Caatinga moist-forest enclaves

Caatinga enclaves moist forests
Caatinga enclaves moist forests
	Caatinga enclave moist forest in Chapada do Araripe, Ceará, Brazil.
	Caatinga enclaves moist forests ecoregion as defined by WWF.
Ecology
Biome	Atlantic Forest
Borders	Caatinga
Mammal species	124
Geography
Area	4,800 km2 (1,900 sq mi)
Country	Brazil
State	Ceará
Conservation
Habitat loss	14.9%
Protected	6.59%

The Caatinga enclaves moist forests is an ecoregion of the Tropical moist forests Biome, and the South American Atlantic Forest biome. It is located in northeastern Brazil.

The ecoregion forms a series of discontinuous, island-like enclaves amongst the much larger and dry Caatinga xeric shrubland and thorn forests ecoregion and Cerrado subtropical savannas ecoregion.

^ ^a ^b ^c Hoekstra, J. M.; Molnar, J. L.; Jennings, M.; Revenga, C.; Spalding, M. D.; Boucher, T. M.; Robertson, J. C.; Heibel, T. J.; Ellison, K. (2010). Molnar, J. L. (ed.). The Atlas of Global Conservation: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities to Make a Difference. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-26256-0.