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Malabar Coast moist forests
Chital (Axis axis) in Sanjay Gandhi National Park
Map of the Malabar Coast moist forests ecoregion
Ecology
RealmIndomalayan
Biometropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Borders
List
  • Deccan thorn scrub forests
  • North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests
  • North Western Ghats montane rain forests
  • South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests
  • South Western Ghats montane rain forests
Geography
Area34,219 km2 (13,212 sq mi)
CountryIndia
States
  • Goa
  • Karnataka
  • Kerala
  • Maharashtra
  • Tamil Nadu
Conservation
Conservation statuscritical/endangered[1]
Protected1,251 km² (4%)[2]

The Malabar Coast moist forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of southwestern India.

  1. ^ "Malabar Coast moist forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
  2. ^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [1]

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