List of ecoregions in Malaysia
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Malaysia is a megadiverse country, with huge variety of biota.
Terrestrial ecoregions
Malaysia is in the Indomalayan realm.
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- 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
Mangroves
Freshwater ecoregions
- Borneo Highlands
- Malay Peninsula Eastern Slope
- Northern Central Sumatra - Western Malaysia
- Northeastern Borneo
- Northwestern Borneo
Marine ecoregions
Malaysia spans the transition between the Central Indo-Pacific and Western Indo-Pacific marine realms.[7]
Central Indo-Pacific
- Gulf of Thailand
- Malacca Strait
- Palawan/North Borneo
- Sunda Shelf/Java Sea
Western Indo-Pacific
- Andaman Sea Coral Coast