Northeastern Congolian lowland forests

Northeastern Congolian lowland forests
AT0124. Northeastern Congolian lowland forests
Ecology
Realm Afrotropical
Biome Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Borders Albertine Rift montane forests
Animals okapi, giant genet, aquatic genet, mountain shrew, African foggy shrew, Congo shrew, fuscous shrew (C. polia), owl-faced monkey, L'Hoest's monkey, pied bat, Allen's striped bat, Misonne's soft-furred mouse, Verschuren's swamp rat, eastern lowland gorilla, Neumann's coucal, golden-naped weaver, Nahan's francolin, Ituri batis, Turner's eremomela, Congo peacock, Sassi's greenbul, Bedford's paradise-flycatcher, Chapin's mountain-babbler, Zaire dwarf gecko, olive shovelnose (Hemisus olivaceus), Kigulube reed frog (Hyperolius diaphanus), Kunungu reed frog (H. schoutendeni), Mertens' running frog (Kassina mertensi), Buta River frog (Phrynobatrachus gastoni), Christy's grassland frog (Ptychadena christyi) and Pangi Territory frog (Rana amieti)
Geography
Area 530,000 km2 (200,000 sq mi)
Countries Democratic Republic of Congo and Central African Republic
Elevation 600 m to 1,000 m
Rivers Bounded by Uele River, Congo River, Elila River, and Bomu River[1]
Conservation
Conservation status vulnerable
Global 200 yes

The Northeastern Congolian lowland forests is a WWF Ecoregion that spans the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic.

References

  1. Blom, Allard; Schipper, Jan. "Western: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, and Republic of the Congo". World Wildlife Fund. Archived from the original on 2017-09-03. Retrieved 2017-08-30.


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