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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.

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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.
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Bornean Orangutan (Wikipedia)
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The Bornean orangutan inhabits Borneo lowland rain forests and Borneo montane rain forests up to an elevation of 1,500 m (4,900 ft).
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