Mount Halimun National Park
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Mount Halimun Reserve is a conservation area in the Indonesian province of West Java on the island of Java. It is located near the better known Mount Gede Pangrango National Park, and to the city of Bogor home to Bogor Botanical Gardens. It is 400 square kilometres in area, half of which makes up what is arguably the best and most complete forest area in Java.
Its mountain tops reach 1,929 metres and are often mist-shrouded, while its valleys are thought to hide much that remains to be discovered.[1] The lower zones hold apparently secure populations of the endangered West Javan Gibbon (Hylobates moloch moloch) - a sub-species of the Silvery Gibbon. Mount Halimun is its most secure habitat, but its range is restricted to a thin ring around the park as the species is not found above 1,200 metres.[1] Javan Lutung (Trachypithecus auratus), and other endemic species are evident; about half its 145 known bird species are rarely seen elsewhere in Java.[1]
The park protects the water catchments for the densely populated areas urban and agricultural areas to the north.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Whitten, Tony and Jane (1992). Wild Indonesia: The Wildlife and Scenery of the Indonesian Archipelago. United Kingdom: New Holland, page 128-131. ISBN 1-85368-128-8.
