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    Title
    Wild Borneo
    Subtitle
    The Wildlife and Scenery of Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Nick Garbutt, By (author) J.Cede Prudente, Preface by Sir David Attenborough
    Physical properties
    Format: Hardback
    Number of pages: 176
    Width: 229 mm
    Height: 292 mm
    Thickness: 19 mm
    Weight: 1,271 g
    Audience
    College/higher education
    General/trade
    Professional and scholarly
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9780262072748
    ISBN 10: 0262072742
    Classifications
    BICMainSubject: WNC
    BIC geographical qualifier: 1FMNX
    Dewey: 915.983044
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: T14.3
    BISAC category code: PHO023040
    BISAC category code: PHO013000
    BISAC category code: NAT024000
    BISAC category code: NAT000000
    Illustrations note
    250 color illus.
    Publisher
    MIT Press Ltd
    Imprint name
    MIT Press
    Publication date
    12 April 2008
    Publication City/Country
    Cambridge, Mass./US
    Biographical note
    Nick Garbutt is an award-winning wildlife author and photographer. He contributes articles and photographs to numerous magazines worldwide and is a Special Lecturer in Wildlife Photography at Nottingham University. Author of the acclaimed Mammals of Madagascar, he has twice been a winner of the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition. Cede Prudente is a professional conservationist and photographer. His photograph of a swinging orangutan won the Best Still Photography Award at the 2007 Wildlife Asian Film Festival.
    Main description
    The island of Borneo is a place of great natural beauty and rich biodiversity. Fromthe peaks of the majestic Mount Kinabalu to the enchanting coral-fringed islands that lie offshore,with vast tracts of lush rainforest in between, Borneo's landscape is as varied as it ismagnificent. In Wild Borneo, author Nick Garbutt embarks upon a fascinating investigation into thewonders of this island, exploring every aspect of Borneo's terrain, from its rainforest-coveredlowland areas to its mountain ranges, highland areas, and winding rivers. He shows us the profusionof flora and fauna living within these habitats, including the enormous Rafflesia flower, thecarnivorous Pitcher plants, snakes, frogs and lizards that fly, fish that walk on mud, and rich andvaried bird life. The island is home to a diversity of mammal species, some of which are highlyunusual, including the outrageous-looking Proboscis Monkey, the remarkably tolerant Bornean PygmyElephant, the diminutive and shaggy Sumatran Rhinoceros, the native Bornean Orang-utan, and thedoe-eyed, endearing Slow Loris.Published in association with the World Wildlife Fund for Nature,Wild Borneo also examines the ongoing attempts to preserve the island's natural resources in theface of commercial logging and large-scale land clearing. Illustrated with more than 200 stunningphotographs, this book offers a vivid celebration of Borneo's many natural wonders.