Bahia interior forests

Bahia interior forests
Mata Escura Biological Reserve, in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Localization of Bahia interior forests ecorregion as delineated by WWF.
Ecology
Biome	Atlantic Forest
Borders	Serra do Mar coastal forests, Bahia coastal forests, Caatinga and Cerrado
Bird species	540
Mammal species	182
Geography
Area	230,880 km2 (89,140 sq mi)
Country	Brazil
States	Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo
Conservation
Habitat loss	69.3%
Protected	1.10%

The Bahia interior forests is an ecoregion of eastern Brazil. It is part of the larger Atlantic forests biome complex, and lies between the Bahia coastal forests and the dry shrublands and savannas of Brazil's interior.

The Bahia interior forests cover an area of 230,000 square kilometers (89,000 sq mi), extending across portions of Bahia, Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and Sergipe states. The Bahia interior forests lie inland from the Bahia coastal forests, which extend approximately 150 km (93 mi) inland from the coast. The Bahia interior forests extend north to the São Francisco River, where they lie much closer to the coast, and are bounded on the west by the dry Caatinga shrublands. Moving south, the forests extend further inland to the Rio Paraíba do Sul, Rio Preto, and Rio Grande, which form the boundary with the Paraná-Paraíba interior forests to the southwest.

Atlantic forest in Minas Gerais, interior Bahia and southern Espírito Santo, according to IBGE, consists of a semi-deciduous or deciduous forest. In this ecoregion is found a highly threatened spicies, the "Brazilian rosewood" (Dalbergia nigra).