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hills between the heights of 30m Malaysia’s rainforest is the
and 762m, while forests between habitat to the biological diversity
the heights of 762m and 1200m of flora and fauna from the
are top dipterokarpa forest. Oak smallest microscopic organisms
forest is between the heights of and bacteria and to the largest
1200m to 1500m. Forest above species such as mammals, fish
1500m is known as mountain and birds. Todate, there are more
ericaceous forest. The forest than 17,631 species of plants
covers a land area of 5.79 million which include 377 algae, 1,387
hectares which is 44 percent of briofit (prophytes), 1,600 paku-
the land area of the Peninsular, pakis or ferns, 61 gimnospirm,
with 4.89 million hectares of which 4,180 monokot (monocots) and
are forest reserves. Sarawak still 10,026 dikot (dicots) have been
retains 80 percent of its forest with recorded. The fauna species
products from the forests which recorded include 480 mammals,
remains at 6 million hectares 742 birds, 242 amphibian, 567
and 1 million hectares are forest reptiles, 590 freshwater fish, 1,967
reserves. In Sabah, 4.7 million butterflies and 1,073 leaf beetles
hectares or 63 percent of the or kumbang daun.
total area are covered by forests
with an area of more than 3.6 Among the mammalian species
million hectares of forest reserves which live in the forest in Malaysia
or about 49 percent of the area are the orang utans, tigers,
of Sabah. elephants, rhinoceros, tapirs, wild
hills between the heights of 30m Malaysia’s rainforest is the
and 762m, while forests between habitat to the biological diversity
the heights of 762m and 1200m of flora and fauna from the
are top dipterokarpa forest. Oak smallest microscopic organisms
forest is between the heights of and bacteria and to the largest
1200m to 1500m. Forest above species such as mammals, fish
1500m is known as mountain and birds. Todate, there are more
ericaceous forest. The forest than 17,631 species of plants
covers a land area of 5.79 million which include 377 algae, 1,387
hectares which is 44 percent of briofit (prophytes), 1,600 paku-
the land area of the Peninsular, pakis or ferns, 61 gimnospirm,
with 4.89 million hectares of which 4,180 monokot (monocots) and
are forest reserves. Sarawak still 10,026 dikot (dicots) have been
retains 80 percent of its forest with recorded. The fauna species
products from the forests which recorded include 480 mammals,
remains at 6 million hectares 742 birds, 242 amphibian, 567
and 1 million hectares are forest reptiles, 590 freshwater fish, 1,967
reserves. In Sabah, 4.7 million butterflies and 1,073 leaf beetles
hectares or 63 percent of the or kumbang daun.
total area are covered by forests
with an area of more than 3.6 Among the mammalian species
million hectares of forest reserves which live in the forest in Malaysia
or about 49 percent of the area are the orang utans, tigers,
of Sabah. elephants, rhinoceros, tapirs, wild
