List of mammals of Bolivia
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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Bolivia. There are 299 mammal species in Bolivia
, of which 2 are critically endangered, 5 are endangered, 17 are vulnerable, and 12 are near-threatened.
The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the IUCN
:
Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of Near Threatened and Least Concern categories:
The armadillos are small mammals with a bony armored shell. They are native to the Americas. There are around 20 extant species.
Order: Pilosa
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The order Pilosa is extant only in the Americas and includes the anteater
s, sloth
s, and tamandua
s.
The order Primates contains all the species commonly related to the lemur
s, monkey
s, and ape
s, with the latter category including humans. It is divided informally into three main groupings: prosimian
s, monkeys of the New World
, and monkeys and apes of the Old World
.
Order: Rodent
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Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40 percent of mammalian species. They have two incisor
s in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara
can weigh up to 45 kg (100 lb).
Order: Lagomorpha
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The lagomorphs comprise two families, Leporidae
(hare
s and rabbit
s), and Ochotonidae (pika
s). Though they can resemble rodent
s, and were classified as a superfamily
in that order until the early 20th century, they have since been considered a separate order. They differ from rodents in a number of physical characteristics, such as having four incisors in the upper jaw rather than two.
The bats' most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals in the world naturally capable of flight. Bat species account for about 20% of all mammals.
Order: Cetacea
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The order Cetacea includes whale
s, dolphin
s and porpoise
s. They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic
life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater.
Order: Carnivora
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There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which feed primarily on meat. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition.
The odd-toed ungulates are browsing and grazing
mammals. They are usually large to very large, and have relatively simple stomachs and a large middle toe.
watch a video clip of this animal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH2_FV_dtJs
The even-toed ungulates are ungulate
s whose weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in perissodactyls. There are about 220 artiodactyl species, including many that are of great economic importance to human
s.
watch a video clip with lamas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNq5s2CVhQI
Order: Didelphimorphia
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Didelphimorphia is the order of common opossums of the Western Hemisphere
. Opossums probably diverged from the basic South America
n marsupial
s in the late Cretaceous
or early Paleocene
.They are small to medium-sized marsupials, about the size of a large house cat
, with a long snout and prehensile tail.
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
, of which 2 are critically endangered, 5 are endangered, 17 are vulnerable, and 12 are near-threatened.
The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the IUCN
World Conservation Union
The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources is an international organization dedicated to finding "pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges." The organization publishes the IUCN Red List, compiling information from a network of...
:
| EX | Extinct | No reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. |
| EW | Extinct in the wild | Known only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized populations well outside its previous range. |
| CR | Critically Endangered | The species is in imminent risk of extinction in the wild. |
| EN | Endangered | The species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. |
| VU | Vulnerable | The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. |
| NT | Near Threatened | The species does not meet any of the criteria that would categorise it as risking extinction but it is likely to do so in the future. |
| LC | Least Concern | There are no current identifiable risks to the species. |
| DD | Data Deficient | There is inadequate information to make an assessment of the risks to this species. |
Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of Near Threatened and Least Concern categories:
| LR/cd | Lower Risk/conservation dependent | Species which were the focus of conservation programmes and may have moved into a higher risk category if that programme was discontinued. |
| LR/nt | Lower Risk/near threatened | Species which are close to being classified as Vulnerable but are not the subject of conservation programmes. |
| LR/lc | Lower Risk/least concern | Species for which there are no identifiable risks. |
Order: Cingulata (armadillos)
----- Family: Dasypodidae (armadillos)
- Subfamily: Dasypodinae
- Genus: DasypusDasypusDasypus is a genus of armadillo in the Dasypodidae family. It is the only genus in the subfamily Dasypodinae and contains the following species:*Nine-banded Armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus*Seven-banded Armadillo, Dasypus septemcinctus...
- Greater Long-nosed ArmadilloGreater Long-nosed ArmadilloThe Great Long-nosed Armadillo, Dasypus kappleri, is a species of armadillo from South America. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. It's a solitary nocturnal and terrestrial animal, living, usually, in the vicinity of streams and...
Dasypus kappleri LC - Nine-banded ArmadilloNine-banded ArmadilloThe nine-banded armadillo , or the nine-banded, long-nosed armadillo, is a species of armadillo found in North, Central, and South America, making it the most widespread of the armadillos...
Dasypus novemcinctus LC - Seven-banded ArmadilloSeven-banded ArmadilloSeven-banded, long-nosed armadillo or just seven-banded armadillo, Dasypus septemcinctus, is a species of armadillo from South America...
Dasypus septemcinctus LC
- Greater Long-nosed Armadillo
- Genus: Dasypus
- Subfamily: EuphractinaeEuphractinaeEuphractinae is a subfamily of armadillo in the Dasypodidae family. It contains the following genera:*Calyptophractus*Chaetophractus Hairy Armadillos*Chlamyphorus*Euphractus six-banded armadillos*Zaedyus pichis...
- Genus: ChaetophractusChaetophractusChaetophractus is a small genus of armadillos in the Dasypodidae family. It contains the following three species:*Screaming Hairy Armadillo, Chaetophractus vellerosus*Big Hairy Armadillo, Chaetophractus villosus...
- Andean Hairy ArmadilloAndean Hairy ArmadilloThe Andean Hairy Armadillo is an armadillo present in Bolivia, in the region of the Puna, the departments of Oruro, La Paz, and Cochabamba . Nowark describes it as distributed in Bolivia and northern Chile. A recent publication of Pacheco et al. also locates the species in Peru...
Chaetophractus nationi VU - Screaming Hairy ArmadilloScreaming Hairy ArmadilloThe Screaming Hairy Armadillo is a species of armadillo also known as the Small Screaming Armadillo, Crying Armadillo or the Small Hairy Armadillo. It is a burrowing armadillo found in the central and southern parts of South America...
Chaetophractus vellerosus LC - Large Hairy Armadillo Chaetophractus villosus LC
- Andean Hairy Armadillo
- Genus: Calyptophractus
- Greater Fairy ArmadilloGreater Fairy ArmadilloThe greater fairy armadillo , also known as Burmeister's armadillo or the Chacoan fairy armadillo, is a species of armadillo in the family Dasypodidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry...
Calyptophractus retusus NT
- Greater Fairy Armadillo
- Genus: Euphractus
- Six-banded ArmadilloSix-banded ArmadilloThe Six-banded Armadillo , also known as the Yellow Armadillo, is a species of armadillo from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and isolated populations in Suriname . Its body is usually yellowish in color, sometimes tan or light reddish-brown...
Euphractus sexcinctus LC
- Six-banded Armadillo
- Genus: Chaetophractus
- Subfamily: TolypeutinaeTolypeutinaeTolypeutinae is a subfamily of armadillo in the Dasypodidae family. It contains the following three extant genera:Kuntinaru*Cabassous*Priodontes*Tolypeutes...
- Genus: CabassousCabassousCabassous is a genus of armadillo in the Dasypodidae family. It contains the following species:*Northern Naked-tailed Armadillo, Cabassous centralis*Chacoan Naked-tailed Armadillo, Cabassous chacoensis...
- Southern Naked-tailed ArmadilloSouthern Naked-tailed ArmadilloThe Southern Naked-tailed Armadillo, Cabassous unicinctus, is a small species of armadillo from South America. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil....
Cabassous unicinctus LC
- Southern Naked-tailed Armadillo
- Genus: Priodontes
- Giant ArmadilloGiant ArmadilloThe giant armadillo , colloquially tatou, ocarro, tatu-canastra or tatú carreta, is the largest living species of armadillo...
Priodontes maximus VU
- Giant Armadillo
- Genus: TolypeutesTolypeutesThe genus Tolypeutes contains the two species of three-banded armadillos. They are restricted to South America, mostly Brazil.- Species :There are two recognized species:* Tolypeutes matacus – Southern Three-banded Armadillo...
- Southern Three-banded ArmadilloSouthern Three-banded ArmadilloThe Southern Three-banded Armadillo , also called the La Plata Three-Banded Armadillo, is an armadillo species from South America...
Tolypeutes matacus NT
- Southern Three-banded Armadillo
- Genus: Cabassous
- Subfamily: Dasypodinae
Order: PilosaPilosaThe order Pilosa is a group of placental mammals, extant today only in the Americas. It includes the anteaters and sloths, including the recently extinct ground sloths....
(anteaters, sloths and tamanduas)
----Anteater
Anteaters, also known as antbear, are the four mammal species of the suborder Vermilingua commonly known for eating ants and termites. Together with the sloths, they compose the order Pilosa...
s, sloth
Sloth
Sloths are the six species of medium-sized mammals belonging to the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae , part of the order Pilosa and therefore related to armadillos and anteaters, which sport a similar set of specialized claws.They are arboreal residents of the jungles of Central and South...
s, and tamandua
Tamandua
Tamandua is a genus of anteaters. It has two members: the Southern Tamandua and the Northern Tamandua . They live in forests and grasslands, are semi-arboreal, and possess partially prehensile tails. They mainly eat ants and termites, but they occasionally eat bees, beetles, and insect larvae...
s.
