Ifrane National Park

Ifrane National Park
IUCN category II (national park)


Location	Morocco
Coordinates	33°25′54.32″N 5°7′48.58″W / 33.4317556°N 5.1301611°W / 33.4317556; -5.1301611Coordinates: 33°25′54.32″N 5°7′48.58″W / 33.4317556°N 5.1301611°W / 33.4317556; -5.1301611
Area	500 square kilometres

Ifrane National Park is a national park in the Moyen Atlas mountain range, in Morocco.^[1] It covers an area of 500 km². Much of the park is forested with Atlas cedar.^[2] Ifrane National Park is one of the few remaining habitats for the Barbary macaque, Macaca sylvanus; this primate prehistorically had a much broader range in North Africa, but currently survives as an endangered species in narrowly restricted and fragmented habitats.^[3]

Notes

Parc National d'Ifrane – Centre d'Echange d'Information sur la Biodiversité du Maroc
Anthony Ham, Paula Hardy and Alison Bing. 2007. Morocco, Lonely Planet Publications, Paul Clammer ISBN 978-1-74059-974-0. 528 pages
C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Barbary Macaque: Macaca sylvanus, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg

National Parks of Morocco

Al Hoceima Eastern High-Atlas Ifrane Iriqui Khenifiss Khenifra Souss-Massa Talassemtane Tazekka Toubkal

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