MALAYSIA IS A SOUTHEAST COUNTRY OCCUPYING PARTS OF THE MALAY PENINSULA AND THE ISLAND OF BRUNO. MALAYSIA SHARES MARITIME BORDERS WITH BRUNEI AND INDONESIA AND A MARITIME BORDER WITH PHILIPPINES AND VIETNAM. THE CAPITAL KUALA LUMPUR, IS HOME TO COLONIAL BUILDINGS, BUSY SHOPPING DISTRICTS SUCH AS BUKIT BINTANG AND SKYSCRAPERS SUCH AS THE ICONIC, 451M-TALL PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS. IT IS ALSO KNOWN FOR ITS BEACHES, RAINFORESTS AND MIX OF MALAY, CHINESE, INDIAN AND EUROPEAN CULTURAL INFLUENCES. THE SOUTHERNMOST POINT OF CONTINENTAL EURASIA IS IN TANJUNG PIAI. IN THE TROPICS, MALAYSIA IS ONE OF 17 MEGADIVERSE COUNTRIES, HOME TO A NUMBER OF ENDEMIC SPECIES.