Batéké Plateau National Park

Batéké Plateau National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Map showing the location of Batéké Plateau National Park
Location within Gabon
Location Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon
Coordinates 2°11′17″S 14°01′12″E / 2.188°S 14.02°E / -2.188; 14.02[1]Coordinates: 2°11′17″S 14°01′12″E / 2.188°S 14.02°E / -2.188; 14.02[1]
Area 2,034 km2 (785 sq mi)
Established 2002
Governing body National Agency for National Parks

Batéké Plateau National Park is a national park in the Bateke Plateau,[1] southeastern Gabon covering 2,034 km2 (785 sq mi). Due to its purported universal cultural and natural significance, it was added onto the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on October 20, 2005.

Fauna

In 2016, a single male lion was recorded in the National Park. Genetic analysis of his hair samples revealed that is closely related to historical lion specimens from this area and the neighbouring Republic of the Congo, which grouped with lion samples from Namibia and Botswana.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Plateaux Batéké in Gabon". protectedplanet.net. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
  2. ↑ Barnett, R., Sinding, M.H., Vieira, F.G., Mendoza, M.L., Bonnet, M., Araldi, A., Kienast, I., Zambarda, A., Yamaguchi, N., Henschel, P., Gilbert, M.T. (2018). "No longer locally extinct? Tracing the origins of a lion (Panthera leo) living in Gabon". Conservation Genetics. 19 (3): 1−8. doi:10.1007/s10592-017-1039-2.
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