Mbarizunga Game Reserve

Mbarizunga Game Reserve
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)

The Mbarizunga Game Reserve is found in South Sudan. It was established in 1939. This site covers 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi).[1] Chimpanzees were thought to occur at this site; however, there is no recent information on the occurrence of chimpanzees at this site (Department of Wildlife Management 1982). The tropical forest habitat features key species of Bongo, bushbuck, and Yellow-backed Duiker.[2]

References

  1. World Database on Protected Areas
  2. United Nations Environment Programme (2007). Sudan: post-conflict environmental assessment. UNEP/Earthprint. pp. 261, 263–. ISBN 978-92-807-2702-9. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  • Department of Wildlife Management (1982) Wildlife Information Booklet. Democratic Republic of the Sudan, Ministry of Wildlife Conservation and Tourism, Southern Region. Cited in: Lee, P.C., Thornback, J., Bennett, E.L. (1988) Threatened Primates of Africa. The IUCN Red Data Book. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

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