Singapore
The
Singapore
Whiskered Bat (IUCN
Red List) is known solely from a single damaged
specimen and may not be a valid species. Among the mammals
with endemic subspecies are the Banded Leaf Monkey Presbytis femoralis femoralis (Wildlife
Singapore), the Lesser Mousedeer Tragulus javanicus
fulviventer (Wildlife
Singapore), the Plantain Squirrel Callosciurus notatus
singapurensis (Wildlife
Singapore), and the Cream-coloured Giant Squirrel Ratufa
affinis affinis (Raffles
Museum).
The Singapore Caecilian Ichthyophis
singaporensis (BHL)
is known only from a single damaged
specimen collected in the nineteenth century.
The
Glass Goby Gobiopterus
birtwistlei
(Mangroves
of Singapore) has also been found solely in Singapore.
Crabs unique to Singapore include the Reticulated Swamp Crab Parathephusa reticulata
(Raffles
Museum), the Singapore
Freshwater Crab Johora
singaporensis (ARKive),
and Johnson's Freshwater Crab Irmengardia
johnsoni (NParks). Endemic shrimp
include Potamalpheops
tigger
(Mangroves
of Singapore) and Salmoneus
singaporensis (p. 2 of Raffles
Museum pdf
file).
Spiders known only from Singapore include the Mangrove St.
Andrew’s Cross Spider Argiope
mangal (Mangroves
of Singapore), the Mangrove Big-jawed Spider Tetragnatha josephi
(Common
Singapore Spiders), the Leaf-Dwelling Daddy-Long-Leg Uthina atrigularis (Common
Singapore Spiders), and a jumping spider Bathippus digitalis
(Salticidae
of the World). Endemic insects include a minute marsh-loving
beetle Parathroscinus
magnus (p. 3 of Raffles
Museum pdf
file), a dance fly Empis
producta (p. 4 of Raffles
Museum pdf
file), and an endemic genus of longlegged fly Ngirhaphium murphyi
(p.
11 of Raffles
Museum pdf
file). Other endemic invertebrates include a harvestman Stylocellus ramblae
(AAS
pdf file), a land snail Cyclophorus
aquilusa (Femorale),
and a mangrove-dwelling sea slug Elysia
singaporensis (p. 3 of Raffles
Museum pdf file).
Among seven vascular plants exclusive to Singapore (habitatnews),
all are believed extinct except for the Bukit Timah Cryptocoryne Cryptocoryne timahensis
(See
Nature). An endemic nonvascular plant
is the liverwort Jackiella
singapurensis (p. 12 of SEKJ
pdf file).
Singapore is part of the Peninsular Malaysian Rain Forests terrestrial
ecoregion (EoE) and
the Sundaland biodiversity hotspot (Biodiversity
Hotspots).