- Suborder: Folivora
- Family: Bradypodidae (three-toed sloths)
- Genus: Bradypus
- Brown-throated Three-toed SlothBrown-throated Three-toed SlothThe brown-throated sloth is a species of three-toed sloth. It is the most common of the four species of three-toed sloth, and is found in the forests of South and Central America.-Description:...
Bradypus variegatus LC
- Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth
- Genus: Bradypus
- Family: MegalonychidaeMegalonychidaeMegalonychidae is a group of sloths including the extinct Megalonyx and the living two toed sloths. Megalonychids first appeared in the early Oligocene, about 35 million years ago, in southern Argentina , and spread as far as the Antilles by the early Miocene...
(two-toed sloths)- Genus: Choloepus
- Hoffmann's Two-toed SlothHoffmann's Two-toed SlothHoffmann's two-toed sloth is a species of sloth from Central and South America. It is a solitary nocturnal and arboreal animal, found in mature and secondary rainforests and deciduous forests...
Choloepus hoffmanni LC
- Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth
- Genus: Choloepus
- Family: Bradypodidae (three-toed sloths)
- Suborder: Vermilingua
- Family: CyclopedidaeCyclopedidaeCyclopedidae is a family of anteaters that includes the silky anteater and its extinct relatives....
- Genus: CyclopesCyclopesCyclopes may refer to:*The genus Cyclopes, of which the Silky Anteater is the only known species*The plural form of Cyclops, a one-eyed monster from Greek mythology...
- Silky AnteaterSilky AnteaterThe Silky Anteater or Pygmy Anteater is a species of anteater from Central and South America, ranging from extreme southern Mexico south to Brazil Delta Amacuro Venezuela and possibly Paraguay...
Cyclopes didactylus LC
- Silky Anteater
- Genus: Cyclopes
- Family: MyrmecophagidaeMyrmecophagidaeMyrmecophagidae is a family of anteaters, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek words for 'ant' and 'eat' . Myrmecophagids are native to Central and South America, from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. There are 2 genera and 3 species in the family, consisting of the Giant Anteater,...
(American anteaters)- Genus: Myrmecophaga
- Giant AnteaterGiant AnteaterThe Giant Anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla, is the largest species of anteater. It is the only species in the genus Myrmecophaga. It is found in Central and South America from Honduras to northern Argentina...
Myrmecophaga tridactyla NT
- Giant Anteater
- Genus: TamanduaTamanduaTamandua is a genus of anteaters. It has two members: the Southern Tamandua and the Northern Tamandua . They live in forests and grasslands, are semi-arboreal, and possess partially prehensile tails. They mainly eat ants and termites, but they occasionally eat bees, beetles, and insect larvae...
- Southern TamanduaSouthern TamanduaThe southern tamandua, also called a collared anteater, or lesser anteater , is a species of anteater from South America. It is a solitary animal, found in many habitats from mature to highly disturbed secondary forests and arid savannas. It feeds on ants, termites and bees...
Tamandua tetradactyla LC
- Southern Tamandua
- Genus: Myrmecophaga
- Family: Cyclopedidae
Order: Primates
----Lemur
Lemurs are a clade of strepsirrhine primates endemic to the island of Madagascar. They are named after the lemures of Roman mythology due to the ghostly vocalizations, reflective eyes, and the nocturnal habits of some species...
s, monkey
Monkey
A monkey is a primate, either an Old World monkey or a New World monkey. There are about 260 known living species of monkey. Many are arboreal, although there are species that live primarily on the ground, such as baboons. Monkeys are generally considered to be intelligent. Unlike apes, monkeys...
s, and ape
Ape
Apes are Old World anthropoid mammals, more specifically a clade of tailless catarrhine primates, belonging to the biological superfamily Hominoidea. The apes are native to Africa and South-east Asia, although in relatively recent times humans have spread all over the world...
s, with the latter category including humans. It is divided informally into three main groupings: prosimian
Prosimian
Prosimians are a grouping of mammals defined as being primates, but not monkeys or apes. They include, among others, lemurs, bushbabies, and tarsiers. They are considered to have characteristics that are more primitive than those of monkeys and apes. Prosimians are the only primates native to...
s, monkeys of the New World
New World monkey
New World monkeys are the five families of primates that are found in Central and South America: Callitrichidae, Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae, and Atelidae. The five families are ranked together as the Platyrrhini parvorder and the Ceboidea superfamily, which are essentially synonymous since...
, and monkeys and apes of the Old World
Catarrhini
Catarrhini is one of the two subdivisions of the higher primates . It contains the Old World monkeys and the apes, which in turn are further divided into the lesser apes or gibbons and the great apes, consisting of the orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, and humans...
.
- Suborder: HaplorrhiniHaplorrhiniThe haplorhines, the "dry-nosed" primates , are members of the Haplorhini clade: the prosimian tarsiers and the anthropoids...
- Infraorder: Simiiformes
- Parvorder: Platyrrhini (New World monkeys)
- Family: CebidaeCebidaeThe Cebidae is one of the five families of New World monkeys now recognised. It includes the capuchin monkeys and squirrel monkeys. These species are found throughout tropical and subtropical South and Central America.-Characteristics:...
- Subfamily: CallitrichinaeCallitrichinaeThe Callitrichidae is one of five families of New World monkeys. The family includes several genera, including the marmosets, tamarins, and lion tamarins...
- Genus: CallithrixCallithrixCallithrix is a genus of New World Monkeys of the family Callitrichidae, the family containing marmosets and tamarins. The genus contains the Atlantic forest marmosets. The genera Mico and Callibella were formerly considered a subgenus of the genus Callithrix...
- Pygmy MarmosetPygmy MarmosetThe pygmy marmoset or dwarf monkey is a New World monkey native to the rainforest canopies of western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, and northern Bolivia. It is one of the smallest primates, and the smallest true monkey, with its body length ranging from...
Cebuella pygmaea LC
- Pygmy Marmoset
- Genus: Saguinus
- Brown-mantled TamarinBrown-mantled TamarinThe brown-mantled tamarin , also known as the saddleback tamarin or the Andean saddle-back tamarin, is a species of tamarin from South America...
Saguinus fuscicollis LC - Emperor TamarinEmperor TamarinThe Emperor Tamarin is a tamarin allegedly named for its resemblance to the German emperor Wilhelm II. It lives in the southwest Amazon Basin, in east Peru, north Bolivia and in the west Brazilian states of Acre and Amazonas....
Saguinus imperator LC - White-lipped TamarinWhite-lipped TamarinThe white-lipped tamarin , also known as the red-bellied tamarin, is a tamarin which lives in the Amazon area of Brazil and Bolivia....
Saguinus labiatus LC
- Brown-mantled Tamarin
- Genus: Callimico
- Goeldi's MarmosetGoeldi's MarmosetGoeldi's marmoset or Goeldi's monkey is a small, South American New World monkey that lives in the upper Amazon Basin region of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru...
Callimico goeldii NT
- Goeldi's Marmoset
- Genus: Callithrix
- Subfamily: Cebinae
- Genus: CebusCEBusCEBus, short for Consumer Electronics Bus, also known as EIA-600, is a set of electrical standards and communication protocols for electronic devices to transmit commands and data...
- White-fronted CapuchinWhite-fronted CapuchinThe white-fronted capuchin, Cebus albifrons, is a species of capuchin monkey, a type of New World primate, found in seven different countries in South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Trinidad and Tobago...
Cebus albifrons LC
- White-fronted Capuchin
- Genus: Saimiri
- Black-capped Squirrel MonkeyBlack-capped Squirrel MonkeyThe black-capped squirrel monkey is a South American squirrel monkey, found in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru. This South American monkey can be found at the Ellen Trout Zoo.-Subspecies:...
Saimiri boliviensis LC
- Black-capped Squirrel Monkey
- Genus: Cebus
- Subfamily: Callitrichinae
- Family: Aotidae
- Genus: Aotus
- Azara's Night MonkeyAzara's Night MonkeyAzara's night monkey, Aotus azarae, is a night monkey species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Peru and Paraguay. It is named after Spanish naturalist Félix de Azara.There are three subspecies of this monkey:...
Aotus azarae LC - Black-headed Night MonkeyBlack-headed Night MonkeyThe Black-headed night monkey is a night monkey species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Peru.-References:...
