Ifrane National Park

Ifrane National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Map showing the location of Ifrane National Park
Location  Morocco
Coordinates 33°25′54.32″N 5°7′48.58″W / 33.4317556°N 5.1301611°W / 33.4317556; -5.1301611Coordinates: 33°25′54.32″N 5°7′48.58″W / 33.4317556°N 5.1301611°W / 33.4317556; -5.1301611
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]

Notes

  1. National Parks of Morocco. 2009
  2. Anthony Ham, Paula Hardy and Alison Bing. 2007
  3. C. Michael Hogan. 2008

References

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