Malaysia is a megadiverse country, with huge variety of biota.
Terrestrial ecoregions
editMalaysia is in the Indomalayan realm.
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
edit- Borneo lowland rain forests
- Borneo montane rain forests
- Borneo peat swamp forests
- Peninsular Malaysian montane rain forests[1][2]
- Peninsular Malaysian peat swamp forests[3]
- Peninsular Malaysian rain forests[4][5]
- Southwest Borneo freshwater swamp forests
- Tenasserim-South Thailand semi-evergreen rain forests[6]
Montane grasslands and shrublands
editMangroves
editFreshwater ecoregions
edit- Borneo Highlands
- Malay Peninsula Eastern Slope
- Northern Central Sumatra - Western Malaysia
- Northeastern Borneo
- Northwestern Borneo
Marine ecoregions
editMalaysia spans the transition between the Central Indo-Pacific and Western Indo-Pacific marine realms.[7]
Central Indo-Pacific
edit- Gulf of Thailand
- Malacca Strait
- Palawan/North Borneo
- Sunda Shelf/Java Sea
Western Indo-Pacific
edit- Andaman Sea Coral Coast
References
edit- ^ World Wildlife Fund, ed. (2001). "Peninsular Malaysian montane rain forests". WildWorld Ecoregion Profile. National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on 2010-03-08. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
- ^ "Peninsular Malaysian montane rain forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
- ^ "Peninsular Malaysian peat swamp forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
- ^ World Wildlife Fund, ed. (2001). "Peninsular Malaysian rain forests". WildWorld Ecoregion Profile. National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on 2010-03-08. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
- ^ "Peninsular Malaysian rain forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
- ^ "WWF - List of Ecoregions". Wwf.panda.org. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
- ^ Spalding, Mark D., Helen E. Fox, Gerald R. Allen, Nick Davidson et al. "Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas". Bioscience Vol. 57 No. 7, July/August 2007, pp. 573–583