Northern Triangle subtropical forests

Ecoregion: Northern Triangle subtropical forests
Ecoregion: Northern Triangle subtropical forests
	Mist hanging over mountains north of Myitkyina, Myanmar
	Ecoregion territory (in purple)
Ecology
Realm	Indomalayan
Biome	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Borders	Mizoram–Manipur–Kachin rain forests; Northern Indochina subtropical forests; Northern Triangle temperate forests; Nujiang Lancang Gorge alpine conifer and mixed forests;
Geography
Area	53,872 km2 (20,800 sq mi)
Country	Myanmar
Coordinates	27.75°N 97.75°E

The Northern Triangle subtropical forests ecoregion (WWF ID:IM0140) covers remote, mountainous terrain in the far north of Myanmar. Due to the regions isolation it is relatively untouched and unexplored by humans. Over 95% of the ecoregion is covered with closed evergreen forest, and importantly for conservation, these forests exist in large contiguous blocks. As of the late 1990s, 140 mammal species were known to be in the region, and new species, such the Leaf muntjac discovered in 1997, are still being found.

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