| Fauna of Suriname | |
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 Suriname. Location. | |
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Continent |
South America |
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Predominant harvestmen (from HarvEx) |
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Diversity (Project WCO) |
37 species (26 endemic) |
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Guianas |
French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname. |
Suriname is the smallest independent country in South America. Situated on the Guiana Shield, it lies mostly between latitudes 1° and 6°N, and longitudes 54° and 58°W. The country can be divided into two main geographic regions. The northern, lowland coastal area (roughly above the line Albina-Paranam-Wageningen) has been cultivated, and most of the population lives here. The southern part consists of tropical rainforest and sparsely inhabited savanna along the border with Brazil, covering about 80% of Suriname's land surface.
The two main mountain ranges are the Bakhuys Mountains and the Van Asch Van Wijck Mountains. Julianatop is the highest mountain in the country at 1,286 metres above sea level. Other mountains include Tafelberg at 1,026 metres, Mount Kasikasima at 718 metres, Goliathberg at 358 metres and Voltzberg at 240 metres.
Suriname has the 51st most diverse opilionofauna in the world with more than 30 species recorded.
This category is for harvestmen officially recorded from Suriname, repositories of Surinamese Opiliones and authors who worked on Surinamese opilionofauna.
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