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Noel Kempff National Park |
Noel
Kempff Mercado National Park is a spectacular biological reserve
of 3.8 million acres located in the northeastern corner of Bolivia
in the Department of Santa Cruz. Due to its unique biogeographical
location, the rich, extraordinary diversity of species and habitats
found in Noel Kempff is unequaled in the New World tropics. Nowhere
else in South America can you see such a wide variety of habitat
with so little effort - humid tropical rainforests, seasonally
flooded savanna, Brazilian cerrado, gallery forests, thorn scrub,
dry forests, and large expanses of wetlands similar to the Pantanal
areas found in Brazil.
As a result of its unique biogeographic location, Noel Kempff
is believed to contain some of the highest levels of biological
diversity in the world. For example, the park currently has a
bird list of over 630 species, and approximately 130 mammals have
been identified, including abundant populations of Giant Otter,
Fresh-water River Dolphin, Jaguar, Giant Anteater, and the very
rare and endangered Maned Wolf.
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