19°00′N 70°42′W / 19°N 70.7°W The Hispaniolan moist forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion on the island of Hispaniola. They cover 46,000 km2 (18,000 sq mi), around 60% of the island's area.[1]
| Hispaniolan moist forests | |
|---|---|
 Hills north of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic | |
 Ecoregion territory (in purple) | |
| Ecology | |
| Realm | Neotropical |
| Biome | tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests |
| Borders | |
| Geography | |
| Area | 45,350 km2 (17,510 sq mi) |
| Countries | |
| Conservation | |
| Conservation status | Critical/endangered |
| Global 200 | Greater Antillean moist forests |
| Protected | 3,244 km2 (7%)[2] |
- ^ "Hispaniolan moist forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
- ^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [1]