forest, March 1990
Native to Singapore

Wildlife Singapore
Ecology Asia
Amphibians & Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia
Frogs of Borneo
AmphibiaWeb
IUCN Red List
The Online Field Guide


(Photo by Jacqueline)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Polynesian rat

Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans)
Introduced to Singapore: Commensal

Ecology Asia
IUCN Red List
Animal Diversity Web
Kiore / Pacific rat / Polynesian rat factsheet
Animal pests A - Z
Hunting and eating kiore
Global Invasive Species Database


(Photo by Dead Art)

Raffles Museum Treasures: House mouse

House mouse (Mus musculus)
Collected from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 1926
Introduced to Singapore: Commensal

Wildlife Singapore
IUCN Red List
ARKive
Animal Diversity Web
Global Invasive Species Database


(Photo by Geeky Pete (PeterEdin))

Raffles Museum Treasures: Domestic huntsman spider

Domestic huntsman spider (Heteropoda venatoria)
Collected from Kent Ridge, April 1996
?Native to Singapore: Commensal

A Guide to Common Singapore Spiders
A checklist of spiders from Singapore
Featured Creatures
BugGuide.Net


(Photo by frolickauai)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Asian tiger mosquito

Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus)
Collected from Bukit Timah, September 1969
?Introduced to Singapore: Commensal

Global Invasive Species Database
Featured Creatures
BugGuide.Net
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


(Photo by weichen0520)

Raffles Museum Treasures: German cockroach

German cockroach (Blatella germanica)
?Introduced to Singapore: Commensal

Despite its common name, this cosmopolitan commensal of man is likely to have originated from tropical Asia.

Featured Creatures
BugGuide.Net


(Photo by Jasper Lesterhuis)

Monday Morgue: 23rd August 2010

American cockroach (Periplaneta americana)
On a boat on the way to Terumbu Bemban Besar, 1st January 2010

Animal Diversity Web
Featured Creatures
BugGuide.Net

Raffles Museum Treasures: Long-eyed swimming crab

Long-eyed swimming crab (Podophthalmus vigil)
Native to Singapore

Raffles Museum Treasures: Purple climbing crab

Purple climbing crab (Metopograpsus sp.)
Native to Singapore

Wild Fact Sheets
Guide to the Mangroves of Singapore
A Guide to Seashore Life in Singapore


(Photo by budak)