B. Biological Resources ทรัพยากรชีวภาพ
Sulawesi occupies a significant transitional zone between the Australasian and Asian biological realms. It contains at least 328 bird, 127 mammal, 117 reptile, 68 freshwater fish, and an estimated 5,000 plant species, and an unknown but very large number of invertebrates, such as insects. Sulawesi’s isolation has given the island an extremely high level of endemism, that is, species found nowhere else in the world. Twenty-seven percent of Sulawesi’s bird species, 62 percent of its mammals (or 98 percent if bats are excluded), 26 percent of its reptiles, 76 percent of its amphibians, and 77 percent of its freshwater fish are found only in Sulawesi.