Mount Cameroon

In addition to the narrow endemics outlined above, there is also a significant overlap between the flora and fauna of this ecoregion and that of the nearby Mount Cameroon and Bioko Montane Forests ecoregion.

Cameroonian Highlands forests 2009

Most of the ecoregion lies within a narrow rectangle of some 180 kilometers (km) by 625 km, oriented southwest to northeast and originating about 50 km inland of Mount Cameroon.

Cameroonian Highlands forests 2009

Highest levels of tree endemism are found in the submontane region and the higher elevations of the adjacent Mount Cameroon and Bioko Montane Forests ecoregion.

Cameroonian Highlands forests 2009

Its lowest point is the Atlantic Ocean (0 metres) and its highest point is Fako on Mount Cameroon (4,095 metres)

Cameroon 2009

The Cameroonian Highlands are distinct from Mount Cameroon and Bioko Montane Forests because there are no active volcanoes and numerous endemic species are confined to one or other region.

Cameroonian Highlands forests 2009

These montane regions support a number of endemics: the Mount Cameroon francolin (Francolinus camerunensis, EN) and the Mount Cameroon speirops (Speirops melanocephalus, VU) are endemic to Mount Cameroon, while the Mount Kupe bush-shrike (Malaconotus kupeensis, EN) is largely confined to Mount Kupe, where only 21 square kilometers of habitat remains (it has recently been discovered at two additional localities).

Biological diversity in the Guinean forests of West Africa 2008

Cameroonsometimes referred to as the hinge of Africa; throughout the country there are areas of thermal springs and indications of current or prior volcanic activity; Mount Cameroon, the highest mountain in Sub-Saharan west Africa, is an active volcano

Geography-note 2008

Geography—note: sometimes referred to as the hinge of Africa; throughout the country there are areas of thermal springs and indications of current or prior volcanic activity; Mount Cameroon, the highest mountain in Sub-Saharan west Africa, is an active volcano

Cameroon 2008

Nearly 2,500 plant species have been recorded on Mount Cameroon.

Biological diversity in the Guinean forests of West Africa 2008

The forests above 800 meters (m) on Mount Cameroon and Bioko, and above 900 m on other inland Cameroon mountains, are placed in the Mount Cameroon and Bioko Montane Forests and the Cameroon Highlands Forests ecoregions, respectively.

Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests 2008