Siberut National Park

 threatened species habitat, nature conservation park / area, invisible, national park

Siberut National Park comprises 1,905 km2 (47%) of the island of Siberut in the Mentawai Islands of West Sumatra, Indonesia.
The notable aspects of the park are its endemic fauna, flora, and indigenous inhabitants, the Mentawai, who still live according to hunter-gather traditions. The Mentawai Islands are thought to have been isolated from mainland of Sumatra for over 500,000 years, thereby producing unique ecosystems.
In Siberut Island, recorded 896 woody plant species, 31 species of mammals and 134 species of birds. There are four endemic primate species threatened with extinction. All four species are endemic to the Mentawai gibbon [right photo] (bilou, Hilobates klosi), lutung [left photo] (joja, Presbytis potenziani), Mentawai monkey (simakobu, Simias concolor), and beruk [center photo] (bokoi, Macaca pagensis).




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