Meseta de Cacaxtla Flora and Fauna Protection Area is a protected area in the state of
Sinaloa
Sinaloa (), officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is d ...
in western
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
. It covers an area of 508.62 km
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Geography
It is bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean, and on the east by Mexican Federal Highway 15. Mexican Federal Highway 15D
Federal Highway 15D (Carretera Federal 15D) is the name for toll highways paralleling Federal Highway 15. The toll segments of Highway 15D include some of the most significant highways in the country along the Nogales-Mexico City corridor. The h ...
runs through the protected area, parallel to the shore.
Ecology
The protected area is in the Sinaloan dry forests
The Sinaloan dry forests is a tropical dry broadleaf forest ecoregion in western Mexico. It is the northernmost ecoregion of the Neotropical realm.
Geography
The ecoregion covers an area of approximately
The dry forests lie in the coastal pla ...
ecoregion, and includes areas of deciduous thorn scrub, mangrove, coastal lagoon, and beach.
Flora and Fauna
According to the National Biodiversity Information System of Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO) in Meseta de Cacaxtla Flora and Fauna Protection Area there are over 1,215 plant and animal species from which 81 are in at risk category and 62 are exotics.
Conservation
The reserve was designated in 2000.[
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References
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Flora and fauna protection areas of Mexico
Sinaloan dry forests
Protected areas of Sinaloa