Saslaya
Nicaragua's first national park; the original core of what would later be widened into the Bosawás Biosphere Reserve
Area
152 km²
Declared in
1971
Region
Central America (North Caribbean Autonomous Region)
Climate
Tropical, Templado, Montañoso
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Nicaragua's first national park; the original core of what would later be widened into the Bosawás Biosphere Reserve
Declared in 1971, Saslaya was the first national park in Nicaragua and is today the original core of what would later be widened into the vast Bosawás Biosphere Reserve, conserved historically by the indigenous Mayangna people, who have lived in the region since long before the protected area was formally declared.
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31 species documented in Saslaya
At conservation risk:Mono araña de Geoffroy,Pecarí labiado,Guacamayo verde mayor
Near ThreatenedJaguar
Panthera onca
Near ThreatenedÁguila harpía
Harpia harpyja
Not EvaluatedBoa constrictora
Boa constrictor
EndangeredMono araña de Geoffroy
Ateles geoffroyi
Least ConcernMono aullador de manto
Alouatta palliata
Least ConcernMono capuchino de cara blanca
Cebus capucinus
Least ConcernOcelote
Leopardus pardalis
VulnerablePecarí labiado
Tayassu pecari
Least ConcernPuma
Puma concolor
Near ThreatenedQuetzal resplandeciente
Pharomachrus mocinno
Critically EndangeredGuacamayo verde mayor
Ara ambiguus
Agutí centroamericano
Dasyprocta punctata
Flora and ecosystems
Ecosystems found in Nicaragua, where Saslaya lies.
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