Aotus nigriceps LC
- Azara's Night Monkey
- Genus: Aotus
- Family: PitheciidaePitheciidaeThe Pitheciidae are one of the five families of New World monkeys now recognised. Formerly they were included in the family Atelidae. The family includes the titis, saki monkeys and uakaris...
- Subfamily: Callicebinae
- Genus: Callicebus
- Brown TitiBrown TitiThe brown titi, Callicebus brunneus, is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey, from South America. It is found in Brazil, Peru and Bolivia.-External links:*...
Callicebus brunneus LC - White-eared TitiWhite-eared TitiThe white-eared titi, Callicebus donacophilus, also known as the Bolivian titi or Bolivian gray titi, is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey, from eastern Bolivia and a small area of Brazil. The species has a range that extends east from the Manique River in Beni Department, Bolivia to...
Callicebus donacophilus LC - Rio Beni TitiRio Beni TitiRio Beni titi, Callicebus modestus, is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Bolivia.-References:...
Callicebus modestus VU - Ollala Brothers' TitiOllala Brothers' TitiThe Ollala Brothers' titi, Callicebus olallae, is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Bolivia.-References:...
Callicebus olallae VU - White-coated TitiWhite-coated TitiThe white-coated titi, Callicebus pallescens, is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey, from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay.-External links:*...
Callicebus pallescens LC
- Brown Titi
- Genus: Callicebus
- Subfamily: PitheciinaePitheciinaePitheciinae is a subfamily of the New World monkey family Pitheciidae. It contains three genera and 9 species. Pitheciines are forest dwellers from northern and central South America, east of the Andes....
- Genus: Pithecia
- Rio Tapajós SakiRio Tapajós SakiThe Rio Tapajós saki is a species of saki monkey, a type of New World monkey, from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru....
Pithecia irrorata LC
- Rio Tapajós Saki
- Genus: Pithecia
- Subfamily: Callicebinae
- Family: AtelidaeAtelidaeAtelidae is one of the five families of New World monkeys now recognised. It was formerly included in the family Cebidae. Atelids are generally larger monkeys; the family includes the howler, spider, woolly and woolly spider monkeys...
- Subfamily: Alouattinae
- Genus: Alouatta
- Black HowlerBlack HowlerThe Black howler is a species of howler monkey, a large New World monkey, from northeast Argentina, east Bolivia, east and south Brazil and Paraguay. Together with the brown howler, it is the southernmost member of the Alouatta genus. Only the adult male is black; adult females and juveniles of...
Alouatta caraya LC - Bolivian Red HowlerBolivian Red HowlerThe Bolivian red howler is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Bolivia.-External links:* *...
Alouatta sara LC - Venezuelan Red HowlerVenezuelan Red HowlerThe Venezuelan red howler is a South American species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey. It is found in the western Amazon Basin in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil...
Alouatta seniculus LC
- Black Howler
- Genus: Alouatta
- Subfamily: AtelinaeAtelinaeAtelinae is a subfamily of New World monkeys in the family Atelidae, and includes the various spider and woolly monkeys. The primary distinguishing feature of the atelines is their long prehensile tail which can support their entire body weight....
- Genus: Ateles
- Peruvian Spider MonkeyPeruvian Spider MonkeyThe Peruvian spider monkey is a species of spider monkey that lives not only in Peru, but also in Brazil and Bolivia. At two feet long, they are relatively large among species of monkey, and their strong, prehensile tails can be up to three feet long. Unlike many species of monkey, they have...
Ateles chamek LC
- Peruvian Spider Monkey
- Genus: Lagothrix
- Gray Woolly MonkeyGray Woolly MonkeyThe gray woolly monkey, Lagothrix cana, is a woolly monkey species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru....
Lagothrix cana NT - Brown Woolly MonkeyBrown Woolly MonkeyThe brown woolly monkey or common woolly monkey or Humboldt's Woolly Monkey is a woolly monkey from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. It lives in groups of 2 to 70 individuals, usually splitting the group into smaller subgroups while in activity.Many published sources give the systematic name as L...
Lagothrix lagothricha LR/lc
- Gray Woolly Monkey
- Genus: Ateles
- Subfamily: Alouattinae
- Family: Cebidae
- Parvorder: Platyrrhini (New World monkeys)
- Infraorder: Simiiformes
Order: RodentRodentRodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
ia (rodents)
----Incisor
Incisors are the first kind of tooth in heterodont mammals. They are located in the premaxilla above and mandible below.-Function:...
s in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara
Capybara
The capybara , also known as capivara in Portuguese, and capibara, chigüire in Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador ronsoco in Peru, chigüiro, and carpincho in Spanish, is the largest living rodent in the world. Its closest relatives are agouti, chinchillas, coyphillas, and guinea pigs...
can weigh up to 45 kg (100 lb).
- Suborder: HystricomorphaHystricomorphaThe term Hystricomorpha has had many definitions throughout its history. In the broadest sense it refers to any rodent with a hystricomorphous zygomasseteric system. This includes the Hystricognathi, Ctenodactylidae, Anomaluridae, and Pedetidae...
- Family: Erethizontidae (New World porcupines)
- Subfamily: Erethizontinae
- Genus: Coendou
- Bicolor-spined Porcupine Coendou bicolor LR/lc
- Brazilian PorcupineBrazilian PorcupineThe Brazilian Porcupine is a porcupine found in Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, the Guyanas, Bolivia and Trinidad, with a single record from Ecuador. It inhabits tropical forests at elevations up to 1500 m....
Coendou prehensilis LR/lc
- Genus: Coendou
- Subfamily: Erethizontinae
- Family: ChinchillidaeChinchillidaeThe family Chinchillidae contains the chinchillas, viscachas, and their fossil relatives. They are restricted to southern and western South America, often in association with the Andes. They are large rodents, weighing from to , with strong hind legs and large ears...
(viscachas and chinchillas)- Genus: ChinchillaChinchillaChinchillas are crepuscular rodents, slightly larger and more robust than ground squirrels, and are native to the Andes mountains in South America. Along with their relatives, viscachas, they make up the family Chinchillidae....
- Short-tailed ChinchillaShort-tailed ChinchillaThe short-tailed chinchilla , also called the Bolivian, Peruvian, and Royal chinchilla, is an endangered species of rodent. Their original range included the Andes Mountains of Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Bolivia...
Chinchilla brevicaudata CR
- Short-tailed Chinchilla
- Genus: LagidiumLagidiumLagidium is a genus of rodent in the family Chinchillidae.It contains the following species:* Northern Viscacha * Southern Viscacha * Wolffsohn's Viscacha...
- Southern ViscachaSouthern ViscachaThe Southern Viscacha is a species of rodent in the family Chinchillidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru....
Lagidium viscacia DD
- Southern Viscacha
- Genus: LagostomusLagostomusLagostomus is a South American genus of rodents in the family Chinchillidae. It contains a single living species, the plains viscacha, and it is the only recent genus in the subfamily Lagostominae....
- Plains ViscachaPlains ViscachaThe Plains Viscacha or plains vizcacha is a species of rodent in the Chinchillidae family. It is the only living species within the genus Lagostomus. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. The plains viscacha is the largest species of the family Chinchillidae...
Lagostomus maximus LR/lc
- Plains Viscacha
- Genus: Chinchilla
- Family: DinomyidaeDinomyidaeDinomyidae was once a very speciose group of South American hystricognath rodent, but now contains only a single living species, the Pacarana. The Dinomyidae included among its ranks the largest rodents known to date, the bison-sized Josephoartigasia monesi and the smaller Josephoartigasia magna...
(pacarana)- Genus: Dinomys
- PacaranaPacaranaThe Pacarana is a rare and slow-moving nocturnal rodent found only in tropical forests of the western Amazon River basin and adjacent foothills of the Andes Mountains from northwestern Venezuela and Colombia to western Bolivia, including the yungas. One place that it is common is Cotapata National...
Dinomys branickii EN
- Pacarana
- Genus: Dinomys
- Family: CaviidaeCaviidaeThe cavy family is a family of rodents native to South America, and including the domestic guinea pig, wild cavies, and the capybara, among other animals...
(guinea pigs)- Subfamily: CaviinaeCaviinaeCaviinae is a subfamily uniting all living members of the family Caviidae with the exception of the maras, capybaras and Kerodon. The subfamily traditionally contained the guinea pig-like forms along with the cursorially adapted Kerodon...
- Genus: CaviaCaviaCavia is a genus in the subfamily Caviinae that contains the rodents commonly known as guinea pigs. The best-known species in this genus is the domestic guinea pig, Cavia porcellus, an important meat animal in South America and a common household pet in the West.-Taxonomic controversy:Cavia are...
