Taman Negara

TAMAN NEGARA PAHANG ,
MALAYSIA

TAMAN NEGARA

Initially called King George V National park to commemorate the silver jublee of the
British monarch, this park was ranamed Taman Negara upon Malaya’s
independence in 1957. Taman Negara, in the Malay language, literally translates as
national park

The forests of Taman Negara are reputed to be one of the oldest in the world and
were already flourishing when Earth’s tectonic plates were still shifting to rorm the
continent that we now know.

Apart from coastal forest,Taman Nagara contains virtually every type of forest
habitat found in Malaysia.

FLORA

Plant life in Taman Negara proliferated over the past 20,000 years.The park itself
spans a variety of environmental zones from lowland forest to cloud forest. A single
hectare plot in this lowland may hold over 100 species of tree including the
tall,buttressed tualang (Koompassia excelsa) , the third tallest species in the world.

FAUNA

Virtually all of Peninsular Malaysia’s large mammal species are found within Taman
Negara at elevations of up to 500m above sea level. The list is long but sightings are
rare due to the density of vegetation and the shy nature of the forest creatures.The
largest are elephants, followed by the rare Malayan gaur or seladang, a native wild
cattle.Three species of deer sambar, barking and mouse deer are also found here.

THE MOST INTERESTING
PLACE IN PAHANG