Tinguá Biological Reserve
| Tinguá Biological Reserve | |
|---|---|
| Reserva Biológica do Tinguá | |
 Serra do Tinguá mountains | |
  Location in Brazil | |
| Location | Rio de Janeiro State |
| Nearest city | Rio de Janeiro |
| Coordinates | 22°32′42″S 43°23′06″W / 22.545°S 43.385°W |
| Area | 26,260 hectares (64,900 acres) |
| Designation | Biological reserve |
| Created | 23 May 1989 |
Tinguá Biological Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva Biológica do Tinguá) is a biological reserve in the Serra do Tinguá mountains, Rio de Janeiro state, eastern Brazil.
Location[edit]
The reserve, which covers 26,260 hectares (64,900 acres), was created on 23 May 1989. It is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation.[1] The reserve lies in the municipalities of Duque de Caxias, Nova Iguaçu and Petrópolis in Rio de Janeiro State.[2] It adjoins the 2,353 hectares (5,810 acres) Jaceruba Environmental Protection Area, created in 2002, to the west.[3] The biome is Atlantic Forest and includes submontane, montane and upper montane rain forest.[1] The reserve is in the Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic, created in 2006.[4]
Conservation[edit]
The Biological Reserve is a "strict nature reserve" under IUCN protected area category Ia. The purpose is to fully protect the biota and other natural attributes without direct human interference.[2] Protected species in the reserve include southern muriqui (brachyteles arachnoides), red myotis (myotis ruber), Recife broad-nosed bat (platyrrhinus recifinus), ocelot (leopardus pardalis mitis), cougar (puma concolor capricornensis), the frog species thoropa petropolitana and thoropa lutzi, Chaco eagle (Harpyhaliaetus coronatus), grey-winged cotinga (tijuca condita), Salvadori's antwren (myrmotherula minor), white-necked hawk (leucopternis lacernulatus) and white-eared parakeet (pyrrhura leucotis).[1]
References[edit]
Sources[edit]
- APA Jaceruba (in Portuguese), Biblioteca Virtual do Meio Ambiente da Baixada Fluminense, retrieved 2016-10-11
- Costa, Cláudia; Lamas, Ivana; Fernandes, Rosan (December 2010), Planejamento Estratégico do Mosaico Central Fluminense (PDF) (in Portuguese), Reserva da Biosfera da Mata Atlântica, retrieved 2016-10-02
- Rebio do Tinguá (in Portuguese), Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation, retrieved 2016-04-18
- Unidade de Conservação: Reserva Biológica do Tinguá (in Portuguese), MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente, retrieved 2016-04-18