The Pantanal Matogrossense National Park ( pt, Parque Nacional do Pantanal Matogrossense) is a national park in the state of Mato Grosso at the border to Mato Grosso do Sul,

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Location

Pantanal Matogrossense National Park has an area of . It is in the Pantanal biome. The park was created by decree nº 86.392 on 24 September 1981, and is managed by the

Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation The Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (Portuguese: ''Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade'', ICMBio) is the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment's administrative arm."Brazilian Federal Law 11.516/2007 (Por ...

(ICMBio). It covers parts of the municipalities of

Corumbá Corumbá is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, 425 km northwest of Campo Grande, the state's capital. It has a population of approximately 112,000 inhabitants, and its economy is based mainly on agriculture, anima ...

in Mato Grosso do Sul, and Cáceres and

Poconé Poconé is a municipality in the state of Mato Grosso in the Central-West Region of Brazil. The Bento Gomes River passes within a few kilometers of the village. The municipality contains part of the Taiamã Ecological Station. The municipality ...

in Mato Grosso. It adjoins the

Guirá State Park The Guirá State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual do Guirá) is a State park in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Location The Guirá State Park ia in the municipality of Cáceres in the south of Mato Grosso, on the border with Bolivia. It has an are ...

to the north. The

Cuiabá River The Cuiabá River ( Portuguese: ''Rio Cuiabá'') is a Brazilian river in the western state of Mato Grosso that flows in the Río de la Plata Basin. It is a tributary of the São Lourenço River. Course In its upper reaches the Cuiabá River flow ...

runs through Pantanal Matogrossense National Park. The park is in the Pantanal Biosphere Reserve, which also includes the

Chapada dos Guimarães Chapada dos Guimarães is a municipality located in central Brazil, 62 km from the city of Cuiabá, the capital of Mato Grosso Mato Grosso ( – lit. "Thick Bush") is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest by area, located in the ...

, Emas and Serra da Bodoquena national parks, and the Serra de Santa Bárbara and Nascentes do Rio Taquari, Pantanal de Rio Negro state parks.

Conservation

The park is classed as

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 ...

II (national park). The park's basic objective is preservation of natural ecosystems of great ecological relevance and scenic beauty and enabling scientific research, environmental education, outdoor recreation and ecological tourism. The park was listed as a "Wetland of International Importance" under the

Ramsar Convention The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of Ramsar site, Ramsar sites (wetlands). It is also known as the Convention on W ...

in 1993. Protected species include the jaguar (''Panthera onca''), ocelot (''Leopardus pardalis''),

marsh deer The marsh deer (''Blastocerus dichotomus'') is the largest deer species from South America reaching a length of and a shoulder height of . It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay. Formerly found in much of tropical ...

(''Blastocerus dichotomus''),

giant anteater The giant anteater (''Myrmecophaga tridactyla'') is an insectivorous mammal native to Central and South America. It is one of four living species of anteaters, of which it is the largest member. The only extant member of the genus ''Myrmecophag ...

(''Myrmecophaga tridactyla''), giant armadillo (''Priodontes maximus''),

giant otter The giant otter or giant river otter (''Pteronura brasiliensis'') is a South American carnivorous mammal. It is the longest member of the weasel family, Mustelidae, a globally successful group of predators, reaching up to . Atypical of muste ...

(''Pteronura brasiliensis''),

chestnut-bellied guan The chestnut-bellied guan (''Penelope ochrogaster'') is a species of bird in the family Cracidae. It is found only in Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical swampland. It is threatened by ...

(''Penelope ochrogaster''),

black-and-tawny seedeater The black-and-tawny seedeater (''Sporophila nigrorufa'') is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in the Pantanal of eastern Bolivia and adjacent southwestern Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical seasonally w ...

(''Sporophila nigrorufa'') and the mussel '' Lamproscapha ensiformis''.

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* * * * * {{authority control National parks of Brazil Pantanal Protected areas of Mato Grosso Protected areas of Mato Grosso do Sul Protected areas established in 1981 1981 establishments in Brazil Ramsar sites in Brazil