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National park in Peru

Yaguas National Park was created on January 11, 2018 and is located in the Loreto Region of Peru near the border with Colombia. It covers an area of 8,689 km (2,147,100 acres) of tropical forest. Along with Río Puré, Cahuinarí and Amacayacu National Park in Colombia, as well as the Regional Conservation Areas Maijuna Kichwa and Ampiyacu Apayacu in Peru, it is part of a huge biological corridor.

Climate

The climate is tropical with an average temperature of 31 °C and a relative humidity of 80% all year. The daily precipitation varies from 3.5 mm in August to 9.5 mm in March. The average yearly precipitation is 2827 mm.

Fauna

There are approximately 600 species of birds, 150 species of mammals, 110 species of amphibians, and 100 species of reptiles in the national park, such as brown woolly monkey, anteater, South American tapir, giant otter, Amazonian manatee, Amazon river dolphin, caiman, and yellow-footed tortoise. More than 300 species of fish are also found in the park, among them fish that cross the forest not swimming nor floating down a river, feeding on fruits and living in branches and Arapaima gigas, the largest freshwater fish in the world.

Flora

More than 3,500 species of plants abound in the park, among them Hura crepitans, Cedrelinga cateniformis, Simarouba amara, Macrolobium acaciaefolium and Ceiba pentandra.

References

Climate for Loreto (Peru) worlddata.info, retrieved January 11, 2019.
Peru Moves to Protect ‘One of the Last Great Intact Forests’ New York Times, February 14, 2018, retrieved January 11, 2019.
Yaguas National Park and Conservation in the Peruvian Amazon inkind.life, April 6, 2018, retrieved January 11, 2019.
Peru creates vast new national park Frankfurt Zoological Society, January 11, 2018, retrieved January 11, 2019.
Yaguas sernanp.gob.pe, retrieved January 11, 2019.

v t e Protected areas of Peru
National Parks	Alto Purús Bahuaja-Sonene Cerros de Amotape Cordillera Azul Cutervo Güeppi-Sekime Huascarán Ichigkat Muja – Cordillera del Condor Manu Otishi Rio Abiseo Sierra del Divisor Tingo María Yaguas Yanachaga-Chemillén
National Sanctuaries	Ampay Calipuy Cordillera de Colán Huayllay Lagunas de Mejía Manglares de Tumbes Megantoni Pampa Hermosa Tabaconas Namballe
Historic Sanctuaries	Chacamarca Machu Picchu Pampas de Ayacucho Bosque de Pómac
National Reserves	Allpahuayo-Mishana Calipuy Junín Lachay Matsés Pacaya-Samiria Pampa Galeras – Barbara D'Achille Paracas Pucacuro Salinas y Aguada Blanca San Fernando System of Islands, Islets and Guano Sites Tambopata Titicaca Tumbes
Wildlife Refuges	Laquipampa Pantanos de Villa Bosques Nublados de Udima
Landscape Reserves	Cotahuasi Nor Yauyos-Cochas
Communal Reserves	Amarakaeri Asháninka Chayu Nain El Sira Machiguenga Purús Tuntanain Yanesha
National Forests	Alexander von Humboldt Mariscal Cáceres Pastaza–Morona–Marañon
Protection Forests	Aledaño Bocatoma del Canal Nuevo Imperial Alto Mayo Pagaibamba Pui Pui Puquio Santa Rosa San Matías–San Carlos
Game Reserves	El Angolo Sunchubamba
Reserved Zones	Algarrobal El Moro Ancón Bosque de Zárate Khapia Chancaybaños Huayhuash Illescas Lomas de Ancón Nieva River Santiago-Comaina
Regional Conservation Areas	Choquequirao Huacachina Tamshiyacu Tahuayo Puya Raymondi - Titankayocc Huaytapallana
Private Conservation Areas	Qosqoccahuarina

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