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The ecoregion has a tropical humid climate. Average annual rainfall ranges from 1000 to 1500 mm, generally lower in the north and higher in the south and east. Rainfall varies seasonally, with August and
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The most common plant communities are high and medium semi-evergreen forest. The trees form a canopy 20 to 35 meters high. Approximately 25 to 50% of the trees lose their leaves during the annual dry season.
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Although some protection exists, the ecoregion is under threat by logging and cattle farming.
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495:Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis
670:List of ecoregions in Mexico
630:Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve
489:Native primates include the
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258:Petén–Veracruz moist forests
114:Petén–Veracruz moist forests
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542:Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus
476:Herpailurus yagouaroundi
104:Mayan Corridor mangroves
41:in the northeast of the
816:Ecoregions of Guatemala
699:"Yucatán moist forests"
499:Guatemalan black howler
366:Pseudophoenix sargentii
327:Aspidosperma desmanthum
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566:Cyanocorax yucatanicus
558:Myiarchis yucatanensis
421:Odocoileus virginianus
393:Central American tapir
295:Lonchocarpus castilloi
119:Ría Lagartos mangroves
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491:Yucatan spider monkey
425:Yucatan brown brocket
376:Acoelorraphe wrightii
303:Swietenia macrophylla
204:Yucatán moist forests
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811:Ecoregions of Belize
574:Piranga roseogularis
401:white-lipped peccary
362:Pithecellobium dulce
299:Pouteria campechiana
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634:Tulum National Park
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446:in the ecoregion –
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307:Alseis yucatanensis
287:Brosimum alicastrum
254:Yucatán dry forests
224:It is found in the
219:World Wildlife Fund
184:Conservation status
129:Yucatán dry forests
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610:Toxostoma guttatum
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550:Amazona xantholora
530:Yucatán woodpecker
526:Antrostomus badius
518:Meleagris ocellata
468:Leopardus pardalis
350:Vachellia pringlei
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676:References
472:jaguarundi
188:Vulnerable
654:Balam-Kin
381:epiphytes
244:Geography
234:Guatemala
208:ecoregion
193:Protected
164:Guatemala
151:Countries
138:Geography
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230:Mexico
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159:Mexico
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