- Montane Guinea PigMontane Guinea PigThe Montane Guinea Pig, Cavia tschudii, is a guinea pig species from South America. It is found in Peru.Peruvian wild guinea pigs were first described by E. T. Bennett in 1835, who termed them Cavia cutleri...
Cavia tschudii LR/lc
- Montane Guinea Pig
- Genus: GaleaGalea (genus)Galea is a genus of South American rodents of the family Caviidae. Four species are known, found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru and Brazil. They are as follows:* Brandt's Yellow-toothed Cavy...
- Common Yellow-toothed CavyCommon Yellow-toothed CavyThe common yellow-toothed cavy is a species of rodent in the family Caviidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. It's karyotype has 2n = 68 and FN = 136....
Galea musteloides LR/lc - Spix's Yellow-toothed CavySpix's Yellow-toothed CavySpix's Yellow-toothed Cavy, Galea spixii, is a cavy species from South America. It is found in Bolivia east of the Andes and much of south central to northeastern Brazil. The species is found in open savanna and semiarid habitats, such as the Cerrado and Caatinga. It's karyotype has 2n = 64 and FN...
Galea spixii LR/lc
- Common Yellow-toothed Cavy
- Genus: MicrocaviaMicrocaviaMicrocavia is a rodent genus in the family Caviidae.It contains the following species:* Southern Mountain Cavy, Microcavia australis* Andean Mountain Cavy, Microcavia niata...
- Southern Mountain CavySouthern Mountain CavyThe southern mountain cavy is a species of rodent in the family Caviidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile....
Microcavia australis LR/lc - Andean Mountain CavyAndean Mountain CavyThe Andean Mountain Cavy is a species of rodent in the family Caviidae. It is found in Bolivia and Chile....
Microcavia niata LR/lc
- Southern Mountain Cavy
- Genus: Cavia
- Subfamily: Dolichotinae
- Genus: Dolichotis
- Chacoan MaraChacoan MaraThe Chacoan Mara, Dolichotis salinicola, is a relatively large rodent from South America of the cavy family. They are a close relative of the better known Patagonian Mara.-Habitat:...
Dolichotis salinicola LR/nt
- Chacoan Mara
- Genus: Dolichotis
- Subfamily: Caviinae
- Family: DasyproctidaeDasyproctidaeDasyproctidae is a family of large South American rodents, comprising the agoutis and acouchis. Their fur is a reddish or dark colour above, with a paler underside. They are herbivorous, often feeding on ripe fruit that falls from trees...
(agoutis and pacas)- Genus: Dasyprocta
- Central American AgoutiCentral American AgoutiThe Central American Agouti is an agouti species from the family Dasyproctidae. The species is widespread in Mesoamerica and South America. The northern section of the range occurs from Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula to northern Ecuador and Colombia and western Venezuela...
Dasyprocta punctata LR/lc
- Central American Agouti
- Genus: Dasyprocta
- Family: CuniculidaePacaThe Lowland Paca , also known as the Spotted Paca, is a large rodent found in tropical and sub-tropical America, from East-Central Mexico to Northern Argentina...
- Genus: CuniculusPacaThe Lowland Paca , also known as the Spotted Paca, is a large rodent found in tropical and sub-tropical America, from East-Central Mexico to Northern Argentina...
- Lowland Paca Cuniculus paca LC
- Mountain PacaMountain PacaThe Mountain Paca is a small burrow-dwelling rodent whose habitats are high altitude South American forests. Pacas are nocturnal, sedentary, and solitary animals with territorial tendencies. It eats mostly fruits and seeds...
Cuniculus taczanowskii LR/nt
- Genus: Cuniculus
- Family: Ctenomyidae
- Genus: Ctenomys
- Bolivian Tuco-tucoBolivian Tuco-tucoThe Bolivian Tuco-tuco is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay....
Ctenomys boliviensis LR/lc - Conover's Tuco-tucoConover's Tuco-tucoConover's Tuco-tuco is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay....
Ctenomys conoveri LR/lc - Forest Tuco-tucoForest tuco-tucoThe forest tuco-tuco is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to Salta and southeast Jujuy Provinces in northwest Argentina....
Ctenomys frater LR/lc - White-toothed Tuco-tucoWhite-toothed Tuco-tucoThe white-toothed tuco-tuco is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.It is found in Bolivia and Peru....
Ctenomys leucodon LR/lc - Lewis's Tuco-tucoLewis's Tuco-tucoLewis's Tuco-tuco is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.It is endemic to Bolivia....
Ctenomys lewisi LR/lc - Highland Tuco-tucoHighland Tuco-tucoThe Highland Tuco-tuco is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru....
Ctenomys opimus LR/lc - Steinbach's Tuco-tucoSteinbach's Tuco-tucoSteinbach's Tuco-tuco is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to Bolivia. The species is named after zoological collector Dr. José Steinbach ....
Ctenomys steinbachi LR/lc
- Bolivian Tuco-tuco
- Genus: Ctenomys
- Family: OctodontidaeOctodontidaeThe Octodontidae are a family of rodents, restricted to south-western South America. Thirteen species of octodontid are recognised, arranged in nine genera. The best known species is the Degu, Octodon degus....
- Genus: Octodontomys
- Mountain DeguMountain DeguThe Mountain Degu is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae. It is monotypic within the genus Octodontomys. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile....
Octodontomys gliroides LR/lc
- Mountain Degu
- Genus: Octodontomys
- Family: Abrocomidae
- Genus: AbrocomaAbrocomaAbrocoma is a genus of abrocomid rodents found in the Andes of South America, from southern Peru to central Chile. The genus contains eight species, most of which are found in isolated mountain ranges in northwestern Argentina.- Species :...
- Bolivian Chincilla Rat Abrocoma boliviensis VU
- Ashy Chinchilla RatAshy Chinchilla RatThe Ashy Chinchilla Rat is a species of chinchilla rat in the family Abrocomidae.They are found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.-Description:...
Abrocoma cinerea LR/lc
- Genus: Abrocoma
- Family: Echimyidae
- Subfamily: Dactylomyinae
- Genus: DactylomysDactylomysDactylomys is the genus of South American bamboo rats or coro-coros. Coro-coros are arboreal members of the family Echimyidae. This genus contains three species....
- Bolivian Bamboo RatBolivian Bamboo RatThe Bolivian Bamboo Rat, Dactylomys boliviensis, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru.-References:*...
Dactylomys boliviensis LR/lc - Amazon Bamboo RatAmazon bamboo ratFor Asian bamboo rats , see Bamboo rat.The Amazon bamboo rat is a species of spiny rat from the Amazon Basin of South America. It is also referred to as coro-coro, Toró, Rato-do-Bambú, or Rata del Bambú in different parts of its range...
Dactylomys dactylinus LC - Peruvian Bamboo Rat Dactylomys peruanus DD
- Bolivian Bamboo Rat
- Genus: Dactylomys
- Subfamily: Eumysopinae
- Genus: MesomysMesomysMesomys is a genus of South American spiny rats in the family Echimyidae....
- Spiny Tree RatSpiny Tree RatFerreira's Spiny Tree-rat, Mesomys hispidus, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guyana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.-References:*...
Mesomys hispidus LR/lc
- Spiny Tree Rat
- Genus: ProechimysProechimysProechimys is a genus of South American spiny rats of the family Echimyidae....
- Bolivian Spiny Rat Proechimys bolivianus LR/lc
- Huallaga Spiny RatHuallaga Spiny RatThe Short-tailed Spiny-rat, Proechimys brevicauda, or Huallaga Spiny Rat, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.-References:*...
Proechimys brevicauda LR/lc - Long-tailed Spiny RatLong-tailed Spiny RatThe Long-tailed Spiny-rat, Proechimys longicaudatus, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Peru and Paraguay.-References:*...
Proechimys longicaudatus LR/lc - Simon's Spiny RatSimon's Spiny RatSimon's Spiny-rat, Proechimys simonsi, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.-References:*...
Proechimys simonsi LR/lc - Steere's Spiny RatSteere's Spiny RatSteere's Spiny-rat, Proechimys steerei, is a spiny rat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru.-References:*...
Proechimys steerei LR/lc
- Genus: Mesomys
- Subfamily: Dactylomyinae
- Family: Myocastoridae (coypus)
- Genus: Myocastor
- CoypuCoypuThe coypu , , also known as the river rat, and nutria, is a large, herbivorous, semiaquatic rodent and the only member of the family Myocastoridae. Originally native to subtropical and temperate South America, it has since been introduced to North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, primarily by...
Myocastor coypus LR/lc
- Coypu
- Genus: Myocastor
- Family: Erethizontidae (New World porcupines)
- Suborder: SciurognathiSciurognathiSciurognathi is a suborder of rodents that includes squirrels, chipmunks, beavers, and many types of mice. The group is characterized by a specific shape to the lower jaw. In sciurognaths, the angular process of the jaw is in the same plane as the root of the incisors...
