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Site Description |
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The wetlands are part of the largest swamp areas in the world. The swamps are an intricate part of the whole reserve, covering the complete range of habitats in this biogeographical region from sealevel mangroves to perpetual snowfields. Thus, the watercatchment area of the wetland river systems is situated within the reserve. It is one of the three places in the world where glaciers still exist at tropical latitudes. It covers alpine, upper and lower montane zones, foothills, low mountains, lowland alluvial plains and fans, lowland fresh water swamps, saline and brackish water swamps, beachridges coastal mangrove communities and littoral forests toward the sea. The reserve contains an enormous amount of lowland rivers and mangrove creeks. Ecological information however is scarce.
Mangroves : 301,500 ha
Peatswamp : 351,750 ha
Wet Lowland Forest on Rocks : 335,000 ha
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Site Location |
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Lorentz National Park is located on Kabupaten Paniai, Jayawijaya, Fak-fak, Merauke (Southern Division), South East Irian Jaya.
To reached this reserve, most visitor make the trek to the Puncak jaya. Starting point for the trek is Kago in Ilaga Valley, reachable by plane from Nabire (can be reached by plane from most major cities in Irian Jaya). An other access route is the Freeport Mine, but this will include a lot of time and red tape. |
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Special Memmo |
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The site is home to 411 bird species, of which at least 20 are endemic and more than 100 mammal species, about 80 % of the total number of mammal species in Irian Jaya.
The 11,000 local inhabitants arre of various ancient tribes and include the highland |
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List of Birds (87 species) |
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| Species |
Red Data Book |
Cites |
| Aerodramus hirundinaceus |
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| Anas gibberifrons |
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| Anas superciliosa |
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| Anhinga novaehollandiae |
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| Anseranas semipalmata |
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| Archboldia papuensis |
Vulnerable |
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| Ardea sumatrana |
Lower Risk |
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| Arenaria interpres |
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| Astrapia splendidissima |
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App II |
| Aythya australis |
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| Burhinus neglectus |
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| Butorides striatus |
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| Ceyx lepidus |
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| Charadrius dubius |
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| Cicinnurus magnificus |
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App II |
| Cicinnurus regius |
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App II |
| Circus spilothorax |
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App II |
| Collocalia esculenta |
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| Coracina novaehollandiae |
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| Crateroscelis robusta |
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| Dendrocygna arcuata |
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| Dendrocygna guttata |
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| Dupetor flavicollis |
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| Egretta alba |
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| Egretta garzetta |
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| Egretta intermedia |
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| Egretta novaehollandiae |
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| Egretta sacra |
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| Epimachus fastuosus |
Vulnerable |
App II |
| Eurostopodus archboldi |
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| Gallicolumba rufigula |
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| Gallinago hardwickii |
Lower Risk |
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| Gallinago megala |
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| Goura scheepmakeri |
Vulnerable |
App II |
| Gymnocrex plumbeiventris |
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| Halcyon sancta |
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| Haliaeetus leucogaster |
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App II |
| Haliastur indus |
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App II |
| Harpyopsis novaeguineae |
Vulnerable |
App II |
| Henicopernis longicauda |
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App II |
| Hirundo tahitica |
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| Ifrita kowaldi |
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| Irediparra gallinacea |
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| Limosa lapponica |
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| Lophorina superba |
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App II |
| Lorius lory |
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App II |
| Macgregoria pulchra |
Vulnerable |
App II |
| Manucodia chalybata |
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App II |
| Megacrex inepta |
Deficient Data |
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| Melanocharis longicauda |
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| Melidectes nouhuysi |
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| Melidora macrorhina |
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| Melilestes megarhynchus |
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| Melipotes fumigatus |
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| Monachella muelleriana |
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| Myzomela eques |
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| Nettapus pulchellus |
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| Numenius madagascariensis |
Lower Risk |
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| Oreocharis arfaki |
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| Oreostruthus fuliginosus |
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| Paradigalla brevicauda |
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App II |
| Paradigalla carunculata |
Lower Risk |
App II |
| Paradisaea apoda |
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App II |
| Petroica archboldi |
Deficient Data |
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| Phalacrocorax carbo |
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| Phalacrocorax melanoleucos |
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| Phalacrocorax sulcirostris |
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| Pluvialis fulva |
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| Podiceps novaehollandiae |
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| Porphyrio porphyrio |
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| Porzana tabuensis |
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| Pristorhamphus vesteri |
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| Psittaculirostris salvadorii |
Vulnerable |
App II |
| Psittrichas fulgidus |
Vulnerable |
App II |
| Pteridophora alberti |
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App II |
| Rallina tricolor |
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| Rhipidura threnothorax |
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| Salvadorina waigiuensis |
Vulnerable |
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| Scolopax saturata |
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| Seleucidis melanoleuca |
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App II |
| Stiltia isabella |
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| Tadorna radjah |
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| Threskiornis molucca |
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| Tringa hypoleucos |
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| Turdus poliocephalus |
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| Xanthotis chrysotis |
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| Zonerodius heliosylus |
Lower Risk |
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List of Mammals (134 species) |
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| Species |
Red Data Book |
Cites |
| Anisomys imitator |
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| Antechinus melanurus |
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| Antechinus naso |
Deficient Data |
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| Antechinus wilhelmina |
Deficient Data |
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| Cercartetus caudatus |
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| Cervus timorensis |
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| Chaerephon jobensis |
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| Dactylopsila megalura |
Vulnerable |
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| Dactylopsila palpator |
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| Dactylopsila trivirgata |
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| Dasyurus albopunctatus |
Vulnerable |
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| Dasyurus spartacus |
Vulnerable |
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| Dendrolagus dorianus |
Vulnerable |
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| Dendrolagus mbaiso |
Vulnerable |
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| Distoechurus pennatus |
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| Dobsonia magna |
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| Dobsonia minor |
Lower Risk |
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| Dobsonia moluccense |
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| Dorcopsis veterum |
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| Dorcopsulus vanheurni |
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| Echymipera kalubu |
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| Echymipera rufescens |
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| Emballonura beccarii |
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| Emballonura furax |
Vulnerable |
