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| iucn_ref = <ref name = unep>UNEP-WCMC (2021). Protected Area Profile for El Jabalí from the World Database of Protected Areas. 7 September 2021. [https://www.protectedplanet.net/306789]</ref>
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| coords_ref = <ref name = protected>Hernández López, Leticia, Enrique J. Jardel, and Carlos Palomera García (1997). "Protected Areas of Jalisco and Colima". in Aid, Charles S., Michael F. Carter, and A. Townsend Peterson. ''Protected Areas of Western Mexico: Status, Management, and Needs''. Colorado Bird Observatory, September 1, 1997. Accessed 7 September 2021. [https://birdconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Protected-Areas-in-Western-Mexico-2.pdf]</ref>
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'''El Jabalí Flora and Fauna Protection Area''' is a [[protected natural areas of Mexico|protected natural area]] located in [[Colima]] State, [[México]]. It covers an area of 51.79 km<sup>2</sup>, which includes forests and several natural lakes.
==Geography==
El Jabalí is in the northern part of the state, and the Jalisco–Colima border forms its northern boundary. The protected area is on the lower slopes of two volcanic peaks, [[Volcán de Colima]] and [[Nevado de Colima]], which rise to the northeast, and it adjoins [[Volcán Nevado de Colima National Park]].<ref name = unep/><ref name = protected/> Elevations range from 1200 to 2300 meters, generally decreasing from east to west.<ref name = protected/>
The area contains several natural lakes or lagoons – La María, El Calabozo, El Jabalí, and La Escondida. Several permanent streams descend from the volcanic peaks and run from east to west through the area.<ref name = protected/>
Annual mean temperature ranges from 12 to 18º C.<ref name = protected/>
==Flora and fauna==
According to the National Biodiversity Information System of [[Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad]] (CONABIO) in El Jabalí Flora and Fauna Protection Area there are over 1,540 plant and animal species from which 63 are in at risk category and 58 are exotics. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://enciclovida.mx/explora-por-region?utf8=✓&nombre_region=El%20Jabal%C3%AD%2C%20Áreas%20de%20protección%20de%20flora%20y%20fauna&region_id=38&tipo_region=anp&pagina=1#12/19.4668/-103.5671|title=Enciclovida (2022). Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna El Jabalí.|accessdate= August 26, 2022|author=Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.naturalista.mx/places/area-de-proteccion-de-flora-y-fauna-el-jabali|title=Naturalista (2022). Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna El Jabalí.|accessdate= August 26, 2022|author=Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad}}</ref>
El Jabalí is in the [[Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine–oak forests]] ecoregion. Plant communities include montane oak forest and pine forest and remnant cloud forests, with walnut, cedar, and ash trees. There are small areas of [[Jalisco dry forests|dry forest]] at lower elevations.<ref name = protected/><ref name = simec>"El Jabalí". Sistema de Información, Monitoreo y Evaluación para la Conservación (SIMEC) of the Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas (CONANP). Accessed 7 September 2021. [https://simec.conanp.gob.mx/ficha.php?anp=14&reg=6]</ref>
Native mammals include [[white-tailed deer]] (''Odocoileus virginianus''), [[coyote]] (''Canis latrans''), [[gray fox]] (''Urocyon cinereoargenteus''), [[raccoon]] (''Procyon lotor''), and [[nine-banded armadillo]] (''Dasypus novemcinctus'').<ref name = protected/>
100 bird species have been recorded here, including [[long-tailed wood partridge]] (''Dendrortyx macroura''), [[banded quail]] (''Philortyx fasciatus''), [[sparkling-tailed woodstar]] (''Tilmatura dupontii''), [[golden-cheeked woodpecker]] (''Melanerpes chrysogenys''), [[grey-crowned woodpecker]] (''Colaptes auricularis''), [[white-striped woodcreeper]] (''Lepidocolaptes leucogaster''), [[spotted wren]] (''Campylorhynchus gularis''), [[white-bellied wren]] (''Uropsila leucogastra''), [[brown-backed solitaire]] (''Myadestes occidentalis''), [[slaty vireo]] (''Vireo brevipennis''), [[golden vireo]] (''Vireo hypochryseus''), [[fan-tailed warbler]] (''Basileuterus lachrymosus''), and [[rusty-crowned ground sparrow]] (''Melozone kieneri'').<ref name = protected/>
==Conservation==
El Jabalí was decreed a Forest Protection Area and Wildlife Refuge on 14 August 1981 by President [[José López Portillo]].<ref name = protected/><ref name = simec/> It was designated a [[flora and fauna protection areas of Mexico|flora and fauna protection area]] in 2000.<ref name = unep/>
Its objectives are:
*Preserving [[habitat conservation]]
*Natural [[reproduction]] of [[species]]
*Archiving [[ecological balance]] and protection in the ambient [[habitat]]
*Protecting both [[wild plant]] and [[wild animal|animal]] species that use the area refuge.
In the lagoon area, "it is strictly prohibited at all times to fish, hunt, capture, chase, harass or harm in any way the animals that inhabit temporarily or permanently the area." Non-destructive activities such as camping are permitted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://primmoreloscolima.blogspot.kr/2008/02/laguna-el-jabal-en-comala-colima.html|title=Equipo: "Colimenses cuidando el agua", Proyecto "Agua que has de beber"|author=Grupo 6 "A" Prim Morelos, Colima|publisher=|accessdate=30 March 2016}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Flora and fauna protection areas of Mexico]]
[[Category:Protected areas of Colima]]
[[Category:Protected areas of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt]]