Wondiwoi
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| Coordinates | 2 ° 40 ′ S , 134 ° 35 ′ E | |
The Wondiwoi ( Indonesian Pegunungan Wondiwoi , also Wandammenberge ) are a mountain range on the Wandammen Peninsula in the Indonesian province of West Papua on the island of New Guinea .
With a height of up to 2252 m, the mountains form the backbone of the peninsula. On the east side the mountains are very steep, but not towards the west and also less high. Most of the villages on the peninsula are also located there. Most of the mountain slopes are forested.
The local nature reserve is characterized by a high level of biodiversity . It is, among other habitat of the cottage gardener , a foliage-building species from the family of Bowerbirds . The name giver is the mountains for the Wondiwoi tree kangaroo, which only occurs here .
Individual evidence
- ^ Papua Insects Foundation: Wandammen Peninsula and surrounding , accessed April 17, 2015.
- ↑ Clifford B. Frith, Dawn. W. Frith: The Bowerbirds - Ptilonorhynchidae . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-854844-3 . P. 290