Birougou National Park

Birougou National Park

Infobox_protected_area | name = Birougou National Park
iucn_category = II


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location = Gabon
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area = 690 km²
established = 2002
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governing_body = Gabon National Parks

Birougou National Park is a national park in central Gabon. It protects rain forest in the Chaillu Massif and is one of the two parks where the endemic sun-tailed guenon, first described in 1988, can be found. It is named after Mount Birougou, 975 metres in altitude.

External links

* [http://www.wcs.org/international/Africa/gabon/birougou Wildlife Conservation Society]
* [http://gabonnationalparks.org/gnp-home/gnp-nationalparks/MontBirougou Gabon National Parks]


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