Mount Hamiguitan
The summit of Hamiguitan
The Hamiguitan is a mountain on the island of Mindanao (Philippines). It is located in the province of Davao Oriental in the easternmost coastal mountains on the Pacific Ocean, one of the most remote regions of the Philippines and reaches a height of 1620 meters. The area of the mountain range in which the Hamiguitan is, the provincial capital, Mati City and the municipalities of San Isidro and Governor Generoso share.
Hydrology
The mountains around the Hamiguitan forms the watershed between the Gulf of Davao and the Philippine Sea. The largest rivers that spring from the mountains, are the Bitaogan River, the Maua River, which Dumagooc and Tibanban River. The Dumagooc River has a water flow of up to 30 cubic meters per second, smaller streams dry up in summer, however.
Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary
In July 2004, the Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary was declared. On the basis of Republic Act. 9303 an area of 6834 hectares has been designated as a nature reserve.
In this area, five vegetation zones are described. A farmed agro- ecosystem is 75-420 m above sea level, wing fruit plants cover the vegetation zone 420-920 m, low mountain flora occupies a height band 920-1160 m, a typical moss landscape is 1160-1350 m and the unique Pygmäenwald covers an altitude range from 1160 - 1200 m. Many of these mountain plants at Hamiguitan are endemic or rare. The dwarf tree forest occupies an area of 225 hectares and is formed by two dominant and at the same endemic tree species Leptospermum flavescens and Wendlandia nervosa. Dwarf trees reach a height of 1.4 meters and a trunk diameter of 8 cm.
The Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary is an important sanctuary for the Philippines eagles and other endangered bird and mammal species, such as the Gold Crown Flying Fox ( Acerodon jubatus ), the Philippine Tarsier ( Tarsius syrichta ), the Philippine Warty Pig (Sus philippinensis ), for short-faced bats ( Haplonycteris fischeri ), the Civet ( Paradoxurus hermaphroditus ) and was first described in 2008 Hamiguitan rat tail hair from the kind of the Philippines - hair tail rats ( Batomys Hamiguitan ), of which only the Hamiguitan Mountains is known as distribution area.
Of the 53 different species of birds are endemic in Mindanao ten, twenty are endemic to the Philippines and in many cases classified as endangered. Among the Bartlett - dagger pigeon drop ( Gallicolumba criniger ) Dark ear Dove ( Phapitreron cinereiceps ), the Tariktik - Hornbill ( Pinelopides panini ) and the gray -throated Sunbird ( Aethopyga primigenia )
Philippine Tarsier