The Foja Mountains ( Foja Range , Foya Mountains ) ( Indonesian : Pegunungan Foja ) are located just north of the Mamberamo river basin in Papua , Indonesia . The mountains rise to 2,193 metres (7,195 ft), and have 3,000 square kilometers of old growth tropical rainforest in the interior part of the range. The Foja forest tract covers 9,712 square kilometers and is the largest tropical forest without roads in the Asia Pacific region.
11-524: [REDACTED] Look up foja in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Foja may refer to: Foja Mountains , Indonesia Foja Range languages , of New Guinea See also [ edit ] Fauji (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Foja . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
22-416: A 25 cm gecko with claws rather than pads on its toes, and a small, 30 cm high, black forest wallaby (a member of the genus Dorcopsis ). 2°36′S 139°05′E / 2.600°S 139.083°E / -2.600; 139.083 Mallomys Mallomys aroaensis Mallomys gunung Mallomys istapantap Mallomys rothschildi Mallomys is a genus of rodent in
33-688: The Indonesia Institute of Science (LIPI) discovered two possibly undescribed mammals upon visit of the Foja Mountains in June 2007: a Cercartetus pygmy possum , one of the world's smallest marsupials, and a 1.4 kilograms (3.1 lb) Mallomys giant rat (five times the size of a Brown Rat ) - found in Indonesia 's Papua in 2005. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] This Murinae article
44-585: The Smithsonian Institution , Conservation International and other institutions. In February 2006, the expedition team released details of new species including: The scientists documented: The human population of the Foja Range is 300, living in the 7,500 square kilometers of low-lying forest. The 3,000 square kilometers of mountainous jungle appear to have been untouched by humans until the 2006 scientific expedition. There are no roads in
55-673: The 1,200 meter level. The mountains are within the Mamberamo-Foja Wildlife Reserve . In December 2005, scientists from the United States, Indonesia, and Australia spent a month in the Foja Range documenting flora and fauna from the lower hills to near the summit of the range. The expedition team was co-led by Bruce Beehler and Stephen Richards and included scientists from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences , Cenderawasih University ,
66-800: The area around the Foja Mountains and nearby Van Rees Mountains are too steep for conventional logging, and are considered unsafe due to their inaccessibility. Some atlases show only the Gauttier Mountains in the area, but the Foja Mountains lie at the eastern edge of that range at about 139° east longitude. The portion of the mountains above 1000 meters elevation is in the Northern New Guinea montane rain forests ecoregion. The montane forests are dominated by Araucaria cunninghamii , Podocarpus idenburgensis , Agathis labillardieri , Calophyllum , and Palaquium at
77-548: The family Muridae . The name of the genus is formed from the Greek μαλλός, mallos , wool, and μῦς, mus , mouse/rat. These very large rats weigh between 0.95 and 2 kilograms (2.1 and 4.4 lb) and are native to highlands in New Guinea . Little is known about their behavior, but they are believed to feed on leaves, grasses and other plant material. It contains the following species: Conservation International (CI) and
88-405: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foja&oldid=1225497006 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Foja Mountains The Foja Range languages are spoken within
99-617: The mountain range and nearby areas. The Foja Mountains are cooler than the lowlands below because of their elevation, but January and July temperatures still average 20 to 30 °C (68 to 86 °F). The rainy season is from December to March, but the area can receive rain throughout the year. In a typical year, the range receives more than 2,032 mm (80.0 in) of precipitation . Relative humidity ranges from 73 to 87%. The nearest villages include Sragafareh, Jomen, Beggensabah, Aer Mati, and Dabra. The mountains have no record of visitors prior to 1979 (Stattersfield et al. 1998). Much of
110-416: The mountains, so scientists had to travel by helicopter, landing on a boggy lakebed. Six permits were needed before the 11-member team could legally enter. In December 2007, a second scientific expedition was taken to the mountain range. The expedition led to the discovery of two new species: the first being a 1.4 kg giant rat ( Mallomys sp.) approximately five times the size of a regular brown rat ,
121-530: The second a pygmy possum ( Cercartetus sp.) described by scientists as "one of the world's smallest marsupials." An expedition late in 2008, backed by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, National Geographic Society and Smithsonian Institution, was made in order to assess the area's biodiversity . New types of animals recorded include a frog with a long erectile nose, a large woolly rat, an imperial-pigeon with rust, grey and white plumage,
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