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| Emballonura nigrescens |
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| Emballonura raffrayana |
Lower Risk |
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| Hipposideros ater |
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| Hipposideros calcaratus |
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| Hipposideros cervinus |
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| Hipposideros corynophyllus |
Vulnerable |
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| Hipposideros diadema |
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| Hipposideros wollastoni |
Lower Risk |
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| Hydromys chrysogaster |
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| Hydromys habbema |
Lower Risk |
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| Hydromys hussoni |
Lower Risk |
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| Hyomys dammermani |
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| Hyomys goliath |
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| Isoodon macrourus |
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| Leptomys elegans |
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| Lorentzimys nouhuysi |
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| Macroglossus minimus |
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| Macropus agilis |
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| Macruromys elegans |
Critically Endengered |
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| Macruromys major |
Endengered |
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| Mallomys gunung |
Critically Endengered |
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| Mallomys istapantap |
Lower Risk |
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| Mallomys rothschildi |
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| Melomys albidens |
Insufficiently Know |
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| Melomys leucogaster |
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| Melomys levipes |
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| Melomys lorentzi |
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| Melomys lutillus |
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| Melomys mollis |
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| Melomys moncktoni |
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| Melomys platyops |
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| Melomys rubex |
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| Melomys rufescens |
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| Microhydromys richardsoni |
Lower Risk |
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| Microperoryctes longicauda |
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| Microperoryctes murina |
Deficient Data |
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| Miniopterus australis |
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| Miniopterus magnater |
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| Miniopterus medius |
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| Miniopterus pusillus |
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| Miniopterus schreibersii |
Lower Risk |
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| Miniopterus tristis |
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| Mormopterus beccarii |
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| Murexia longicaudata |
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| Murina florium |
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| Mus musculus |
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| Myoictis melas |
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| Myotis adversus |
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| Neophascogale lorentzii |
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| Nyctimene aello |
Rare |
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| Nyctimene albiventer |
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| Nyctimene certans |
Lower Risk |
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| Nyctimene cyclotis |
Lower Risk |
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| Nyctimene draconilla |
Vulnerable |
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| Parahydromys asper |
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| Paraleptomys wilhelmina |
Vulnerable |
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| Paranyctimene raptor |
Lower Risk |
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| Peroryctes raffrayana |
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| Petaurus breviceps |
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| Phalanger carmelitae |
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| Phalanger intercastellanus |
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App II |
| Phalanger orientalis |
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App II |
| Phalanger sericeus |
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| Phalanger vestitus |
Vulnerable |
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| Phascolosorex doriae |
Deficient Data |
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| Phascolosorex dorsalis |
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| Philetor brachypterus |
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| Pipistrellus angulatus |
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| Pipistrellus collinus |
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| Pipistrellus tenuis |
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| Pogonomelomys bruijni |
Critically Endengered |
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| Pogonomelomys mayeri |
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| Pogonomelomys ruemmleri |
Insufficiently Know |
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| Pogonomys loriae |
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| Pogonomys macrourus |
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| Pogonomys sylvestris |
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| Pseudocheirops corinnae |
Vulnerable |
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| Pseudocheirops cupreus |
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| Pseudocheirus canescens |
Deficient Data |
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| Pseudocheirus caroli |
Deficient Data |
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| Pseudocheirus forbesi |
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| Pseudocheirus mayeri |
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| Pseudohydromys occidentalis |
Vulnerable |
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| Pteropus conspicillatus |
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App II |
| Pteropus macrotis |
Inderteminante |
App II |
| Pteropus neohibernicus |
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App II |
| Rattus leucopus |
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| Rattus niobe |
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| Rattus praetor |
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| Rattus rattus |
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| Rattus richardsoni |
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| Rattus steini |
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| Rattus verecundus |
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| Rhinolophus euryotis |
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| Rousettus amplexicaudatus |
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| Sminthopsis virginiae |
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| Spilocuscus maculatus |
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App II |
| Stenomys niobe |
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| Stenomys omichlodes |
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| Strigocuscus gymnotis |
Deficient Data |
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| Sus scrofa |
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| Syconycteris australis |
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| Syconycteris hobbit |
Vulnerable |
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| Tachyglossus aculeatus |
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| Taphozous saccolaimus |
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| Thylogale brunii |
Vulnerable |
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| Uromys anak |
Lower Risk |
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| Uromys caudimaculatus |
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| Xenuromys barbatus |
Lower Risk |
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| Zaglossus bruijni |
Endengered |
App II |
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List of Fish (0 species) |
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| Species |
Red Data Book |
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List of Crustaceans (0 species) |
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| Species |
Red Data Book |
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List of Mollusks (0 species) |
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| Species |
Red Data Book |
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List of Amphibians (2 species) |
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| Species |
Red Data Book |
Cites |
| Litoria bicolor |
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| Litoria thesaurensis |
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List of Reptiles (5 species) |
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| Species |
Red Data Book |
Cites |
| Carettochelys insculpta |
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| Chelodina novaeguineae |
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| Crocodylus novaeguineae |
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App II |
| Crocodylus porosus |
Vulnerable |
App II |
| Varanus indicus |
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App II |
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List of Vegetations (6 species) |
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| Species |
Red Data Book |
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| Avicennia sp. |
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| Castanopsis sp. |
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| Ficus sp. |
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| Pometia sp. |
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| Sonneratia sp. |
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| Terminalia sp. |
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