List of animals of Malaysia explained

This is a list of animals found in Malaysia. Malaysia is a humid country,^[1] with its rainforests hosting a wide array of animal species. There are around 361 mammals species,^[2] 250 reptile species,^[3] and 150 frog species found in Malaysia.^[4] Approximately 677 bird species are found on Peninsular Malaysia alone (and 694 for Malaysia).^{[5] [6]} Malaysia's marine territory also holds a great diversity of life, with the country's waters being part of the Coral Triangle.^[7]

Fauna

Reptiles

• Asian forest tortoise
• Bengal monitor
• Blood python
• Cantor's giant softshell turtle
• Deinagkistrodon
• False gharial
• Green sea turtle
• Hawksbill turtle
• Elongated tortoise
• Leatherback sea turtle
• Ovophis monticola
• Protobothrops sieversorum
• Reticulated python
• Saltwater crocodile
• Siamese crocodile
• Water monitor

Mammals

• Malayan Tiger
• Leopard
• Elephant
• Panther
• sun bear
• Sumatran serow
• long-tailed giant rat
• Malayan round leaf bat
• large flying fox

Birds

• Hornbill
• Peacock

Porkbill birds

Molluscs

See main article: article and List of non-marine molluscs of Malaysia.

See also

• Wildlife of Malaysia

Notes and References

1. Web site: What is a mega-diverse country?. Biodiversidad.gob.mx. 2010-12-20. 2015-05-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20150510030340/http://www.biodiversidad.gob.mx/v_ingles/country/whatismegcountry.html. dead.
2. Web site: List of 361 Species of Mammals in Malaysia. ir.unimas.my. 30 March 2023. 30 December 2013 . M.T. Abdullah.
3. Book: Richmond, Simon . Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei . Lonely Planet . 2007 . 63–64 . 978-1-74059-708-1.
4. Book: Richmond, Simon . Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei . Lonely Planet . 2010 . 74–75, 78–82 . 978-1-74104-887-2.
5. Malaysian Nature Society (2016), "A Checklist of the birds of Malaysia"
6. Book: Alexander, James . Malaysia Brunei & Singapore . New Holland Publishers . 2006 . 46–50 . 1-86011-309-5.
7. Web site: Coral Triangle . Wwf.panda.org . 2010-09-14.