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Malaysia Flora and Fauna

Malaysia has a diverse landscape ranging from dense jungles to tropical beaches that is home to a wide variety of flora and fauna. The country's forests contain some of the rarest plants and animals in the world, including the world's largest flower and smallest squirrel. These forests also shelter many endangered species such as rhinoceros, leopards, tigers, bears, and orangutans. While archeologists continue to discover remnants of ancient civilizations, Malaysia has increased protections for its environment to preserve its natural areas and biodiversity.

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Malaysia Flora and Fauna

Malaysia has a diverse landscape ranging from dense jungles to tropical beaches that is home to a wide variety of flora and fauna. The country's forests contain some of the rarest plants and animals in the world, including the world's largest flower and smallest squirrel. These forests also shelter many endangered species such as rhinoceros, leopards, tigers, bears, and orangutans. While archeologists continue to discover remnants of ancient civilizations, Malaysia has increased protections for its environment to preserve its natural areas and biodiversity.

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Malaysia Flora and Fauna

Flora Malaysia is the rising star of South East Asian tourism, a nation looking to the future while cherishing the ways of the past. Centuries of trade have resulted in a vibrant mix of Malay, Chinese, Indian and indigenous tribal cultures, creating a veritable melting pot of peoples, traditions and religions. The magnificent landscape is no less diverse - dense jungles, soaring peaks and lush green tropical rainforests harbour an abundance of rich Malaysia flora and fauna. Tropical island resorts and endless white sandy beaches offer the travelers a taste of paradise. The country has plenty of natural attractions to satisfy even the most discerning of adventure seekers. More than 50 per cent of its land mass is still covered in dense forest cover. And with the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean lapping its shores, there is an enormous variety of flora, fauna and marine life to be enjoyed here. These forests are one of the last bastions of the world's rarest plants and animals. The Rafflesia, the world's largest flower and the smallest pygmy squirrel are to be found here. Along with it one will also find camphor, ebony, sandalwood, teak and some 400 species of tall dipterocarps (hardwoods) and semihardwoods; fig trees. Several ecosystems exist in the Malaysian forests ranging from lowland dipterocarp to sub-tropical montane. One will also find Mangrove-forested wetlands on the western coast of the penninsula

Fauna The dense tropical forests of the country shelters a host of the world's rarest and most remarkable animals: the Sumatran Rhinoceros, the Clouded Leopard and Malaysian Tiger, the Sun Bear, the Monitor Lizard, and the Orang Utan, or "man of the forest," are just a few examples. One can also spot even those animals in Malaysia that can not be found anywhere else in the world like Indochinese Tiger, Malayan Tapir, Brooke's Tree squirrels and many more. The forest of the country itself is one of the most ancient on the planet, far older than the equatorial forests of the Amazon or the Congo. It has for tens of thousands of years been the home of nomadic forest peoples, ancient civilizations and a wide variety of Malaysian animals that have flourished as well as disappeared in its vastness. These days archeologists are in search of their eveidence. It's about 70% of Malaysia still in green area. These days the country is very

much concerned about its environment and nature. The amazing Malaysia Flora and Fauna grows well in the environment. Nowadays, the country has also increased its care about the pollution and its environment quality to make sure their real nature and their pure clean environment are not been destroyed. The famous place of the Malaysia Flora and Fauna is Taman Negara where the beautiful Flora and the fantastic Fauna can be found here, Endau Rompin rain forest where the beautiful tropical rain forest grows up, Sepilok Sabah rain forest where the famous place in the world of Orang Utan, Sarawak tropical rain forest, Cameron Highland which is the famous place of the beauty flowers, fruits, vegetable and tea garden, Rantau Abang where the famous place of turtle, Sibu Island, Rawa Island, Tioman Island and Langkawi Island where the beautiful and pure corals are take care by Malaysia authority and many more

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