Peninsular Malaysian rain forests

Peninsular Malaysian rain forests
Ecoregion territory (in purple)
Ecology
RealmIndomalayan
BiomeTropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Borders
Geography
Area124,564 km2 (48,094 sq mi)
Countries
Conservation
Conservation statusVulnerable
Protected20,113 km2 (16%)[1]

The Peninsular Malaysian rain forests[2] is an ecoregion on the Malay Peninsula and adjacent islands. It is in the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests biome.

  1. ^ 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]
  2. ^ ‘Rain forest’ or ‘rainforest’?