To the principal aboriginal species belong pines, oaks, cork trees, chestnuts, walnuts, poplars, ashes and other plants of the Mediterranean climate.
Typical animals that inhabit the zone of Malaga are for example the common frog and toad, chameleons, geckos, lizards, snakes, goshawks, buzzards, red kites, owls, foxes, badgers, mangooses, weasels, polecats, hedgehogs, moles, bats, rats, voles, squirrels, rabbits, boars, flamencos, storks, seagulls, sea swallows, clams, anchovies, sardines, hakes and red mullets.