Mount Mantalinganhan Protected Landscape
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| Location: | Philippines | ||
| Specialty: | Palawan | ||
| Next city: | Puerto Princesa | ||
| Surface: | 1204.57 km² | ||
| Founding: | June 23, 2009 | ||
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The nature park Mount Mantalingajan shortly MMPL located 140 km southwest of Puerto Princesa , the capital of the province of Palawan in the Philippines . It was established on June 23, 2009 by Decree 1815. The nature park is bounded by Victoria Höhe in the north and Mount Bulanjao in the south and extends over an area of 120,457 hectares . The spatial extent is defined from 8 ° 40'28 "to 9 ° 9'53" north latitude and from 117 ° 26'55 "to 117 ° 59'52" east longitude. There are different spellings of the name Mantalinganhan , so the name is also written Mantalingahan or Mantalingajan , which is due to the different languages of the Philippines.
Topography & Geology
The terrain of the nature park is described as very rugged, some inclines reach a 50% incline and some inclines of 36% incline are over 300 meters in length. The Mantalinganhan reaches an altitude of 2085 meters above sea level. The rock is known as folded karst limestone, and there are several caves in the Quezon area. The rocks of the higher areas around the Malik and Mantalinganhan peaks are known as ophiolite complexes. According to the USDA soil classification , the soils there are classified as Entisols with a low pH value , which have a high nutrient content. On the eastern side of the massif there are also rock bands of various gypsum formations and the fertility of the soil is said to be mediocre.
climate
The climate of South Palawan is said to be extremely humid, with heavy rainfall from May to December and light rainfall from January to April. The average rainfall is 1,500 mm / year in the coastal and lowland areas. Temperatures range from 20 to 30 degrees Celsius in the lower altitudes around the mountains.
The area around the Mantalinganhan is said to be rich in water, so in the area of the Mantalinganhan Nature Park alone there are 33 springs of a total of 60 streams and rivers in South Palawan.
Flora Fauna
In the nature park of Mount Mantalinganhan 11 different types of vegetation are described, of which the forest area alone makes up over 100,000 hectares or 79% of the total area. Three different zones of the forest area are covered with core forest. The lowlands of the nature park are treeless, so that the tree population is limited to the Mantalinganhan massif.
The nature park is an important part of the conservation of biodiversity on the island of Palawan and in the Philippines. For example, 351 plant species from 92 different plant families are described in the Mantalinganhan area. In the 2007 survey, 8 species were identified as unscientific and 5 species were identified as new to Palawan Island. From this census, the pitcher plant Nepenthes mantalingajanensis , which occurs in the summit region around 2000 meters, was described for the first time.
A total of 16 plant species are designated as useful plants.
The forested areas of the Mantalinganhan have a spatially different population of trees, so in the areas that belong to the municipalities of Rizal and Quezon in the north, the following dominant species are found: the ipil ( Intsia bijuga ) , a teak tree that grows on the international red List is classified as endangered, the Nato ( Palaqiuum luzoniense ) , a species from the sapote family, the Manggis ( Koompassia excelsa ) an endangered tropical tree species, the Apitong ( Dipterocarpus grandiflorus ) , the Amugis ( Koordersiodendron pinnatum ) , the Malugai ( Pometia pinnata ) , the durian (Durio zibethinus) and the dao ( Dracontomelum dao ) .
On the southern side of the nature park in the area of Sofronio Española, Brooke's Point and Bataraza, there are also the species Lomarao ( Swintonia foxworthy ) and Agoho del Monte (Casuariana equisetifolia) . The fauna in the park is also rich in species, with 95 species of vertebrates, including 19 species of mammals, 45 species of birds, 23 species of reptiles and 10 species of amphibians. Of the species found in the nature park, 16 are designated as endemic.
In an inventory of the region's small mammals carried out in 2007, 8 species were found, the rodent Palawan brushtail tree mouse ( Chiropodomys calamianensis ), Palawan Rajah rat ( Maxomys panglima ), Palawan rat ( Palawanomys furvus ), Müller-Sunda Giant rat ( Sundamys muelleri ) and Palawan mountain squirrel ( Sundasciurus rabori ), the shrew Palawan shrew ( Crocidura palawanensis ) and Palawanosorex muscorum and the Palawan shrew ( Tupaia palawanensis ).
See also
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- ↑ Rainer Hutterer , Danilo S Balete, Thomas C Giarla, Lawrence R Heaney, Jacob A Esselstyn. A new genus and species of shrew (Mammalia: Soricidae) from Palawan Island, Philippines. Journal of Mammalogy, May 8, 2018; doi: 10.1093 / jmammal / gyy041