Mount Mulayit, (မူႋလာအာ်) also known as Muleh Yit, is a mountain of the
Dawna Range
The Dawna Range (; th, ทิวเขาถนนธงชัยตะวันตก, ทิวเขาดอยมอนกุจู), also known as Dawna Hills, is a mountain range in eastern Burma and northwestern Thailand. Its northern e ...
. It is located towards the southern end of the range in
Kayin State
Kayin State ( my, ကရင်ပြည်နယ်, ; kjp, ဖၠုံခါန်ႋကၞင့်, italics=no; ksw, ကညီကီၢ်စဲၣ်, ), also known by the endonyms Kawthoolei and Karen State, is a state of Myanmar. The ...
,
Burma
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, 12 km to the NNW of the border with
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...
.
The
Tenasserim white-bellied rat (''Niviventer tenaster''), the
silver-eared laughingthrush (''Trochalopteron melanostigma'') and the
grey-sided thrush (''Turdus feae''), a
vulnerable species
A vulnerable species is a species which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being threatened with extinction unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improve.
Vulnera ...
,
Threatened Birds of Asia: The BirdLife International Red Data Book
/ref> are found in the Mulayit Taung area.
See also
*Dawna Range
The Dawna Range (; th, ทิวเขาถนนธงชัยตะวันตก, ทิวเขาดอยมอนกุจู), also known as Dawna Hills, is a mountain range in eastern Burma and northwestern Thailand. Its northern e ...
* List of mountains in Burma
* Mulayit Wildlife Sanctuary
References
External links
Mulayit Taung (peak) Region: Kayin State, Myanmar
Google Books, ''The Physical Geography of Southeast Asia''
Kayin State
Mountains of Myanmar
Dawna Range
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