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| Cutervo National Park |
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(Cajamarca) was the first protected natural area established by the Peruvian Government on September 8th, 1961.
Its existence was a decisive precedent for the creation of the actual National System of Protected Areas (SINANPE). This National Park is located in the department of Cajamarca, Cutervo province, San Andrés de Cutervo district; it has an area of 2 500 hectares.
The main attraction is the Guacharo bird colony found in a cave located in a one hour walk from the locality of San Andrés. In that cave live the Guácharo nocturnal birds (Steatornis caripensis), and, in the |
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stream which flows under the cave lives a species of catfish (Astroblepus rosei).
Likewise, the Park also lodges threatened species of wild fauna, such as the Jaguar (Panthera onça), ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus), the otter (Lontra longicaudis), the wild cat (Oncifelis colocolo), mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque), pilco or gold head quetzal (Pharomachrus auriceps), and, the Cock-of-the-Rock (Rupicola peruviana).
The flora of this Park is extraordinarily rich and varied, and, it even has some endemic species. There are pajonales, midget forests, and, cloud forests; there are orchids with minute flowers of extraordinary beauty; and, the tree vegetation is composed of many valuable species, amongst them (Cinchona sp.), cedar (Cedrela sp.), oak-tree (Nectandra sp.), the common walnut-tree (Juglans neotropica), and, alder-tree (Alnus jorullensis).
The principal objective is the protection of the flora and fauna of the Cutervo National Park as well as the conservation of the beautiful scenic locations of the Cordillera de los Tarros.
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