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Map of Zanzibar. The World Wildlife Fund divides the coastal forests into two ecoregions: the Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic, which extends from southern Somalia through coastal Kenya to southern Tanzania, and includes the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, and the Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic, which extends from southern Tanzania along the Mozambique coast ...
Zanzibar [a] is an insular semi-autonomous region which united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania.It is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25–50 km (16–31 mi) off the coast of the African mainland, and consists of many small islands and two large ones: Unguja (the main island, referred to informally as Zanzibar) and Pemba Island.
The World Wildlife Fund divides the coastal forests into two ecoregions: the Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic, which extends from southern Somalia through coastal Kenya to southern Tanzania, and includes the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, and the Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic, which extends from southern ...
The Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park is a 50 km 2 (19 sq mi) national park in Tanzania located on the island of Zanzibar.It is the only national park in Zanzibar. The Zanzibar red colobus, Procolobus kirkii (its population count is about 1000 [2]) found in the park, a rain forest species (unlike the black-and-white colobus found in other regions of Africa), is also known as Kirk's red colobus ...
The following list gives an overview on the various protected areas in Tanzania including their predominant habitat, wildlife and flora. Especially remarkable species (endemics or those occurring in unusually large numbers) are set in bold.
Tanzania’s wildlife, extolled as the "finest safari experiences and wildlife spectacles found anywhere on the planet", has 40 national parks and game reserves. [9] There are 17 national parks covering a total area of 42,235 square kilometres (16,307 sq mi). These parks are as follows: [10] Arusha National Park (552 square kilometres (213 sq mi))
Zanzibar–Inhambane scrub forest is a transitional plant community, found in southern Somalia, Kenya, and northern Tanzania at edges of the semi-arid interior Acacia–Commiphora bushlands, with average annual rainfall between 500 and 750 mm. Diospyros cornii is the predominant tree, forming a discontinuous canopy 9 to 15 meters high.
The first detailed work on mammalian diversity of these two islands was done from 1942 to 1983. Out of 53 mammals found in Zanzibar, 17 species are found only in Zanzibar islands, whereas 6 species are restricted to Pemba Island and 17 others found in both islands. Seven introduced species such as mongooses, pigs and rat species are also ...
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