Editing Mount Tahan (section)

== 1905 Expedition by Federated Malay States Museums ==
In 1905, the director of the [[Federated Malay States]] Museums, [[Leonard Wray|Leonard Wray Jnr]], and [[National Museum (Malaysia)|Selangor Museum]] curator [[Herbert C. Robinson|Herbert Robinson]] led a museum collecting expedition to Gunung Tahan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Shaughnessy |first=Elaine |date=2020-09-03 |title=The 1905 ascent of Mount Tahan (Malaysia) and fate of the bird collection |url=https://shnh.org.uk/the-1905-ascent-of-mount-tahan-malasia-and-fate-of-the-bird-collection/ |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Society for the History of Natural History |language=en-US}}</ref>

The expedition involved sixty-five men and lasted five months.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Federated Malay States. |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/148546 |title=Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums |last2=States |first2=Federated Malay |last3=Museum |first3=Perak State |last4=Museum |first4=Selangor State |date=1908 |publisher=the Museums |volume=3 |location=Kuala Lumpur}}</ref> Dato’ To Muntri Idin and Penghulu Panglima Kakap Husin laid the groundwork before the main party arrived.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Xmpsp |date=2008-05-17 |title=iNfO LiPaTaN SeJaRaH : xmpsp.com: KONSPIRASI GUNUNG TAHAN |url=http://lipatansejarah4xmpsp.blogspot.com/2008/05/konspirasi-gunung-tahan_17.html |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=iNfO LiPaTaN SeJaRaH}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=RRC: Gunung Tahan trail: some history and background |url=http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/index.php?s=1&act=pdfviewer&id=1358838134&folder=135 |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=www.rhinoresourcecenter.com}}</ref> On July 15, Bulang, Che Nik, Mat Aris, Mu’min and Robinson were the first to reach the summit<ref name=":0" />.<gallery mode="packed">
File:Pulling Boats Up The Rapids In The Tahau River.jpg|alt=|Pulling boats up the rapids in the Tahan river during the 1905 museum expedition to Gunung Tahan.
File:Gunong Tahau From Sixth Camp.jpg|alt=|Gunung Tahan from sixth camp during the 1905 museum expedition to Gunung Tahan.
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File:Chrysominla strigula malayana (NML-VZ 31.12.14.146a) collected 1905-07-19 collected during the Federated Malay States Museums expedition to Gunung Tahan.jpg|[[Bar-throated minla]] collected during the Federated Malay States Museums expedition to Gunung Tahan.
File:Ficedula hyperythra sumatrana (NML-VZ 31.12.14.71) collected 1905-07-05 during the Federated Malay States Museums expedition to Gunung Tahan.jpg|[[Snowy-browed flycatcher]] collected during the Federated Malay States Museums expedition to Gunung Tahan.
File:Zanclostomus javanica (NML-VZ 31.12.14.33a) collected 1905-06-08 during the Federated Malay States Museums expedition to Gunung Tahan.jpg|[[Red-billed malkoha]] collected during the Federated Malay States Museums expedition to Gunung Tahan.
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