- Family: Sciuridae (squirrels)
- Subfamily: SciurinaeSciurinaeThe Sciurinae is a subfamily of squirrels in the . It unites the flying squirrels with certain related tree squirrels. Older sources place the flying squirrels in a separate subfamily and unite all remaining sciurids into the subfamily Sciurinae, but this has been strongly refuted by genetic...
- Tribe: SciuriniSciuriniSciurini is a tribe that includes about forty species of squirrels, mostly from the Americas. It includes five living genera—the American dwarf squirrels, Microsciurus; the Bornean Rheithrosciurus; the widespread American and Eurasian tree squirrels of the genus Sciurus, which includes some of the...
- Genus: SciurusSciurusThe genus Sciurus contains most of the common, bushy-tailed squirrels in North America, Europe, temperate Asia, Central America and South America.-Species:There are 30 species.Genus Sciurus - Tree squirrels*Subgenus Sciurus...
- Bolivian SquirrelBolivian SquirrelThe Bolivian squirrel is a tree squirrel in the family Sciuridae endemic to South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Peru at elevations up to in the Andes region.-References:...
Sciurus ignitus LR/lc - Southern Amazon Red SquirrelSouthern Amazon Red SquirrelThe Southern Amazon Red Squirrel, Sciurus spadiceus, is a squirrel species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.This species is fairly large in size and has a reddish brown pelage.-References:...
Sciurus spadiceus LR/lc
- Bolivian Squirrel
- Genus: Sciurus
- Tribe: Sciurini
- Subfamily: Sciurinae
- Family: CricetidaeCricetidaeThe Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, and New World rats and mice...
- Subfamily: SigmodontinaeSigmodontinaeThe subfamily Sigmodontinae is one of the most diverse groups of mammals. It includes New World rats and mice, with at least 376 species. Many authorities include the Neotominae and Tylomyinae as part of a larger definition of Sigmodontinae. When those genera are included, the species count...
- Genus: AkodonAkodonAkodon is a genus consisting of South American grass mice. They mostly occur south of the Amazon Basin and along the Andes north to Venezuela, but are absent from much of the basin itself, the far south of the continent, and the lowlands west of the Andes. Akodon is one of the most species-rich...
- Highland Grass MouseHighland Grass MouseAkodon aerosus, also known as the Highland Grass Mouse or Yungas Akodont, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in the eastern Andes from eastern Ecuador through Peru into central Bolivia.-Literature cited:...
Akodon aerosus LR/lc - White-bellied Grass MouseWhite-bellied Grass MouseAkodon albiventer, also known as the White-bellied Grass Mouse or White-bellied Akodont, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae...
Akodon albiventer LR/lc - Azara's Grass MouseAzara's Grass MouseAkodon azarae, also known as Azara's Akodont or Azara's Grass Mouse, is a rodent species from South America. It is found from southernmost Brazil through Paraguay and Uruguay into eastern Argentina. It is named after Spanish naturalist Félix de Azara.-Literature cited:*D'Elia, G. and Pardinas, U....
Akodon azarae LR/lc - Bolivian Grass MouseBolivian Grass MouseAkodon boliviensis, also known as the Bolivian Grass Mouse or Bolivian Akodont, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in the Andes from southeastern Peru through Bolivia into northwestern Argentina.-Literature cited:...
Akodon boliviensis LR/lc - Day's Grass MouseDay's Grass MouseDay's Grass Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found only in Bolivia....
Akodon dayi LR/lc - Smoky Grass MouseSmoky Grass MouseThe Smoky Grass Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia and Peru....
Akodon fumeus LR/lc - Thespian Grass MouseThespian Grass MouseThe Thespian Grass Mouse or Hocicudo-like Akodont is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Bolivia and Peru....
Akodon mimus LR/lc - Altiplano Grass MouseAltiplano Grass MouseThe Altiplano Grass Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Bolivia, and Peru.-References:...
Akodon puer LR/lc - Cochabamba Grass MouseCochabamba Grass MouseThe Cochabamba Grass Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found only in Bolivia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-Source:...
Akodon siberiae VU - White-throated Grass MouseWhite-throated Grass MouseThe White-throated or Grey-bellied Grass Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Argentina and Bolivia.-References:...
Akodon simulator LR/lc - Puno Grass MousePuno Grass MouseThe Puno Grass Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Bolivia and Peru.-References:...
Akodon subfuscus LR/lc - Chaco Grass MouseChaco Grass MouseThe Chaco Grass Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay.-References:...
Akodon toba LR/lc - Variable Grass MouseVariable Grass MouseThe Variable Grass Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is known only from Bolivia, where it is found at elevations from 400 to 3000 m.-References:...
Akodon varius LR/lc
- Highland Grass Mouse
- Genus: AndalgalomysAndalgalomysAndalgalomys is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It contains the following species:* Olrog's Chaco Mouse * Pearson's Chaco Mouse * Roig's Chaco Mouse...
- Pearson's Chaco MousePearson's Chaco MousePearson's Chaco Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Bolivia and Paraguay.-References:...
Andalgalomys pearsoni LR/lc
- Pearson's Chaco Mouse
- Genus: Andinomys
- Andean MouseAndean MouseThe Andean Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus Andinomys.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.-References:...
Andinomys edax LR/lc
- Andean Mouse
- Genus: AuliscomysAuliscomysAuliscomys is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It contains the following species:* Bolivian Big-eared Mouse * Painted Big-eared Mouse * Andean Big-eared Mouse...
- Bolivian Big-eared MouseBolivian Big-eared MouseThe Bolivian Big-eared Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Bolivia, Chile, and Peru....
Auliscomys boliviensis LR/lc - Painted Big-eared MousePainted Big-eared MouseThe Painted Big-eared Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru, and possibly Chile....
Auliscomys pictus LR/lc - Andean Big-eared MouseAndean Big-eared MouseThe Andean Big-eared Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.-References:* Baillie, J. 1996. . Downloaded on 9 July 2007....
Auliscomys sublimis LR/lc
- Bolivian Big-eared Mouse
- Genus: Bolomys
- Pleasant Bolo MousePleasant Bolo MouseThe Pleasant Bolo Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru.-References:* Baillie, J. 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
Bolomys amoenus LR/lc - Rufous-bellied Bolo MouseRufous-bellied Bolo MouseThe Rufous-bellied Bolo Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Argentina and Bolivia.-References:* Dunnum, J., Vargas, J., Bernal, N. & Jayat, J.P. 2008. . Downloaded on 18 April 2009....
Bolomys lactens LR/lc - Hairy-tailed Bolo MouseHairy-tailed Bolo MouseThe Hairy-tailed Bolo Mouse, Necromys lasiurus, is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay.-References:*...
Bolomys lasiurus LR/lc
- Pleasant Bolo Mouse
- Genus: Calomys
- Bolivian Vesper MouseBolivian Vesper MouseThe Bolivian Vesper Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia and perhaps Peru....
Calomys boliviae LR/lc - Large Vesper MouseLarge Vesper MouseThe Large Vesper Mouse, Calomys callosus, is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay.It is particularly notable as the vector of Bolivian hemorrhagic fever....
Calomys callosus LR/lc - Small Vesper MouseSmall Vesper MouseThe Small Vesper Mouse, Calomys laucha, is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It is one of the hosts of hantavirus, causing Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome...
Calomys laucha LR/lc - Andean Vesper MouseAndean Vesper MouseThe Andean Vesper Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.-References:* Baillie, J. 1996. . Downloaded on 9 July 2007....
Calomys lepidus LR/lc
- Bolivian Vesper Mouse
- Genus: Chinchillula
- Altiplano Chincilla Mouse Chinchillula sahamae LR/lc
- Genus: Chroeomys
- Andean Altiplano MouseAndean Altiplano MouseAbrothrix andinus, also known as the Andean Altiplano Mouse or Andean Akodont, is a species of rodent in the genus Abrothrix of family Cricetidae. It is found in the altiplano habitat of the Andes from central Peru through Bolivia south to Argentina and Chile.-Literature cited:*Musser, G.G. and...
Chroeomys andinus LR/lc - Jelski's Altiplano MouseJelski's Altiplano MouseAbrothrix jelskii, also known as Jelski's Altiplano Mouse, Jelski's Grass Mouse, or the Ornate Akodont, is a species of rodent in the genus Abrothrix of family Cricetidae. It is found in the altiplano habitat of the Andes from central Peru through Bolivia into northwestern Argentina. Populations...
Chroeomys jelskii LR/lc
- Andean Altiplano Mouse
- Genus: EligmodontiaEligmodontiaThe genus Eligmodontia consists of five or six species of South American sigmodontine mice restricted to Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. Species of Eligmodontia occur along the eastern side of the Andes Mountains, in Patagonia, and in the Chaco thorn forest of South America. They can be found in...
