The dominant forest type in the 

Mindanao lowlands and the rest of the Philippines was

dipterocarp forest.. Individual dipterocarps occur to 1,500 m.

Location Dominant Typical Examples

(description) Vegetation or Animals (site 3 places
Keystone (give 5) in the Phils.)
Species

Dipterocarp  This forest type This group of  leopard cat Mindanao,

occurred from trees is known  probosci’s Samar, Leyte,
sea level to as Philippine monkey  Bohol, and
elevations of 400 mahogany in  Bornean numerous
m or higher. the timber tarsier  smaller
 Dipterocarpaceae trade  Borneo satellite
may perhaps pygmy islands,
hold the elephant including
distinction of  rhinoceros Biliran and
being the best- subspecies  Basilan
known trees in
the tropics
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