Campo Ma'an National Park

Campo Ma'an National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Map showing the location of Campo Ma'an National Park
Map showing the location of Campo Ma'an National Park
LocationCameroon
Coordinates2°21′N 9°59′E / 2.350°N 9.983°E / 2.350; 9.983
Area26.4 km2 (10 sq mi)
A Peters's Duiker antelope

Campo Ma'an National Park is a national park of Cameroon. It is in the South Region in the Océan department. It covers 64,064 hectares.[1]

The park was created in 2000, by combining the Campo Wildlife Reserve and the Ma’an Production Reserve.

The biodiversity of the area has wide range of plants and animals species including several taxonomic endemics. The mammal species reported are 87. These include elephants, lowland gorillas, chimpanzees, hippos, giant pangolins, black colobus, mandrills and leopards. Reptile species reported are 122, and fish species are 165. It also has more than 300 bird species.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Campo-Ma’an National Park, Cameroon from WWF. Accessed December 2009.
  2. ↑ "Important Bird Areas". African Bird Club. 1 December 2013. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Campo Ma'an complex". BirdLife International. Retrieved 13 September 2018.