Kitanglad Mountain Range
The Mount Kitanglad Range Natural Park is a protected area in the province of Bukidnon in the Philippines. It is located about 50 kilometers in a straight line south-east of Cagayan de Oro. The area around the volcano Kitanglad was recognized on 14 December 1990 as a national park.
Geography
The conservation area has a size of 47 270 hectares and includes in the mountain region 5 high mountains, the Dulang - dulang, the second highest mountain in the Philippines with 2,938 m, the Kita Glad to 2,899 m, the Maagnaw with 2,742 m, the Lumuluyaw with 2,612 m and the Tuminungan at 2,400 m altitude. The area of the reserve is divided into a 31 236 hectare core zone and a need in the northern area of 16,034 acres buffer zone. Together with the Mount Kalatungan Range Natural Park, the Manupali Watershed Forest Reserve and the Muleta Watershed Forest Reserve form the protective zones a Biosphere corridor with an area of 1277.31 km ².
Climate
In the nature reserve it rains almost all year round, with a short dry season from February to April. March is the driest month of June, the wettest. At lower altitudes the temperatures vary between 25 ° C in January and 30 ° C in June. In Lalawan at night they can drop down to 12 ° C, at higher altitudes, it may be even colder.
Hydrology
On the northern edge of the Kita Glad Geirges is the headwaters of the Tagoloan Rivers and west of the mountains are part of the headwaters of the Cagayan River.
Flora and Fauna
It come in the park in front of a total of 58 species of trees and a total of 185 different types of hardwood plants. The wildlife in Kita Glad mountains is very rich and abwechslungereich. Thus, in counts, a total of 63 species of mammals, such as flying squirrels, yellow face horseshoe bat ( Rhinolophus virgo) and the Philippines deer are recorded. For the Mindanao - hair tail rat, the National Park is the only known habitat on the island of Mindanao. There were also 25 species of reptiles and 26 species of amphibians in the area of the park are found.
Of the total 168 species of birds 37% are endemic to the island of Mindanao and the Philippines, as the Mindanao parrot Apolori, the Mindanao Scops Owl, Mindanao brown dove, the Mindanao Broadbill, the Streifenuhu, the Philippines eagle and the Philippine Hawk-Eagle.
Culture
The locals Bukidnons, which are composed of the indigenous tribes of the Manobo and Talaandig, mostly living in the forest areas, which they regard as holy, as these areas are used as burial sites. The locals live off the forest that they use as a source of food, but also for the natural medicine. Mountaineers and hikers must obtain a permit from the trunks elders before entering the mountains and a ritual to perform the ancestral spirits to vote favorably.
Philippine Hawk-Eagle
Streifenuhu