Otuquis National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area

Otuquis National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area
National parks and reserves in Bolivia;
Otuquis is No. 20
Map showing the location of Otuquis National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area
Map showing the location of Otuquis National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area
LocationSanta Cruz Department, Bolivia
Coordinates19°20′0″S 58°45′0″W / 19.33333°S 58.75000°W / -19.33333; -58.75000
Area1,005,950 ha (10,059 km2)
Established1997

Otuquis National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area, (Parque Nacional y Área Natural de Manejo Integrado Otuquis (PN-ANMI Otuquis) or Parque Nacional y ANMI Pantanal de Otuquis), is a national park in the Pantanal ecoregion of southeastern Bolivia. It is named after the Otuke indigenous people who inhabit the region.

Geography

It is located in the extreme southeast of the Santa Cruz Department on the borders with Brazil and Paraguay, within the provinces Germán Busch and Cordillera. It comprises a total area of 1,005,950 hectares (2,485,800 acres), 903,350 hectares (2,232,200 acres) corresponding to the category national park and 102,600 hectares (254,000 acres) to the category "Integrated Management Natural Area".

Nature

This park is known for its sightings of marsh deer, capybara, spectacled caiman, caiman lizards and the yellow anaconda. Jaguars, pumas, pampas cats, ocelots, lesser anteaters and other mammals also found here in healthy populations. Otuquis National Park is popular for birders when millions of birds flock here to feed on huge schools of bait fish.

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