Wasur National Park The dominant plants include mangroves, Terminalia, and Melaleuca species. The park provides habitat for a large variety of up to 358 bird species of which some 80 species are endemic to the island of New Guinea. Fish diversity is also high in the region with some 111 species found in the eco-region and a large number of these are recorded from Wasur. The Park's wetland provides habitat for various species of lobster and crab as well. Common fauna species include the agile wallaby, Pesquet's parrot, southern cassowary, blue crowned pigeon, greater bird of paradise, king bird of paradise, red bird
Crab-eating mongoose Crab-eating mongoose The crab-eating mongoose ("Herpestes urva") is a mongoose species ranging from the northeastern Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia to southern China and Taiwan. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Throughout its wide range there are many languages and therefore various common names for the species. In particular, according to at least some major dictionaries, the source of the species name "urva" (which at one time was also the name of the genus, as in: "Urva urva") was the Nepali language "urvá" or "arvá". The crab-eating mongoose is grey, with a broad white stripe