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| Terborgh, J.W.; Fitzpatrick, J.W.; Emmons, L. | |
| Annotated checklist of bird and mammal species of Cocha Cashu Biological Station, Manu National Park, Peru | |
| 1984 Fieldiana Zoology (21): 1-29 | |
In 1973, with financial support provided by the World Wildlife Fund, the government of Peru established one of the largest national parks in the world. Encompassing approximately 15,230 sq. km, the Manu National Park includes nearly the entire drainage system of the Manu River and adjacent eastern Andean slopes in southeastern Peru. The park lies largely in the department of Madre de Dios, with its western, mountainous border including a small segment of the department of Cuzco. Virtually the entire park consists virgin tropical forest of several types. The westernmost fifth of the park includes a cross section of moist eastern Andean habitats, from upper tropical forests of the foothills up through all stages of subtropical cloud forest to elfin forests and moint _puna_ grasslands at the summit of the eastern Cordillera. In this report we present a species-level compilation of the birds and mammals found over an eight-year period at one tropical elevation site along the Manu River, and a coded summary of their ecological status at this site. |
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