Tutuaca Flora and Fauna Protection Area
{{Short description|Protected area in northwestern Mexico}}
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| photo_caption = stream near Aduana, Álamos, Sonora
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| location = Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico
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| designated = 2001
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Tutuaca Flora and Fauna Protection Area is a protected area in the states of Chihuahua and Sonora in northwestern Mexico. It lies in the Sierra Madre Occidental, and covers an area of 4369.86 km2. To the southeast it adjoins Papigochic Flora and Fauna Protection Area.
It preserves a portion of the Sierra Madre Occidental pine–oak forests.
Flora and fauna
According to the National Biodiversity Information System of Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO) in Tutuaca Flora and Fauna Protection Area there are over 1,510 plant and animal species from which 57 are in at risk category and 50 are exotics. {{Cite web|url=https://enciclovida.mx/explora-por-region?utf8=✓&nombre_region=Tutuaca%2C%20Áreas%20de%20protección%20de%20flora%20y%20fauna®ion_id=104&tipo_region=anp&pagina=1#10/28.4790/-107.6427|title=Enciclovida (2022). Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Tutuaca.|accessdate= August 29, 2022|author=Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.naturalista.mx/projects/apff-tutuaca|title=Naturalista (2022). APFF Tutuaca = August 29, 2022|author=Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad}}