Otuquis National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area

Otuquis National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area
IUCN category II (national park)
Location	Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
Coordinates	19°20′0″S 58°45′0″W
Area	1,005,950 ha (10,059 km²)
Established	1997

Otuquis National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area, (Parque Nacional y Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Otuquis (PN-ANMI Otuquis) or Parque Nacional y ANMI Pantanal de Otuquis), is a national park in the Pantanal ecoregion of southeastern Bolivia.

Geography

It is located in the extreme southeast of the Santa Cruz Department on the borders with Brazil and Paraguay, within the provinces Germán Busch and Cordillera. It comprises a total area of 1,005,950 ha (10,059 km²), 903,350 ha corresponding to the category national park and 102,600 ha to the category "Integrated Management Natural Area".

Nature

This park is known for its sightings of Marsh Deer, Capybara, Spectacled Caiman,Caiman Lizards and the Yellow Anaconda. Jaguars, Pumas, Pampas Cats,Ocelots, Lesser Anteaters and more are also found here in healthy populations. Otuquis National Park is a birders paradise when literally millions of birds flock here to feed on the huge swarms of bait fish.

See also

• Pantanal ecoregion topics
• List of national parks of Bolivia

External links

• www.fundesnap.org / Parque Nacional y Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Pantanal de Otuquis (Spanish)
• www.fcbc.org.bo / Áreas Protegidas en la región del Bosque Chiquitano (Spanish)