Malaysia is a megadiverse country, with huge variety of biota.

Terrestrial ecoregions

Malaysia is in the Indomalayan realm.

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

Montane grasslands and shrublands

Mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions

Marine ecoregions

Malaysia spans the transition between the Central Indo-Pacific and Western Indo-Pacific marine realms.[7]

Central Indo-Pacific

Western Indo-Pacific

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Peninsular Malaysian montane rain forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  3. ^ "Peninsular Malaysian peat swamp forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Peninsular Malaysian rain forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  6. ^ "WWF - List of Ecoregions". Wwf.panda.org. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  7. ^ 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
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