Cuesta La Dormida is a mountain in central

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

. Some of the forested mountain area of Cuesta La Dormida has been added to the

La Campana National Park La Campana National Park is located in the Cordillera de la Costa, Quillota Province, in the Valparaíso Region of Chile. La Campana National Park and the Vizcachas Mountains lie northwest of Santiago. This national park covers approximately a ...

in order to achieve protection for the

Jubaea ''Jubaea'' is a genus of palms with one species, ''Jubaea chilensis'' or ''Jubaea spectabilis'', commonly known in English as the Chilean wine palm or Chile cocopalm, and palma chilena in Spanish. It is native to southwestern South America and i ...

and other

endangered species An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching and inv ...

. Forests on Cuesta La Dormida provide habitat for a number of bird and mammalJohn Frederick Eisenberg and Kent Hubbard Redford. 1992 species in addition to the flora mosaic itself.

References

* John Frederick Eisenberg and Kent Hubbard Redford. 1992. ''Mammals of the Neotropics: The Southern Cone: Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay'', University of Chicago Press, . 460 pages * C. Michael Hogan. 2008
''Chilean Wine Palm: Jubaea chilensis'', GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg
Mountains of Chile Landforms of Valparaíso Region {{SouthAm-mountain-stub

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