Vu Quang National Park

Country: Vietnam
Province: Ha Tinh

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Date/time of update: December 22, 2024, 2:15 am, Timezone: GMT+7
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Vu Quang National Park was established in 2022. The national park is located to the northwest of Ha Tinh Province, right on the border with Laos. The national park is adjacent to the Nakai-Nam Theun National Park in Laos which facilitates migration of species between the two national parks.

The Vu Quang National Park is an amazing place that many new species have been discovered. The national park was where Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) was first discovered in the world in 1992. In 1994, another new species was discovered at the national park and it was a muntjac deer, Megamuntiacus vuquangensis (Giant Muntjact, Mang Lon) which have similarities but not the same with Muntiacus muntjac (Mang Thuong).

Geography

The total area under the administration of the Vu Quang National Park is 57,000 hectares. Most of the national park is covered in natural forest and primeval dense forest.

Weather and Climate

Like other provinces in the Central Region of Vietnam, Vu Quang National Park, Ha Tinh is endowed with harsh weather characterized by either severe droughts or floods.

Flora and Fauna

1/ Flora

There are 1,765 vascular plant species several of which are endangered species.

Those listed as endangered include

- Fokienia, Fujian Cypress (Fokienia hodginsii, Pơ mu),

- (Madhuca pasquieri, Sến mật),

- (Nervilia muratana, Lan một lá),

- Related to oaks, beeches and chestnuts (Trigonobalanus verticillata, Sồi 3 cạnh),

- (Lithocarpus vestitus, Sồi lông nhung),

- Dipterocarp (Hopea pierreii, Kiền kiền),

- Dipterocarp (Hopea mollissima, Táu mặt quỷ).

New species discovered include

- (Homalium glandulosum, Chà ran tuyến),

- (Camellia vuquangensis, Trà mi Vũ quang),

- (Camellia hatinhensis, Trà mi Hà Tĩnh),

- (Lithocarpus vuquangensis, Dẻ Vũ Quang) ,

- (Zingiber vuquangensis, Gừng Vũ Quang),

- (Machilus vuquangensis, Kháo Vũ Quang),

- (Beilschmiedia vuquangensis, Chắp Vũ Quang)

2/ Fauna

There are 94 animal species, 315 bird species, 58 reptile species, 31 amphibian species, 88 fish species, 316 butterfly species, 73 ant species, 28 spider species.

20 Indigenous species include:

- Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis, Sao La ),

- Giant Muntjac (Megamuntiacus vuquangensis, Mang lớn),

- Striped rabbit (Nesolagus timinsi Thỏ vằn),

- Owston's palm civet (Chrotogale owstoni, Cầy vằn),

- Red-shanked douc (Pygathrix nemaeus, Chà vá chân nâu) ,

- Northern white-cheeked gibbon (Vượn má vàng, Vượn đen, Vượn má trang, Hylobates leucogenys siki),

- Vietnamese pheasant, Vietnamese fireback, a variant of Edward's pheasant (Lophura hatinhensis, Gà lôi lam đuôi trắng, Faisan du Vietnam),

- Asian palm pit vipers, Asian lanceheads, and green pit vipers(Trimeresurus cornutus, Rắn lục sừng),

- Mossy frog, Vietnamese mossy frog, Tonkin bug-eyed frog, moss bug-eyed frog (Theloderma corticale, Ếch cây sần bắc bộ).

Due to illegal poaching, species are rarely seen at Vu Quang include:

- Tiger (Panthera tigris, Hổ),