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MANGROVE COMMUNITIES

Angola has a wide variety of eco-systems, including a variety of wetlands. One of the most unique and fragile wetland communities in Angola is that of the mangroves. The most prominents mangrove communities in Angola occur at the wide floodplains at the mouths of the Chiloango, the Zaire, the Loge and the Cuanza Rivers. The dominant tree species are mainly of the genus Rhizophora. The mangrove creates unique habitats and host some of the rarest species of fish, birds and mammals. Among the mammals there are some rare species of primates such as the blue guenon (Cercopithecus mitis), the talapoin (Miopithecus talapoin), the Bosman´s potto (Perodicticus potto) and bush babies (Galago spp.). On the lower courses of these rivers the African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis) may be found, as well as the soft skinned turtle (Trionyx triunguis).  

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