Wildlife of Myanmar

The wildlife of Myanmar includes its flora and fauna and their natural habitats.

Monsoon forest is dry at least three months a year, and is dominated by deciduous trees.

Rainforest has a rainy season of at least nine months, and are dominated by broadleaf evergreen.

In the region north of the Tropic of Cancer, in the Himalayan region, subtropical broadleaf evergreen dominates to an elevation of 2000 m, and from 2000 m to 3000 m, semi-deciduous broadleaf dominates, and above 3000 m, evergreen conifers and subalpine forest are the primary fauna until the alpine scrubland.

The area from Yangon to Myitkyina is mostly monsoon forest, while peninsular Malaysia south of Mawlamyine is primarily rainforest, with some overlap between the two.