Meru Betiri National Park

Meru Betiri National Park is located at the geographic location 8 ° 21 '- 8 ° 34' S, 113 ° 37 '- 113 ° 58' east longitude which represents mangrove, swamp forest and lowland rain forest in Java with average rainfall  2.300 mm / year and has altitude 900 – 1.223 meters above sea level. Meru Betiri National Park is the habitat of rare plants, namely Raflesia flower (Rafflesia zollingeriana), and several other plant species such as Mangrove (Rhizophora sp.), "Api – api" (Avicennia sp.), "Waru" (Hibiscus tiliaceus), "Nyamplung" (Calophyllum inophyllum), "Rengas" (Gluta renghas), "Bungur" (Lagerstroemia speciosa), "Pulai" (Alstonia scholaris), "Bendo" (Artocarpus elasticus), and several types of medicinal plants. In addition, Meru Betiri  National Park  have protected animals, including 29 species of mammals and 180 species of birds. Among them are the "Banteng" (Bos javanicus javanicus), Long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis), Leopard (Panthera pardus weld), "Ajag" (Cuon alpinus javanicus), Bobcat (Prionailurus bengalensis javanensis), Deer (Cervus timorensis Russa), Flying squirrels red tail (Iomys horsfieldii), Peacock (Pavo muticus), Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), Hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) and Green turtle (Chelonia mydas).

Meru Betiri National Park, famous as the last habitat for Java tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica) a rare and protected. Until now, these animals can never be found again and is estimated to have been extinct. Extinction of the tiger stripe Java means extinction of three species of tigers from eight species in the world (the Caspian tiger in Iran, the Bali tiger and the tiger of Java in Indonesia).

Meru Betiri National Park has an attractive tourism such as forest adventure attractions and beaches. Beaches that there are many who are still "virgin" because it is not allowed to build tourism facilities that national permanen. Meru Betiri National Park has its own characteristics which is a habitat for leatherback turtles, hawksbill and green turtle on Sukamade Beach. In the coastal built some simple facilities for breeding turtles with extinction.

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