Crocodiles first. Then everything that shares the trees.

Crocodiles

Saltwater crocodile

Crocodylus porosus

The farm’s signature animal. Saltwater crocodiles live in the breeding ponds and are the species visitors see leap at the daily feeding show.

Malayan gharial

Tomistoma schlegelii

A slender-snouted freshwater crocodile, also called tomistoma. A fish-eater, and much less forward than the saltwater crocodile.

Albino crocodile

Named in the farm collection

A pale crocodile kept with the breeding stock. Ask the keepers which pond it is using on the day you visit.

Alligator

In the farm collection

Kept alongside the local crocodiles so visitors can compare snout shape and build.

Australian freshwater crocodile

In the farm collection

Part of the wider crocodile collection beyond the two Sarawak species.

Broad-snout caiman

In the farm collection

A heavy-headed caiman, shown with the other crocodilians.

Dwarf caiman

In the farm collection

One of the smaller crocodilians on the farm, a useful contrast with the saltwater adults.

Young crocodiles

Hatchlings and juveniles

Visitors can join a supervised holding session and see the animals at the size the farm started with in 1963.

Fish

Arapaima

South American giant

One of the largest freshwater fishes in the world. Some reach more than 10 feet and more than 180 kg. Feeding is at 11:30 AM and 3:30 PM.

Birds

Peacock

Indian peafowl

Peacocks wander the garden paths and bridges. White peacocks and peahens with peachicks are on the grounds as well.

White peacock

Indian peafowl

A white peacock from the same garden flock.

Owl

In the farm collection

Owls are perched along the walk, often easier to see in the shade of the shelters.

Great argus

Argusianus argus · kuang emas

A Borneo pheasant. Males are kuang emas jantan, females kuang emas betina.

Lesser whistling duck

Dendrocygna javanica

Whistling ducks share the wetter corners of the farm with the other waterfowl.

Duck

Farm waterfowl

Ducks are part of the everyday farmyard mix around the ponds.

Silkie chicken

Gallus gallus domesticus

Silkies, with their soft feathers, live with the other poultry near the petting areas.

Mammals

Binturong

Arctictis binturong · bearcat

A shaggy, whiskered bearcat, usually stretched out on a beam.

Otter

In the farm collection

Otters are among the liveliest animals on the walk, especially near water.

Porcupine

In the farm collection

Porcupines are part of the Borneo mammal collection the family has kept alongside the crocodiles.

Squirrel

Tupai

Known locally as tupai.

Rabbit

Petting zoo

Rabbits are kept for the petting zoo, within reach of younger visitors.

Guinea pig

Petting zoo

Guinea pigs share the petting area with the rabbits and goats.

Goat

Petting zoo

Goats were part of Yong Kian Sen’s collection even before the first crocodiles arrived.

Pig

Farmyard

A farmyard animal on the same grounds as the reptile ponds.

Other reptiles

Green iguana

In the farm collection

Iguanas bask in the enclosures along the walk.

Python

In the farm collection

Pythons are among the snakes the farm has long listed for visitors.

Monitor lizard

In the farm collection

Monitor lizards are part of the reptile walk, separate from the crocodile ponds.

Turtle

In the farm collection

Turtles are kept in their own pools along the route.

Snapping turtle

In the farm collection

A snapping turtle, shown apart from the local turtles.

Softshell turtle

Labi-labi

Known locally as labi-labi. The leathery shell is the thing to look for.

• Monkeys
• Leopard cats
• Sun bears
• Pheasants
• Civets
• Barking deer
• Sambar deer
• Fruit bats
• Southern cassowary
• Flying fox
• Wild boar

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