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Taï National Park (Parc National de Taï) is a national park in Côte d'Ivoire that contains one of the last areas of primary rainforest in West Africa.
It was listed as a World Heritage Site in 1982 due to the diversity of its flora and fauna.
Five species of mammals in Taï National Park are listed on the red list of threatened species:
pygmy hippopotamus,
olive colobus monkey,
the leopard,
the chimpanzee and
Jentink's duiker.
Taï National Park is about 100 km from the Ivorian coast on the border with Liberia between the Cavally and Sassandra rivers. It covers an area of 3,300 km2.
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