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473:"Bolivian Yungas". DOPA Explorer. Accessed 11 April 2022.
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447:Pilón Lajas Biosphere Reserve and Communal Lands
188:tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest
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280:Mammals found in this ecoregion include the
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16:Geographical region of Bolivia
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357:Andean cock-of-the-rock
345:Scytalopus schulenbergi
105:Central Andean wet puna
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501:Terrestrial Ecoregions
417:Carrasco National Park
115:Chiquitano dry forests
538:Ecoregions of Bolivia
452:Tunari National Park
442:Madidi National Park
407:Amboró National Park
349:green-capped tanager
361:Rupicola peruvianus
294:Leopardus geoffroyi
235:tropical rainforest
219:Central Andean puna
100:Central Andean puna
543:Forests of Bolivia
533:Ecoregions of Peru
302:Tapirus terrestris
286:Tremarctos ornatus
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383:community.
197:of central
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34:Yungas Road
517:Categories
458:References
314:jaguarundi
254:bromeliads
375:Human use
250:Epiphytes
191:ecoregion
173:Protected
147:Countries
134:Geography
322:pacarana
269:Chusquea
223:wet puna
363:), and
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263:Cyathea
258:orchids
229:Climate
205:Setting
199:Bolivia
193:in the
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83:Borders
54:Ecology
523:Yungas
392:La Paz
332:deer (
306:jaguar
195:Yungas
176:49.37%
276:Fauna
245:Flora
211:Andes
186:is a
110:Chaco
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60:Realm
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