page_title: Baluran National Park
section_title: Flora and fauna
hierarchical_section_title: Baluran National Park / Flora and fauna
caption_attribution_description: English: Habits of wild Ziziphus mauritiana from Bekol savanna, Baluran Nat. Park, Indonesia Bahasa Indonesia: Pohon bidara (Ziziphus mauritiana) liar di sabana Bekol, Taman Nasional Baluran, Jawa Timur.
context_page_description: Baluran National Park is located in Situbondo Regency, East Java, Indonesia. It has a relatively dry climate and mainly consists of savanna, as well as lowland forests, mangrove forests and hills, with Mount Baluran as its highest peak.
  Baluran National Park is situated at the north-eastern extremity of Java, close to the islands of Bali and Madura. The park is bordered by the Madura Strait to the north, the Bali Strait to the east, the river Bajulmati to the west and the river Klokoran to the south. The park is a rough circle, with the extinct volcano, Baluran, at its centre. Its total area is 25,000 ha. It consists of five zones: the Main Zone, the Wilderness Zone, the Intensive Utilization Zone, the Specific Utilization Zone and the Rehabilitation Zone.
context_section_description: There have been 444 plant species recorded in the park, including some endangered plant species such as: Ziziphus rotundifolia, Tamarindus indica, Dioscorea hispida, Aleurites moluccanus and Corypha utan.
  Baluran National Park hosts 26 mammal species, including the endangered banteng, Sumatran dhole, Indian muntjac, Java mouse-deer, fishing cat, Javan leopard and Javan lutung.
  The banteng population decreased from 338 in 1996 to just 26 in 2012.
  Avifauna in the park include the green peafowl, red junglefowl, Malabar pied hornbill, rhinoceros hornbill and lesser adjutant. Until  2010 there had been 155 species of bird recorded in the park, but following a bird photography competition in 2012, the number of species was revised to 196.
caption: Ziziphus mauritiana trees in the park
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