Elephant near Camp Flying Squad at Tesso Nilo National Park
Fauna include the Sumatran tiger, Asian elephant, Malayan tapir, medium-sized primates, deer, large monitor lizards and pigs.
The WWF estimates the tiger population is around 50, while the elephant population is between 60 to 80.
Despite degradation of even the best jungle within the park, its flora displays the highest vascular plant diversity of anywhere in the world, including the Amazon regions.
Many 200 square meter plots of forest when surveyed yielded more than 200 species each, and more than 4,000 species of plants have already been found within the park. Botanists anticipate that a number of species unknown to science live in the park, as well.
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