Torricelli Range
| Torricelli Mountains | |
|---|---|
  Torricelli Mountains | |
| Geography | |
| State | Papua New Guinea |
| Range coordinates | 3°23′00″S 142°15′00″E / 3.383333°S 142.25°E |
The Torricelli Mountains are a
Sepik River. The mountains are named after the Italian physicist and mathematician Evangelista Torricelli
during the German colonial period.
Dozens of Torricelli languages are spoken within this mountain range.[1]
Ecology
The portion of the range above 1000 meters elevation is home to the
Northern New Guinea mountain rain forests ecoregion, which also extends across portions of the neighboring ranges. The slopes below 1000 meters are part of the Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests.[2]
Two of the most endangered
mammals in the world, Scott's tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus scottae) and golden-mantled tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus pulcherrimus), live in the mountains' rainforest.[3] Discovered in 1981, the critically endangered northern glider (Petaurus abidi) occurs exclusively in an area of less than 100 km2 in the Torricelli Mountains.[4]
References
- ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
- ^ "Northern New Guinea mountain rain forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
- ^ "Seacology Islands Project". Archived from the original on 2007-01-02. Retrieved 2007-01-09.
- . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
External links
- "Northern New Guinea montane rain forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
- Cannon, John (25 January 2023). "Logging threats loom over tree kangaroo refuge in Papua New Guinea". Mongabay.
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