Tabin Wildlife Reserve
| Tabin Wildlife Reserve Taman Hidupan Liar Tabin | |
|---|---|
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area) | |
A Leopard cat in the reserve | |
| Location | Sabah, Malaysia |
| Coordinates | 5°16′N 118°39′E / 5.267°N 118.650°E |
| Area | 1,225 km2 (473 sq mi) |
| Established | 1984 |
| Governing body | Sabah Parks |
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The Tabin Wildlife Reserve (Malay: Taman Hidupan Liar Tabin) is a nature preserve in Sabah, Malaysia. It was created in 1984 to preserve Sabah's disappearing wild animals. Occupying a large part of the peninsula forming the northern headland of Darvel Bay, it is located 48 kilometres east of Lahad Datu.
Tabin Wildlife Reserve (TWR or Tabin) comprises a rectangular area of approximately 122,539 ha. in the centre of the Dent Peninsula, north-east of Lahad Datu town, south of the lower reaches of the Segama River and north of the Silabukan Protection Forest Reserve. It can be reached via sealed and gravel roads from Lahad Datu in about 40 minutes. The reserve is covered with lowland dipterocarp forest.