In these areas animal wildlife is managed for game hunting on public or private land. There are two game reserves in Peru.
• El Angolo
It is an area of 65,000 hectares
(10,200 are fenced) that cover part of the slopes of the Amotapes
Cordillera. The countryside is dominated by dry forests and a group
of gorges and hills. The height varies from 540 masl / 1772 fasl at
the village of El Angolo to 1613 masl / 5292 fasl at the top of the
Carrizal hill.
Many different animal species live there with seventeen mammal
species like the white tailed deer, cougar, wildcat, peccary, the
squirrel, and the anteater. There are 150 bird species like the
condor, king vulture, hawk, kestrel, Andean tinamou and pigeon, 13
reptilian, 7 amphibious, and 10 species of fish. Among the most
important plants are the trees like the carob, acacia, palo santo,
almond, buttercup, frejolillo, ceibo, sapodilla, spruce hualtaco.
The hunting is regulated and controlled. The zone forms the
Northeast Biosphere Reserve, known as such by UNESCO from March 1st,
1977.
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• Sunchubamba
Departamento de Cajamarca, provincia de Cajamarca, distrito de San Juan y Cospan. Entre las especies mas abundantes destaca el pino (Pinus radiata), la grevillea (Grevillea robusta) y el cipres (Cupressus spp.).
En cuanto a la caza mayor en el Coto, las especies de mayor abundancia que alli se pueden encontrar son el venado gris (Odocoileus virginianus) y el ciervo rojo (Cervus elaphus) que es un especie introducida. Para la caza menor existen aves como la perdiz (Nothoprocta pentlandii) y la tortola (Metriopelia melanoptera). En cuanto a los mamiferos menores existe el zorro ( Pseudalopex culpaeus) y el conejo silvestre (Sylvilagus brasiliensis); tambien se encuentra con frecuencia zorrillos (Conepatus sp.), zarigueyas (Didelphis sp.) y abundantes vizcachas (Lagidium peruanum). Entre las aves rapaces se puede observar aguiluchos (Buteo poecilochrous), cernicalos (Falco sparverius) y halcones (Falco femoralis).
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