Mount Windsor National Park

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Mount Windsor National Park
Giant bag marten (Dasyurus maculatus gracilis)
Giant bag marten ( Dasyurus maculatus gracilis )
Mount Windsor National Park, Queensland
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Coordinates: 16 ° 16 ′ 23.4 ″  S , 145 ° 0 ′ 11 ″  E
Location: Queensland , Australia
Specialty: tropical rainforest
Next city: 27.00 mile (s) from Mossman
Surface: 438.2 km²
Founding: 2005
Short-headed gliding pouch (Petaurus breviceps)
Short-headed gliding pouch ( Petaurus breviceps )
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The Mount Windsor National Park (English Mount Windsor National Park ) is a 438.2 square kilometer national park in Queensland , Australia . It is part of the Wet Tropics of Queensland UNESCO World Heritage Site .

location

The park is located in the Far North Queensland region about 110 kilometers northwest of Cairns and 44 kilometers northwest of Mossman . It borders directly on Mount Lewis and the Daintree National Park . There are no visitor facilities.

Flora and fauna

The park protects primary , tropical rainforest on the 1,100 meter high plateau around Mount Windsor . This species-rich habitat is home to over 800 species of flora and fauna that are classified as worthy of protection. In addition to numerous endangered amphibians , over 120 different bird species and more than 30 reptile species live here . From the mammal group of bats , over 10 different species of the smooth-nosed family , as well as fruit bats and horseshoe bats can be found in the park.

Particularly worthy of protection are endangered Chestnut dunnarts ( Sminthopsis archeri ), northern quoll ( Dasyurus hallucatus ) and tiger quoll ( Dasyurus maculatus gracilis ), from the family of dasyuridae , and the Sugar Glider ( Petaurus breviceps ) and the Northern rat kangaroo ( Bettongia tropica ) already was considered extinct until a small population was rediscovered in the Wet Tropics.

Among the insects, the dragonfly Petalura ingentissima is at home in the park. With a body length of up to 10 centimeters and a wingspan of 16 centimeters, it is the largest dragonfly species in the world.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Australian Government - CAPAD 2010 ( MS Excel ; 170 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
  2. ↑ a b Species List , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012
  3. ↑ Mount Windsor Tableland, Queensland , Australian Aquatic Biological, accessed October 7, 2012