Ifrane National Park
| Ifrane National Park | |
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IUCN category II (national park) | |
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| Location |
 Morocco |
| Coordinates | 33°25′54.32″N 5°7′48.58″W / 33.4317556°N 5.1301611°WCoordinates: 33°25′54.32″N 5°7′48.58″W / 33.4317556°N 5.1301611°W |
| Area | 500 square kilometres |
Ifrane National Park is a national park in the Moyen Atlas mountain range, in Morocco.[1] It covers an area of 500 km2. Much of the park is forested with Atlas cedar.[2] Ifrane National Park is one of the few remaining habitats for the Barbary macaque, Macaca sylvanus; this primate prehistorically had a much broader range in North Africa, but currently survives as an endangered species in narrowly restricted and fragmented habitats.[3]
References
- Parc National d'Ifrane – Centre d'Echange d'Information sur la Biodiversité du Maroc
- Anthony Ham, Paula Hardy and Alison Bing. 2007. Morocco, Lonely Planet Publications, Paul Clammer ISBN 978-1-74059-974-0. 528 pages
- C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Barbary Macaque: Macaca sylvanus, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
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