Oaxacan montane forests | |
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![]() Location of the Oaxacan montane forests ecoregion | |
Ecology | |
Realm | Neotropical |
Biome | tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests |
Borders | |
Geography | |
Area | 7,577 km2 (2,925 sq mi) |
Country | Mexico |
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Conservation | |
Conservation status | Critical/endangered |
Protected | 219 km2 (3%)[1] |
The Oaxacan montane forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in eastern Mexico. It includes a belt of montane tropical forest on the eastern slope of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca and eastern Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ranges. These forests lie between the lowland Petén–Veracruz moist forests and Veracruz moist forests, and the pine–oak forests of the higher mountains.[2]