- Andean Gerbil MouseAndean Gerbil MouseThe Andean Gerbil Mouse or Altiplano Laucha is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.-References:* Baillie, J. 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
Eligmodontia puerulus LR/lc
- Andean Gerbil Mouse
- Genus: Galenomys
- Gerlepp's Mouse Galenomys garleppi LR/lc
- Genus: GraomysGraomysGraomys is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It contains the following species:* Central Leaf-eared Mouse * Pale Leaf-eared Mouse * Edith's Leaf-eared Mouse...
- Pale Leaf-eared MousePale Leaf-Eared MouseThe Pale Leaf-eared Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Argentina and Bolivia.-References:* Baillie, J. 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
Graomys domorum LR/lc - Gray Leaf-eared MouseGray Leaf-eared MouseThe Gray Leaf-eared Mouse, Graomys griseoflavus, is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay; its habitat includes the Gran Chaco.-References:*...
Graomys griseoflavus LR/lc
- Pale Leaf-eared Mouse
- Genus: HolochilusHolochilusHolochilus is a genus of semiaquatic rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae, sometimes called marsh rats. It contains three living species, Holochilus brasiliensis, Holochilus chacarius, and Holochilus sciureus, which are widely distributed in South America east of the Andes, and a...
- Wagner's Marsh RatWagner's Marsh RatHolochilus sciureus, also known as the Amazonian Marsh Rat, the Common Marsh Rat, or simply the Marsh Rat, is a rodent species from South America. It is found close to rivers in lowland tropical rainforest in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and...
Holochilus sciureus LR/lc
- Wagner's Marsh Rat
- Genus: KunsiaKunsiaKunsia is the genus of giant rats. There are two South American species, both of which are classified as vulnerable by IUCN:*K. fronto *K. tomentosus...
- Woolly Giant RatWoolly Giant RatThe Woolly Giant Rat, Kunsia tomentosus, is a burrowing rodent species from South America. It is found in wet grasslands in Bolivia and Brazil, where it feeds on roots and grasses. They prefer elevations from sea level to about one thousand metres above sea level. They create burrows in which to...
Kunsia tomentosus VU
- Woolly Giant Rat
- Genus: Lenoxus
- Andean RatAndean RatThe Andean Rat is the only species in the genus Lenoxus. It is a rodent in the tribe Akodontini found on the eastern slopes of the Andes of eastern Peru and western Bolivia....
Lenoxus apicalis LR/nt
- Andean Rat
- Genus: MicroryzomysMicroryzomysMicroryzomys is a genus of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. It is closely related to Oreoryzomys, Oligoryzomys, and Neacomys. It contains two species, both restricted to the Andes: Microryzomys altissimus and Microryzomys minutus.-Literature cited:*Musser, G.G. and Carleton,...
- Forest Small Rice RatForest Small Rice RatMicroryzomys minutus, also known as the Montane Colilargo or the Forest Small Rice Rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Microryzomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, but these populations may in fact represent more than one...
Microryzomys minutus LR/lc
- Forest Small Rice Rat
- Genus: NeacomysNeacomysThe genus Neacomys, also known as bristly mice because of their spiny fur, includes several species of rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. It is most closely related to Oligoryzomys, Oreoryzomys, and Microryzomys. Neacomys species are mainly found in Amazonia, but N. pictus occurs...
- Northern Bristly MouseNorthern Bristly MouseNeacomys spinosus, also known as the Common Neacomys, Common Bristly Mouse, or Bristly Mouse, is a nocturnal rodent species from South America in the genus Neacomys. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, where it often lives in transition areas between lowland forest and open...
Neacomys spinosus LR/lc
- Northern Bristly Mouse
- Genus: Neotomys
- Andean Swamp RatAndean Swamp RatThe Andean Swamp Rat is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus Neotomys.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.-References:...
Neotomys ebriosus LR/lc
- Andean Swamp Rat
- Genus: OecomysOecomysOecomys is a genus of rodent within the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. It contains about 17 species, which live in trees and are distributed across forested parts of South America, extending into Panama and Trinidad.-Literature cited:...
- Bicolored Arboreal Rice RatBicolored Arboreal Rice RatOecomys bicolor, also known as the White-bellied Oecomys or Bicolored Arboreal Rice Rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Oecomys of family Cricetidae...
Oecomys bicolor LR/lc - Unicolored Arboreal Rice RatUnicolored Arboreal Rice RatOecomys concolor, also known as the Unicolored Oecomys, Unicolored Rice Rat, or Unicolored Arboreal Rice Rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Oecomys of family Cricetidae...
Oecomys concolor LR/lc - Mamore Arboreal Rice RatMamore Arboreal Rice RatOecomys mamorae, also known as the Mamore Oecomys or Mamore Arboreal Rice Rat, is an arboreal species of rodent in the genus Oecomys of family Cricetidae. Its distribution extends over much of Bolivia and into nearby Brazil and Paraguay. Although Oecomys has been recorded from Argentina, it is...
Oecomys mamorae LR/lc - Robert's Arboreal Rice RatRobert's Arboreal Rice RatOecomys roberti, also known as Robert's Oecomys or Robert's Arboreal Rice Rat, is a rodent species from South America in the genus Oecomys. It has a broad distribution in Amazonia, being found in Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.-Literature cited:*Costa, L.,...
Oecomys roberti LR/lc
- Bicolored Arboreal Rice Rat
- Genus: OligoryzomysOligoryzomysOligoryzomys is a genus of rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. Many species are known as pygmy rice rats or colilargos...
- Andean Pygmy Rice RatAndean Pygmy Rice RatOligoryzomys andinus, also known as the Andean Colilargo or Andean Pygmy Rice Rat, is a species of rodent in genus Oligoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in the Andes of southern Peru and western Bolivia, but may in fact include more than one species.-Literature cited:*Musser, G.G. and...
Oligoryzomys andinus LR/lc - Chacoan Pygmy Rice RatChacoan Pygmy Rice RatOligoryzomys chacoensis, also known as the Chacoan Colilargo or Chacoan Pygmy Rice Rat, is a rodent species from South America. It is found in the Gran Chaco region of southeastern Bolivia, southwestern Brazil, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina.It is one of the hosts of the Hantavirus serotype...
Oligoryzomys chacoensis LR/lc - Destructive Pygmy Rice RatDestructive Pygmy Rice RatOligoryzomys destructor, also known as Tschudi's Colilargo or the Destructive Pygmy Rice Rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Oligoryzomys of family Cricetidae...
Oligoryzomys destructor DD - Small-eared Pygmy Rice RatSmall-eared Pygmy Rice RatOligoryzomys microtis, also known as the Small-eared Colilargo or Small-eared Pygmy Rice Rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Oligoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in western Brazil, eastern Peru, Bolivia, and northern Paraguay....
Oligoryzomys microtis LR/lc
- Andean Pygmy Rice Rat
- Genus: OryzomysOryzomysOryzomys is a genus of semiaquatic rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini living in southern North America and far northern South America. It includes eight species, two of which—the marsh rice rat of the United States and O. couesi of Mexico and Central America—are widespread; the six others have...
- Tarija Rice Rat Oryzomys legatus LR/lc
- Light-footed Rice RatLight-Footed Rice RatNephelomys levipes, also known as the Nimble-footed Oryzomys or Light-footed Rice Rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Nephelomys of family Cricetidae. It is found on the eastern slope of the Andes from southeastern Peru into west-central Bolivia in cloud forest at elevations from . It occurs...
Oryzomys levipes LR/nt - Azara's Broad-headed Rice RatAzara's Broad-headed Rice RatHylaeamys megacephalus, also known as Azara's Broad-headed Oryzomys or the Large-headed Rice Rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Hylaeamys of family Cricetidae, of which it is the type species...
Oryzomys megacephalus LR/lc - Elegant Rice RatElegant Rice RatEuryoryzomys nitidus, also known as the Elegant Oryzomys or Elegant Rice Rat, is a rodent species in the genus Euryoryzomys of family Cricetidae. It was previously known as Oryzomys nitidus, but is not closely related to Oryzomys as that genus is now constructed...
Oryzomys nitidus LR/lc - Terraced Rice RatTerraced Rice RatCerradomys subflavus, also known as the Terraced Rice Rat or Flavescent Oryzomys, is a rodent species from South America in the genus Cerradomys. It is found in the states of Goiás, São Paulo, and Minas Gerais, Brazil...
Oryzomys subflavus LR/lc - Yungas Rice RatYungas Rice RatHylaeamys yunganus, also known as the Amazonian Oryzomys or Yungas Rice Rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Hylaeamys of family Cricetidae. It is found in lowland tropical rainforest throughout Amazonia, in northeastern Bolivia, eastern Peru, eastern Ecuador, southeastern Colombia, southern...
