Like all Southeastern Asian forests, the forests of Myanmar can be divided into two categories: monsoon forest and rainforest. Monsoon forest is dry at least three months a year, and is dominated by deciduous trees. Rainforest has a rainy season of at least nine months, and are dominated by broadleaf evergreen.

Myanmar is home to nearly 300 known mammal species, 300 reptile species, and about 1000 bird species.[1] There are also many non-marine molluscs in Myanmar.

Mammals include 9 bovids including Banteng, Gaur, wild water buffalo, Takin, Red Serow, Mainland Serow, Red goral, Chinese goral, Bharal. Deer and deerlike species include black musk deer, Fea’s Gonshan leaf and indian muntjac along with Eld and Sanbar deer and also the greater and lesser mouse deer. Wild boar are also found. Great whales found off the coast include blue, Brydes, fin and humpback, the only porpoise is the Indo-Pacific finless. There is also a wide range of dolphin species along with a few beaked whales and all 3 species of sperm whale.

The range of cats is large, and includes Asian golden cat, Jungle cat, Clouded leopard, Leopard, Tiger, Marbled cat, Leopard cat and the Fishing cat.

The Binterong lives in this country. The rest of its family includes a range of civets including Small-toothed palm, Banded palm civet, Masked palm civet, Asian palm civet, Large-spotted civet,  Large Indian civet and the Small Indian civet.

Other than these, there are 2 linsangs,  3species of mongoose and the red panda. 

Canines include the Dhole, Golden jackal, the wolf and the red fox

Sun bears, and Asiatic black bears are found in the country. The mustelids include a variety of weasils, badgers, martens and otters.

There is a very wide range of bats in a number of families. The Sunda flying lemur, which is a Colugo and while looking like a lemur is actually in its own family. There are 2 porcupine species and 22 squirrels among a wide range of rodent species.

The Malayan tapir is still found here, and while it is only endangered, it is also declining. While the Sunda and Chinese pangolin is found in the country, both are critically endangered.

There are a wide range of monkeys, and similar. There are also 4 species of gibbon, including the lar gibbon, the easter, western skywalker hoolock gibbon.

The Asian elephant is still seen in the country, though the population is unsure, with it thought to lie between 3000 and 10,000. Dugong are also found, and are doing alright in the countries waters. 

Due to Myanmar (formerly Burma) being cut off from the rest of the world largely since the second world war, it has meant that this country is one of the most well looked after forest in Asia.