Nyungwe Forest

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Nyungwe Forest

Nyungwe Forest National Park is a national park

National park

A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution....
in southwestern Rwanda

Rwanda

The Republic of Rwanda is a small landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of east-central Africa, bordered by Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania....
, located south of Lake Kivu

Lake Kivu

Lake Kivu is one of the Great Lakes of Africa. It lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, and is in the Albertine Rift, a part of the Great Rift Valley....
on the border with Burundi

Burundi

Burundi , officially the Republic of Burundi, is a small country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the south and east, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west....
. The park was established in 2004 and covers an area of approximately 970 km² of rainforest

Rainforest

Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions setting minimum normal annual rainfall between 1750?2000 mm . The monsoon trough, alternately known as the intertropical convergence zone, plays a significant role in creating Earth's tropical rain forests....
, bamboo

Bamboo

The bamboos are a group of woody perennial plant evergreen plants in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae....
, grassland

Grassland

Grasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses and other herbaceous plants . However, sedge and rush families can also be found....
, swamp

Swamp

A swamp is a wetland featuring temporary or permanent inundation of large areas of land, by shallow bodies of water. A swamp generally has a substantial number of hammock , or dry-land protrusions, covered by aquatic vegetation, or vegetation that tolerates periodical inundation....
s, and bog

Bog

A bog or mire is a wetland type that accumulates acidic peat, a deposit of dead plant material—usually mosses, but also lichens in Arctic climates....
s. The nearest town is Cyangugu, 54 km to the west. Mount Bigugu is located within the park borders.

gwe has a wide diversity of animal species, making it a priority for conservation in Africa.

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Nyungwe Forest National Park is a national park

National park

A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution....
in southwestern Rwanda

Rwanda

Lake Kivu

Burundi

Rainforest

Bamboo

The bamboos are a group of woody perennial plant evergreen plants in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae....
, grassland

Grassland

Grasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses and other herbaceous plants . However, sedge and rush families can also be found....
, swamp

Swamp

Bog

Animal life

Nyungwe has a wide diversity of animal species, making it a priority for conservation in Africa. The forest is situated in a region where several large-scale biogeographical zones meet and the variety of terrestrial biome

Biome

Biomes are Climateally and geographically defined areas of ecologically similar climatic conditions such as Community of plants, animals, and Soil biology, and are often referred to as ecosystems....
s provide a great span of microhabitats for many different species of plants and animals.

The park contains 13 different primate species (25% of Africa's total), 275 bird species, 1068 plant species, 85 mammal species, 32 amphibian and 38 reptile species. Many of these animals are restricted-range species that are only found in the Albertine Rift ecoregion in Africa. In fact, the number of endemic species found here is greater than in any other forest in the Albertine Rift that has been surveyed.

Primate species

Common Chimpanzee
Common Chimpanzee

The Common Chimpanzee , also known as the Robust Chimpanzee, is a Hominidae. The name troglodytes, Greek for 'cave-dweller', was coined by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach in his Handbuch der Naturgeschichte published in 1779....
(Pan troglodytes)
Adolf Friedrich's Angola Colobus (Colobus angolensis ruwenzori)
L'Hoest's Monkey
L'Hoest's Monkey

L'Hoest's Monkey , or Mountain Monkey, is a guenon found in the upper eastern Congo basin. They mostly live in mountainous forest areas in small, female-dominated groups....
(Cercopithecus l'hoesti)
Silver Monkey
Silver Monkey

The Silver Monkey is a species of Old World monkey found primarily in East Africa. Its range includes Burundi, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo....
(Cercopithecus doggetti)
Golden Monkey
Golden Monkey

The Golden Monkey is a species of Old World monkey found in the Virunga Mountains of Central Africa, including four national parks: Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, in south-west Uganda; Volcanoes National Park, in north-west Rwanda; and Virunga National Park and Kahuzi-Bi?ga National Park, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo....
(Cercopithecus kandti)
Hamlyn's Monkey
Hamlyn's Monkey

Hamlyn's Monkey , also known as the Owl-faced Monkey, is a species of Old World monkey that inhabits the bamboo and primary rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo....
(Cercopithecus hamlyni)
Red-tailed Monkey
Red-tailed Monkey

The Red-tailed Monkey, Black-cheeked White-nosed Monkey, Red-tailed Guenon, Redtail Monkey, or Schmidt's Guenon is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family....
(Cercopithecus ascanius)
Dent's Mona Monkey
Dent's Mona Monkey

Dent's Mona Monkey is an Old World monkey in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, western Uganda, and the Central African Republic....
(Cercopithecus denti)
Vervet Monkey
Vervet Monkey

The Vervet Monkey, sometimes simply known as the Vervet, is the common name of the species Chlorocebus pygerythrus, an Old World monkey in the family Cercopithecidae....
(Chlorocebus pygerythrus)
Olive Baboon
Olive Baboon

The Olive Baboon , also called the Anubis Baboon, is a member of the family Cercopithecidae . The species is the most widely spread of all baboons: it is found in 25 countries throughout Africa, extending south from Mali to Ethiopia and to Tanzania....
(Papio anubis)
Grey-cheeked Mangabey
Grey-cheeked Mangabey

The Grey-cheeked Mangabey is an Old World monkey found in the forests of Central Africa. They range from Cameroon down to Gabon. The Grey-cheeked Mangabey is a dark monkey, looking in shape overall like a small, hairy baboon....
(Lophocebus albigena)