Korup

National Park

Cameroon · West Africa (South-West)

West Africa (South-West)Declared in 19861,260 km²

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One of the oldest rainforests in Africa, with over 60 million years of unbroken history

Area

1,260 km²

Protection category

UICN II

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Declared in

1986

Region

West Africa (South-West)

Climate

Tropical, Árido / desértico, Montañoso

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Area: 1,260 km²

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One of the oldest rainforests in Africa, with over 60 million years of unbroken history

Declared in 1986, Korup protects one of the oldest rainforests in Africa, estimated at over 60 million years without major climatic interruption, which makes it an evolutionary refuge of exceptional biodiversity. It is one of the few known habitats of the Cross River gorilla, the most threatened gorilla subspecies in the world, with barely 300 animals left in total.

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39 species documented in Korup

18 Mammals8 Birds4 Reptiles3 Amphibians1 Fish2 Arachnida2 Insecta1 Diplopoda

At conservation risk:Leopardo,Pangolín gigante,Rana Goliat,Cercopiteco de Preuss,Colobo rojo de Preuss,Picatartes cuelligrís,Cálao de casco amarillo,Cocodrilo de hocico alargado africano,Cocodrilo enano africano,Colobo negro,Dril,Elefante africano de bosqueand 4 more

Endemic to Cameroon:Rana Goliat

Leopardo

Panthera pardus

Pangolín gigante

Smutsia gigantea

Rana Goliat

Conraua goliath

Cercopiteco de Preuss

Allochrocebus preussi

Critically Endangered

Colobo rojo de Preuss

Piliocolobus preussi

Picatartes cuelligrís

Picathartes oreas

Near Threatened

Águila coronada africana

Stephanoaetus coronatus

Araña látigo africana

Damon variegatus

Barbudo pigmeo de dos bandas

Pogoniulus bilineatus

Cálao de casco amarillo

Ceratogymna elata

Cercopiteco de nariz blanca

Cercopithecus nictitans

Near Threatened

Cercopiteco mona

Cercopithecus mona

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Flora and ecosystems

Ecosystems found in Cameroon, where Korup lies.

Selva tropicalSabanaMarino / costero

Experiences in this park

Observación de aves

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