The Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve stretches in the Tu Mo Rong and Dak Glei Districts of Kon Tum Province, in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. The nature reserve covers an area of 37,500 (or 41,500??? - conflicting figures) hectares with over 98% covered in forest. The highest point in the nature reserve is the Ngoc Linh Peak which is 2,598m above sea level.
Flora at the Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve
There are 1091 vascular plant species in the Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve of which several are listed as endangered species. Some endemic and rare species:
- Ngoc Linh ginseng;
- Agarwood (aloeswood, eaglewood or gharuwood );
- Cinnamomum balansae;
- Yellow vine (Coscinium fenestratum, Family: Menispermaceae);
Fauna at the Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve
There 91 animal species at the Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve with several rare and endangered species on the verge of extinction.
There are 234 bird species with several endemic ones and endangered ones.
At the nature reserve, you can encounter :
- Macaque;
- Clouded leopard;
- Tigers;
- Malayan porcupine;
- Truong Son Munjac (Muntiacus truongsonensis);
- Red-shanked, gray-shanked, black-shanked douc langur;
- Sunbear, Asian black bear (Asiatic black bear);
- Sunda Slow Loris (greater slow loris);
- Siamese fireback;
- Silver Pheasant;
- Ngoc Linh golden winged laughingthrush;
- White-cheeked laughingthrush;
- Collared laughingthrush;
- Vietnamese Crested argus;
- Spectacled Barwing;
- Black-crowned Barwing
