Yucatán moist forests

Yucatán moist forests
Forests surrounding the ancient Maya city of Cobá in the northeast of the Yucatán Peninsula.
Ecoregion territory (in purple)
Ecology
RealmNeotropical
Biometropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Borders
Geography
Area69,849 km2 (26,969 sq mi)
Countries
Conservation
Conservation statusVulnerable
Protected23.5%

The Yucatán moist forests are an ecoregion of the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests biome, as defined by the World Wildlife Fund.

It is found in the Yucatán Peninsula in southern Mexico, northern Guatemala, and small adjacent parts of extreme northern Belize.