Sierra del Divisor National Park

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Sierra del Divisor National Park
Red uakari
Red uakari
Sierra del Divisor National Park (Peru)
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Coordinates: 7 ° 23 ′ 0 ″  S , 73 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  W.
Location: Loreto , Peru
Surface: 13545 km²
Founding: November 8, 2015
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The Sierra del Divisor National Park is located in the Ucayali and Loreto departments in Peru and borders on Brazil . It was founded in 2015 and has an area of ​​13,545 km².

climate

There is a hot and humid climate with an annual mean temperature of 25 ° C and a rainfall between 1600 and 2000 mm distributed over a period of 9 to 10 months. The rainy season is from October to May.

fauna

The national park has a great diversity of species. It is home to 16 species of primate - the largest number in Peru - including red uakari , brown woolly monkey , red howler monkey , hooded capuchin , white- browed capuchin monkey , brown-backed tamarin , black -faced spider monkey and pygmy marmoset .

Other mammals in the park include Jaguar , Bush dog , short-eared dog , tapir , White-lipped Peccary , collared peccary , giant anteater , neotropical otter and giant armadillo .

Among the reptiles and amphibians are crocodile caiman , Terekay rail turtle , forest turtle , poison dart frogs and Thecadactylus rapicauda , the largest gecko species of Amazonia.

The birds in the park are represented by parrots such as macaws and amazon parrots , hokkos , the ant bird Thamnophilus divisorius and herons .

flora

The plant species include the fig tree Ficus insipida , Calycophyllum spruceanum , Triplaris , coral trees , Inga , Euterpe precatoria , Trema micrantha , Cedrelinga and Nealchornea .

Individual evidence

  1. Sierra del Divisor sernanp.gob.pe , accessed on January 8 of 2019.
  2. Biodiversity of the Sierra del Divisor Zone Reserved (Peru) researchgate.net (PDF), October 2015, accessed on January 8, 2019.