The Borneo lowland rain forests ecoregion covers roughly 425,000 square kilometers, about 57 percent of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia, and supports an estimated 15,000 plant species and 380 bird species. It sits within the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest biome. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hosts
Source Atlas Moth (Wikipedia)
Source GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): GBIF species descriptions for Catopuma badia
Source Bornean Orangutan (Wikipedia)
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Dicerorhinus sumatrensis
Source Agathis borneensis (Wikipedia)
Source World Wildlife Fund
Source Animal Diversity Web (University of Michigan Museum of Zoology): Nasalis larvatus
Source Agathis orbicula (Wikipedia)
Source GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): GBIF species descriptions for Hylobates muelleri
Source GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): GBIF species descriptions for Helarctos malayanus
Source GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): GBIF species descriptions for Neofelis diardi
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Source Borneo Lowland Rain Forests (Wikipedia)
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1. Borneo Lowland Rain Forests (Wikipedia)
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The Borneo lowland rain forests is an ecoregion, within the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests biome, of the large island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. It supports approximately 15,000 plant species, 380 bird species and several mammal species.
- Biogeographic realm: indomalayan (derived from location stated in entity description)
View the Source Bornean Orangutan (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHosts: Bornean Orangutan, Habitat sectionQuote, Hosts: Bornean Orangutan, Habitat section
The Bornean orangutan inhabits Borneo lowland rain forests and Borneo montane rain forests up to an elevation of 1,500 m (4,900 ft).
World Wildlife Fund
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Atlas Moth (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHosts: Atlas Moth, Wikipedia, Atlas moth, Distribution and habitat sectionQuote, Hosts: Atlas Moth, Wikipedia, Atlas moth, Distribution and habitat section
Their habitat is primarily dry tropical forests, secondary forests, and shrublands across South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia, including Borneo.
Animal Diversity Web (University of Michigan Museum of Zoology): Nasalis larvatus
Animal Diversity Web (University of Michigan Museum of Zoology)Hosts: Proboscis Monkey, Geographic Range; HabitatQuote, Hosts: Proboscis Monkey, Geographic Range; Habitat
Proboscis monkeys are confined to the island of Borneo ... Proboscis monkeys inhabit mangrove forest along rivers and estuaries, swamp-land, and lowland rainforest.
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Dicerorhinus sumatrensis
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHosts: Bornean rhinoceros, HabitatQuote, Hosts: Bornean rhinoceros, Habitat
Sumatran rhinoceroses live in upland forests around Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo, at elevations up to 2,000 m above sea level.
Agathis orbicula (Wikipedia)
Hosts: Sarawak Kauri, DistributionQuote, Hosts: Sarawak Kauri, Distribution
It is found scattered throughout tropical rainforests and Kerangas forests.
Agathis borneensis (Wikipedia)
Hosts: Borneo Kauri, DistributionQuote, Hosts: Borneo Kauri, Distribution
It occurs in lowland to upland tropical rainforest up to elevations of 2,400 metres (8,000 ft).
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): GBIF species descriptions for Neofelis diardi
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)Hosts: Sunda Clouded Leopard, Habitat description borneoQuote, Hosts: Sunda Clouded Leopard, Habitat description borneo
long thought to be strongly associated with primary evergreen tropical rainforest up to about 2000 m
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): GBIF species descriptions for Hylobates muelleri
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)Hosts: Southern Grey Gibbon, Habitat descriptionQuote, Hosts: Southern Grey Gibbon, Habitat description
Primary and secondary semi-deciduous monsoon, dipterocarp, and tropical evergreen forest
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): GBIF species descriptions for Helarctos malayanus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)Hosts: Sun Bear, Habitat description borneoQuote, Hosts: Sun Bear, Habitat description borneo
In Borneo, Sumatra, and peninsular Malaysia, areas with high rainfall throughout the year, they inhabit mainly tropical evergreen dipterocarp rainforest and peat swamps
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): GBIF species descriptions for Catopuma badia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)Hosts: Bay Cat, Habitat description borneoQuote, Hosts: Bay Cat, Habitat description borneo
Bay Cats occur in a variety offorested habitats, including low and hill dipterocarp forests, mangrove, riverine, and montane forests
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