Cabañeros National Park
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IUCN Category II (National Park)
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 A dehesa, traditional pastoral management in the park |
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| Location | Navas de Estena, Retuerta del Bullaque, Alcoba de los Montes, Horcajo de los Montes, Hontanar. |
| Nearest city | Toledo |
| Area | 390 km² |
| Established | 20 November 1995 |
| Visitors | 75000 aprox. (in 2007) |
| Governing body | Spanish Ministry of Environment. |
Cabañeros National Park (in Spanish: Parque Nacional de Cabañeros) is a national park in Spain, which falls within two provinces, the northwest of Ciudad Real and the southwest of Toledo.
The Park was designated in 1995 and has an area of 390 square kilometres (150 sq mi).[1] It lies between the Estena and Bullaque rivers, extending into the Chorito and Miraflores mountain ranges.
It is the best and largest surviving area of Iberian Mediterranean forest, with an enormous variety of plant species.
[edit] Fauna
The fauna of the park is notable, both for its variety (276 species of vertebrates) and for the high percentage of endangered species. The Park has been designated a Special Protection Area for bird-life, which includes the following notable species:
- Black Stork (rare but not threatened)
- Eurasian Black Vulture (near threatened), second largest breeding population
- Spanish Imperial Eagle (threatened)
Mammals include the otter in the Estena river and four species of ungulates: wild boar, red deer, roe deer and (in the most forested areas) fallow deer.[2] The Park has been designated as a site for the reintroduction of the Iberian lynx, a critically endangered feline that was reported for the last time in the Toledo Mountains in 2000.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Information about Cabañeros from Environment Ministry website, accessed April 2009 (Spanish)
- ^ http://www.parquenacionalcabaneros.com/fauna_elparque_60.html
- ^ Pérez de Albéniz, Javier (2006) El Line Ibérico: Una batalla por la supervivencia. Lynx Ed., p.50
[edit] External links
Coordinates: 39°23′47″N 4°29′14″W / 39.39639°N 4.48722°W
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