Yanesha Communal Reserve

{{Infobox protected area | name = Yanesha Communal Reserve | alt_name = | iucn_category = VI | image = Arquitectura al borde del ACM Humedal Laguna El Oconal.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_size = | map = Peru | relief = y | map_alt = | map_caption = Map of Peru | map_width = | location = Palcazu District, Peru | nearest_city = | coordinates = {{coords|-10.299|-75.272|region:PE-PAS|notes=<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://protectedplanet.net/sites/Yanesha_Communal_Reserve |title= Yánesha Communal Reserve |work= protectedplanet.net |access-date= 2012-04-19 |archive-date= 2013-04-04 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130404194815/http://protectedplanet.net/sites/Yanesha_Communal_Reserve |url-status= dead }}</ref>|display=inline, title}} | area = {{Convert|347.45|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} | established = 1988 | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | governing_body = | url = }} thumb|right|260px|The Yanesha Communal Reservation (in pink) The '''Communal Reservation Yanesha''' or '''Yanesha Community Reserve''' is a communal reserve in the Palcazu District of Oxapampa Province of Peru. It covers an area of {{Convert|347.45|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} in the Palcazu River basin. The reserve was creating by law on April 28, 1988, to protect both wild fauna and indigenous peoples.<ref name=travel>Delcy, Viajes. [http://www.perutravels.net/peru-travel-guide/nature-community-reserves-yanesha.htm "Yanesha Community Reserve - Peru Nature."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205002335/http://www.perutravels.net/peru-travel-guide/nature-community-reserves-yanesha.htm |date=2012-02-05 }} ''Peru Travels.'' 2010. Retrieved 4 Feb 2012.</ref> The Yanesha' people live in the reserve.

==Fauna== Important indigenous mammals that live within the reserve include red brocket deer (''Mazama americana''), collared peccary (''Tayassu tajacu''), white-lipped peccary (''Tayassu pecari''), nine-banded armadillo (''Dasypus novemcinctus''), and agouti (''Dasyprocta sp.''), as well as monkeys, such as the ''Ateles'' sp. and the ''Lagothrix'' sp.<ref name=travel/>

The Spix's guan (''Penelope jacquacu'') is a bird protected in the reserve, and significant fish species include the boquichico (''Prochilodus'' sp.) the sábalo (''Brycon melanopoterum''), the palometa (''Mylossoma aureum''), the doncella (''Pseudoplatystoma'' sp.), and the lisa (''Leporinus'' sp.).<ref name=travel/>

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