Oryzomys yunganus LR/lc
- Genus: OxymycterusOxymycterusOxymycterus is the genus of hocicudos. They are rat-like animals endemic to South America.Species listing:Oxymycterus is the genus of hocicudos. They are rat-like animals endemic to South America.Species listing:...
- Quechuan HocicudoQuechuan HocicudoOxymycterus hucucha, also known as the Quechuan Hocicudo, is a species of rodent in the genus Oxymycterus of family Cricetidae from South America. It is found only in a small region of the Andes in central Bolivia, where it lives in cloud forest at altitudes from 2600 to 3000 m.Exceptionally small...
Oxymycterus hucucha VU - Incan HocicudoIncan HocicudoThe Incan Hocicudo is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Bolivia and Peru.-References:* Baillie, J. 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
Oxymycterus inca LR/lc - Paramo HocicudoParamo HocicudoThe Paramo Hocicudo is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru.-References:* Baillie, J. 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
Oxymycterus paramensis LR/lc
- Quechuan Hocicudo
- Genus: PhyllotisPhyllotisPhyllotis is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It contains the following species:* Phyllotis alisosiensis* Friendly Leaf-eared Mouse * Andean Leaf-eared Mouse...
- Capricorn Leaf-eared MouseCapricorn Leaf-eared MouseThe Capricorn Leaf-eared Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Argentina and Bolivia.-References:* Baillie, J. 1996. . Downloaded on 9 July 2007....
Phyllotis caprinus LR/lc - Darwin's Leaf-eared MouseDarwin's Leaf-eared MouseDarwin's Leaf-eared Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It has terrestrial habits and is endemic to coastal central Chile....
Phyllotis darwini LR/lc - Bunchgrass Leaf-eared MouseBunchgrass Leaf-eared MouseThe Bunchgrass Leaf-eared Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru.-References:* Baillie, J. 1996. . Downloaded on 9 July 2007....
Phyllotis osilae LR/lc - Wolffsohn's Leaf-eared MouseWolffsohn's Leaf-eared MouseWolffsohn's Leaf-eared Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found only in Bolivia.-References:* Baillie, J. 1996. . Downloaded on 9 July 2007....
Phyllotis wolffsohni LR/lc
- Capricorn Leaf-eared Mouse
- Genus: Pseudoryzomys
- Brazilian False Rice RatBrazilian False Rice RatPseudoryzomys simplex, also known as the Brazilian False Rice Rat or False Oryzomys, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae from south-central South America. It is found in lowland palm savanna and thorn scrub habitats...
Pseudoryzomys simplex LR/lc
- Brazilian False Rice Rat
- Genus: RhipidomysRhipidomysRhipidomys is a genus of rodents in the family Cricetidae, comprising at least 18 species of climbing mouse:* Southern Climbing Mouse * Cariri Climbing Mouse...
- Southern Climbing MouseSouthern Climbing MouseThe Southern Climbing Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Argentina and Bolivia.-References:* Baillie, J. 1996. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....
Rhipidomys austrinus LR/lc
- Southern Climbing Mouse
- Genus: ThomasomysThomasomysThomasomys is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae, named after British zoologist Oldfield Thomas. It contains the following species:* Anderson's Oldfield Mouse * Apeco Oldfield Mouse...
- Daphne's Oldfield MouseDaphne's Oldfield MouseDaphne's Oldfield Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Bolivia and Peru.-References:* Baillie, J. 1996. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....
Thomasomys daphne LR/lc - Ladew's Oldfield MouseLadew's Oldfield MouseLadew's Oldfield Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found only in Bolivia.-References:* Baillie, J. 1996. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....
Thomasomys ladewi LR/lc - Montane Oldfield MouseMontane Oldfield MouseThe Montane Oldfield Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found only in Bolivia.-References:* Baillie, J. 1996. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....
Thomasomys oreas LR/lc
- Daphne's Oldfield Mouse
- Genus: Akodon
- Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
- Family: Sciuridae (squirrels)
Order: LagomorphaLagomorphaThe lagomorphs are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two living families, the Leporidae , and the Ochotonidae...
(lagomorphs)
----The lagomorphs comprise two families, Leporidae
Leporidae
Leporids are the approximately 50 species of rabbits and hares which form the family Leporidae. The leporids, together with the pikas, constitute the mammalian order Lagomorpha. Leporids differ from pikas in having short furry tails, and elongated ears and hind legs...
(hare
Hare
Hares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus. Hares less than one year old are called leverets. Four species commonly known as types of hare are classified outside of Lepus: the hispid hare , and three species known as red rock hares .Hares are very fast-moving...
s and rabbit
Rabbit
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world...
s), and Ochotonidae (pika
Pika
The pika is a small mammal, with short limbs, rounded ears, and short tail. The name pika is used for any member of the Ochotonidae, a family within the order of lagomorphs, which also includes the Leporidae . One genus, Ochotona, is recognised within the family, and it includes 30 species...
s). Though they can resemble rodent
Rodent
Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
s, and were classified as a superfamily
Taxonomic rank
In biological classification, rank is the level in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, and class. Each rank subsumes under it a number of less general categories...
in that order until the early 20th century, they have since been considered a separate order. They differ from rodents in a number of physical characteristics, such as having four incisors in the upper jaw rather than two.
- Family: LeporidaeLeporidaeLeporids are the approximately 50 species of rabbits and hares which form the family Leporidae. The leporids, together with the pikas, constitute the mammalian order Lagomorpha. Leporids differ from pikas in having short furry tails, and elongated ears and hind legs...
(rabbits, hares)- Genus: Sylvilagus
- TapetiTapetiThe Tapeti , also known as the Brazilian Rabbit or Forest Rabbit, is a cottontail rabbit species found in Central and South America....
Sylvilagus brasiliensis LR/lc
- Tapeti
- Genus: Sylvilagus
Order: Chiroptera (bats)
----- Family: Noctilionidae
- Genus: Noctilio
- Lesser Bulldog BatLesser Bulldog BatThe Lesser Bulldog Bat is an insectivorous and occasionally carnivorous bat of the , ranging through Central America and northern South America....
Noctilio albiventris LR/lc - Greater Bulldog BatGreater Bulldog BatThe greater bulldog bat or fisherman bat is a type of fishing bat native to Latin America. The bat uses echolocation to detect water ripples made by the fish upon which it preys, then uses the pouch between its legs to scoop the fish up and its sharp claws to catch and cling to it...
Noctilio leporinus LR/lc
- Lesser Bulldog Bat
- Genus: Noctilio
- Family: Vespertilionidae
- Subfamily: Myotinae
- Genus: Myotis
- Silver-tipped MyotisSilver-tipped MyotisThe Silver-tipped Myotis is a species of mouse-eared bat found in a range of lowland habitats in the Americas.It is part of the Myotis genus of vesper bats, which includes a large number of common species across the world...
Myotis albescens LR/lc - Hairy-legged MyotisHairy-legged MyotisThe Hairy-Legged Myotis is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It can be found in the following countries: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and...
Myotis keaysi LR/lc - Yellowish MyotisYellowish MyotisThe Yellowish Myotis , is a bat species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Uruguay.-References:*...
Myotis levis LR/lc - Black MyotisBlack MyotisThe Black Myotis , is a bat species from South and Central America.Its body is dark brown/black. The head to body length, not including the tail, is about 5cm . The Black Myotis is a tiny bat with a small pointed non-noseleaf snout. Its ears are pointy and triangular, and extremely sensitive...
Myotis nigricans LR/lc - Montane MyotisMontane MyotisThe Montane Myotis is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela.-References:...
Myotis oxyotus LR/lc - Riparian MyotisRiparian MyotisThe Riparian Myotis , is a bat species from South and Central America....
Myotis riparius LR/lc - Velvety MyotisVelvety MyotisThe Velvety Myotis , is a bat species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Paraguay....
Myotis simus LR/lc
- Silver-tipped Myotis
- Genus: Myotis
- Subfamily: VespertilioninaeVespertilioninaeVespertilioninae is a subfamily of Vesper Bats from the family Vespertilionidae.-Classification:Subfamily Vespertilioninae*Tribe Eptesicini**Genus Arielulus***Collared Pipistrelle, Arielulus aureocollaris...
- Genus: EptesicusEptesicusEptesicus is a genus of bats, commonly called house bats, in the family Vespertilionidae.The 25 species within this genus are:*Little black serotine *Bobrinski's Serotine...
- Eptesicus andinus LR/lc
- Brazilian Brown BatBrazilian Brown BatThe Brazilian Brown Bat, Eptesicus brasiliensis, is a bat species from South and Central America....
