Mico Leão Preto Ecological Station
| Mico Leão Preto Ecological Station | |
|---|---|
| Estação Ecológica Mico Leão Preto | |
Eng Sérgio Motta Dam reservoir to the north. Light blue: Great Pontal Reserve, mostly deforested. Small black areas in red: Mico Leão Preto ESEC. Large black area in yellow: Morro do Diabo PES | |
| Nearest city | Teodoro Sampaio, São Paulo |
| Coordinates | 22°13′54″S 52°14′04″W / 22.231627°S 52.234344°W |
| Area | 6,677 hectares (16,500 acres) |
| Designation | Ecological station |
| Created | 16 July 2002 |
| Administrator | Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation |
The Mico Leão Preto Ecological Station (Portuguese: Estação Ecológica Mico Leão Preto) is an Ecological station in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It protects four fragments of Atlantic Forest in a region that has lost most of its forest coverage over the last century, and protects the endemic endangered black lion tamarin (Portuguese: Mico-leão-preto), which gives the reserve its name.