Cutervo National Park
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Cutervo National Park
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 Forest in the Cutervo National Park |
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| location | Cajamarca , Peru | |
| surface | 82 km² | |
| WDPA ID | 261 | |
| Geographical location | 6 ° 31 ′ S , 78 ° 34 ′ W | |
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| Setup date | September 8, 1961 | |
The National Park Cutervo is the oldest national park in Peru . It was passed by Law Nº 13694. The biologist Salomón Vílchez Murga (1907–1993), a pioneer of environmental protection in Peru, played a key role in establishing the national park on September 8, 1961 . Initially the park was limited to 25 square kilometers, but in 2006 it was expanded to 82 square kilometers by law Nº 28860. It is located in the district of San Andrés de Cutervo in the province of Cutervo in the Cajamarca region .
Protection goal
The aim of the law is the protection and sustainable development of the unique flora and fauna , as well as the preservation of the peculiar characteristics of the Cordillera de los Tarros .
fauna
The park is particularly known for its many caves where fat swallows ( Steatornis caripensis ) live. A climbing catfish called Astroblepus rosei also occurs in a stream in the caves . In addition to the Peruvian national bird, the Andean rocks Hahn ( Rupicola peruvianus ), are also found in the park the Goldkopftrogon ( Pharomachrus auriceps ) and the giant hummingbird ( Patagona gigas ). -
Among the mammals in the park include the Jaguar , the Ocelot , Leopardus garleppi , the spectacled bear , the South American river otter ( Lontra longicaudis ), the white-tailed deer , the collared peccary , the nine-banded armadillo and the mountain tapir .
In 1982 Mateu & Bellés found the ground beetles Andinorites striatus , Andinorites troglophilus , Andinorites convexus , Andinorites vilchezi , Andinorites peruvianus ., Peudotrechisibus ( Pseudotrechisibus sphaericus ) and Incatrechus ( Incatrechus pilosus ) in the caves .
flora
The park has a very varied flora, which ranges from meadows to dwarf forests ( Krummholz ) to typical cloud forests . The plant of the park include Cinchona ( Cinchona sp. ), Zedrelen ( Cedrela sp. ), Laurel family ( Nectandra sp. ) That the walnuts belonging Juglans neotropica and alder named Alnus acuminata .
literature
- Joandomènec Ros, Narcís Prat i Fornells: Homage to Ramon Margalef, or, Why there is such pleasure in studying nature , Universitat de Barcelona, 1992, p. 331, ISBN 978-84-475-0019-2
- Thomas Valqui : Where to Watch Birds in Peru , Grafica Ñañez SA, 2004, ISBN 978-9972-33-092-6
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ SERNANP Peru: Parque Nacional Cutervo (Eng.)
- ↑ Martha Meier Miró Quesada: Arboles que nos dan la vida (span.)
- ↑ Andean Botanical Information System: Cutervo National Park (Engl., With list of identified plant species)
- ↑ Description of the beetles: Gen. Andinorites nov. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)
- ↑ Description of the beetles: Gen. Peudotrechisibus & Gen. Incatrechus ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)
- ↑ Es mi Perú: Ecoregión Sierra Norte del Abra de Porculla al Abra Pardo (Spanish)
