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Malaysian include 307 mammals, 785 birds, 242
rainforest is the amphibians, 567 reptiles, 449 fresh
habitat of flora and water fish, 1,967 moth, 12,000 butterfly
fauna biodiversity species and 1,073 leaf beetles. Among
from the smallest the mammalian species which live
of microscopic in the forest in Malaysia are orang
organisms and utans, tigers, elephants, rhinoceros,
bacteria to big species tapirs, wild buffalos, foxes, leopards,
such as mammals, bears and two (2) types of deer
fish and birds. namely sambar and kijang. Harimau
Belang Malaysia is the world’s largest
Until now about 17,631 plant species cat species and is found only in Asia.
including 377 algae, 1,387 bryophytes, It belongs to the Felidae family in the
1,600 ferns and its allies, 61 Carnivore order. The Siberian tiger is
gymnosperms, 4,180 monocotyledons the largest sub-species and can grow
and 10,026 dicotyledons have been up to 3.3 metres long and weigh 300
recorded. Recorded fauna species kg. The Sumatran tiger on the other
hand is the smallest sub-species that
have an average size of 2.4 metres
and weight about 120 kg. Probosris
monkey is also an unique species
that can be found in Malaysia.

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