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Comboios Biological Reserve ( pt, Reserva Biológica de Comboios) is a biological reserve in the state of
Espírito Santo Espírito Santo (, , ; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, and its largest city is Serra. With an extensive coastline, the state hosts some of the country's main ports, and its beaches are significant tourist attra ...
, Brazil.


Location

Comboios Biological Reserve is in the municipalities of Aracruz and
Linhares Linhares is the name of a municipality in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil, north of the state capital, Vitória. It is the largest municipality by area in the state, at 9,501.6 km², and has a population of 176,688 people (2020). The ...
, Espírito Santo. The coastal biome reserve which has an area of was established by decree of 25 September 1984. It became part of the
Central Atlantic Forest Ecological Corridor The Central Atlantic Forest Ecological Corridor ( pt, Corredor Central da Mata Atlântica is an ecological corridor in the states of Espírito Santo and Bahia, Brazil. It promotes improvements to connectivity between fragments of Atlantic Forest ...
, created in 2002.


Conservation

As of 2009 the Biological Reserve was a "strict nature reserve" under
IUCN protected area category IUCN protected area categories, or IUCN protected area management categories, are categories used to classify protected areas in a system developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The enlisting of such areas is par ...
Ia. Objectives are full preservation of biota and other natural attributes. The reserve is the state headquarters for
Projeto TAMAR The Projeto TAMAR (Portuguese for TAMAR Project, with TAMAR being an abbreviation of Tartarugas Marinhas, the Sea Turtles) is a Brazilian non-profit organization owned by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. The main objecti ...
, the turtle conservation organization. The reserve's aquarium contains giant sea turtles, and the residents of nearby Regência make their living from turtle conservation as well as fishing. Protected species in the conservation unit are
Amazona rhodocorytha The red-browed amazon (''Amazona rhodocorytha'') is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is Endemism, endemic to Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil. It has been considered a subspecies of the blue-cheeked amazon (''Amazona dufresniana ...
,
Atta robusta ''Atta robusta'' is a species of leafcutter ant, a New World ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae of the genus ''Atta''. See also *List of leafcutter ants This is a list of leafcutter ants, comprising 42 species from two genera: ''Atta'' and ''Ac ...
,
Maned sloth The maned sloth (''Bradypus torquatus'') is a three-toed sloth that is native to South America. It is one of four species of three-toed sloths belonging to the suborder Xenarthra and are placental mammals. They are endemic to the Atlantic coast ...
, Cnemidophorus and
Panthera onca The jaguar (''Panthera onca'') is a large cat species and the only living member of the genus '' Panthera'' native to the Americas. With a body length of up to and a weight of up to , it is the largest cat species in the Americas and the th ...
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