Serra da Cutia National Park | |
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Parque Nacional da Serra da Cutia | |
IUCN category II (national park)
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Nearest city | São Francisco do Guaporé, Rondônia |
Coordinates | 11°42′29″S 64°23′35″W / 11.708°S 64.393°WCoordinates: 11°42′29″S 64°23′35″W / 11.708°S 64.393°W |
Area | 283,501 hectares (700,550 acres) |
Designation | National park |
Created | 1 August 2001 |
Administrator | ICMBio |
Serra da Cutia National Park (Portuguese: Parque Nacional da Serra da Cutia) is a national park in the state of Rondônia, Brazil.
The park is in the Amazon biome and covers 283,501 hectares (700,550 acres). It was created on 1 August 2001 and is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. It covers parts of the municipalities of Costa Marques and Guajará-Mirim in the state of Rondônia. Average annual rainfall is 1,502 millimetres (59.1 in). Temperatures range from 18 to 32 °C (64 to 90 °F) with an average of 26 °C (79 °F). Altitudes range from 140 to 525 metres (459 to 1,722 ft) above sea level.
There are 250 species of birds, 24 species of lizard, 14 species of snakes, two species of alligator, 41 species of amphibians and 143 fish species. The catfish Pimelodella is endemic. Medium and large mammals include giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), brown-mantled tamarin (Saguinus fuscicollis), Peruvian spider monkey (Ateles chamek), tufted capuchin (Sapajus apella), bare-eared squirrel monkey (Saimiri ustus), Venezuelan red howler (Alouatta seniculus), brown titi (Callicebus brunneus), Rio Tapajós saki (Pithecia irrorata), margay (Leopardus wiedii), jaguar (Panthera onca), cougar (Puma concolor), giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis), tayra (Eira barbara), white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari), collared peccary (Pecari tajacu), red brocket (Mazama americana), gray brocket (Mazama gouazoubira), black agouti, Dasyprocta fuliginosa, Central American agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) and Neotropical pygmy squirrel (Sciurillus pusillus).