Eptesicus brasiliensis LR/lc - Argentine Brown BatArgentine Brown BatThe Argentine Brown Bat , is a bat species from South and Central America....
Eptesicus furinalis LR/lc
- Genus: HistiotusHistiotusHistiotus is a genus of South American vesper bats. Species within this genus are:*Strange Big-eared Brown Bat *Humboldt Big-eared Brown Bat *Thomas's Big-eared Brown Bat...
- Big-eared Brown BatBig-eared Brown BatThe Big-Eared Brown Bat is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.It can be found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.-Source:...
Histiotus macrotus LR/nt - Small Big-eared Brown BatSmall Big-eared Brown BatThe Small Big-Eared Brown Bat is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.It can be found in the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia, possibly Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela....
Histiotus montanus LR/lc
- Big-eared Brown Bat
- Genus: LasiurusLasiurusLasiurus is the genus comprising hairy-tailed bats. The name Lasiurus is derived from the Greek lasios and oura . It contains some of the most attractive bats in the whole continent of North America including such species as the red bat, L. borealis, and the hoary bat, L. cinereus...
- Desert red batDesert red batThe desert red bat, also known as the Western Red Bat, is one of many species of bats. This particular one is from the Vespertilionidae family which is the largest family. It includes 35 genera and 318 species...
Lasiurus blossevillii LR/lc - Hoary batHoary batThe hoary bat is a species of bat in the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. It occurs throughout most of North America and much of South America, with disjunct populations in the Galapagos and Hawaiian Islands...
Lasiurus cinereus LR/lc
- Desert red bat
- Genus: Eptesicus
- Subfamily: Myotinae
- Family: Molossidae
- Genus: CynomopsCynomopsCynomops is a genus of Central and South American bats in the family Molossidae. It has sometimes been considered a subgenus of Molossops...
- Cinnamon Dog-faced BatCinnamon Dog-faced BatThe Cinnamon Dog-faced Bat , is a bat species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname and Venezuela....
Cynomops abrasus LR/nt - Southern Dog-faced BatSouthern Dog-faced BatThe Southern Dog-faced Bat , is a bat species from South and Central America....
Cynomops planirostris LR/lc
- Cinnamon Dog-faced Bat
- Genus: EumopsEumopsEumops is a genus of bats in the family Molossidae.-Reference:* Baker, R.J.; McDonough, M.M.; Swier, V.J.; Larsen, P.A.; Carrera, J.P.; Ammerman, L.K. 2009. New species of bonneted bat, genus Eumops from the lowlands of western Ecuador and Peru. Acta Chiropterologica 11 : 1-13....
- Dwarf Bonneted BatDwarf Bonneted BatThe Dwarf Bonneted Bat , is a bat species from South and Central America.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 26 October 2008.*...
Eumops bonariensis LR/lc - Wagner's Bonneted BatWagner's Bonneted BatWagner's Bonneted Bat , is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. it is found in the Americas from Argentina and Peru north to Mexico, Cuba and Florida in the United States....
Eumops glaucinus LR/lc - Sanborn's Bonneted BatSanborn's Bonneted BatSanborn's Bonneted Bat , is a bat species from South and Central America.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 26 October 2008*...
Eumops hansae LR/lc - Western mastiff batWestern mastiff batThe western mastiff bat , also known as the western bonneted bat, the greater mastiff bat, or the greater bonneted bat, is a member of the free-tailed bat family, Molossidae. It is found in the Western United States, Mexico and South America, and is the largest bat native to North America...
Eumops perotis LR/lc
- Dwarf Bonneted Bat
- Genus: MolossopsMolossopsMolossops is a genus of bat in the family Molossidae.The four member species are found in nearly every country of South America, with the Dwarf Dog-faced Bat being found in the most countries.It contains the following species:...
- Dwarf Dog-faced BatDwarf Dog-faced BatThe Dwarf Dog-faced Bat , is a bat species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay and Uruguay....
Molossops temminckii LR/lc
- Dwarf Dog-faced Bat
- Genus: MolossusMolossusMolossus may refer to:*Molossus , genus of bats*Molossus , extinct breed of dog*Molossus , type of metrical foot*Molossus , in Greek mythology, the son of Neoptolemus and Andromache and ancestor of the Molossians...
- Black Mastiff BatBlack Mastiff BatThe Black Mastiff Bat , is a bat species from South and Central America.-References:* Barquez, R., Rodriguez, B., Miller, B. & Diaz, M. 2008. . Downloaded on 03 March 2009.*-External links:*...
Molossus ater LR/lc - Velvety Free-tailed BatVelvety Free-tailed BatThe Velvety Free-tailed Bat or Pallas's Mastiff Bat , is a bat species in the family Molossidae. It occurs in the Americas from Argentina north to Cuba and Mexico and also the Florida Keys in the United States....
Molossus molossus LR/lc
- Black Mastiff Bat
- Genus: NyctinomopsNyctinomopsNyctinomops is a genus of bats in the family Molossidae....
- Peale's Free-tailed BatPeale's Free-tailed BatPeale's Free-tailed Bat is a bat species from South and Central America.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 26 October 2008.*...
Nyctinomops aurispinosus LR/lc - Broad-eared BatBroad-eared BatThe Broad-eared Bat , is a bat species from South and Central America.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 26 October 2008.*-External links:...
Nyctinomops laticaudatus LR/lc - Big Free-tailed BatBig Free-tailed BatThe Big Free-tailed Bat is a bat species found in South, North and Central America. They have a wingspan of 435 mm and an average length of 140 mm. This bat frequents rocky or canyon country where it roosts in crevices. This migratory species is a swift, powerful flier, and occasional individuals...
Nyctinomops macrotis LR/lc
- Peale's Free-tailed Bat
- Genus: PromopsPromopsPromops is a genus of molossid bats.-Species:Promops is a genus of molossid bats.-Species:Promops is a genus of molossid bats.-Species::Promops centralis - big crested mastiff bat:Promops nasutus - brown mastiff bat...
- Big Crested Mastiff BatBig Crested Mastiff BatThe Big Crested Mastiff Bat , is a bat species from South and Central America.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 26 October 2008.*...
Promops centralis LR/lc - Brown Mastiff BatBrown Mastiff BatThe Brown Mastiff Bat , is a South American bat species, found in Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, and northern Argentina.-References:*...
Promops nasutus LR/lc
- Big Crested Mastiff Bat
- Genus: TadaridaTadaridaThe genus Tadarida has ten or more species of bats divided into two subgenera, with the first of these containing seven species spread across the Old World...
- Mexican Free-tailed BatMexican Free-tailed BatThe Mexican free-tailed bat , also known as the Brazilian free-tailed bat, is a medium-sized bat that is native to the Americas and is widely regarded as one of the most abundant mammals in North America...
Tadarida brasiliensis LR/nt
- Mexican Free-tailed Bat
- Genus: Cynomops
- Family: Emballonuridae
- Genus: PeropteryxPeropteryxPeropteryx is a genus of 5 species of bat in the family Emballonuridae, namely:*Greater Dog-like Bat *White-winged Dog-like Bat *Lesser Dog-like Bat...
- Greater Dog-like BatGreater Dog-like BatThe Greater Dog-like Bat, Peropteryx kappleri, is a bat species from Central America and South America. It is found from southern Mexico through Brazil and Peru.The Greater Dog-like Bat is so named due to its remarkably dog-like characteristics....
Peropteryx kappleri LR/lc - Lesser Doglike BatLesser Doglike BatThe Lesser Dog-like Bat, Peropteryx macrotis, is a bat species from South and Central America.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 26 October 2008.*...
Peropteryx macrotis LR/lc
- Greater Dog-like Bat
- Genus: Rhynchonycteris
- Proboscis BatProboscis BatThe proboscis bat, Rhynchonycteris naso, is a bat species from South and Central America. Other common names include sharp-nosed bat, Brazilian long-nosed bat and river bat in English, and murciélago narizón in Spanish. It is monotypic within its genus.This species is in the family Emballonuridae,...
Rhynchonycteris naso LR/lc
- Proboscis Bat
- Genus: SaccopteryxSaccopteryxSaccopteryx is a genus of sac-winged bats from Central and South America. The species within this genus are:*Antioquian Sac-winged Bat Saccopteryx antioquensis*Greater Sac-winged Bat Saccopteryx bilineata...
- Greater Sac-winged BatGreater Sac-winged BatThe Greater Sac-winged Bat, Saccopteryx bilineata, is a bat of the family Emballonuridae native to Middle and South America.They are the most common bats seen in the rainforest as they often roost on the outside of large trees. They are insectivores and use echolocation calls through the mouth to...
Saccopteryx bilineata LR/lc - Lesser Sac-winged BatLesser Sac-winged BatThe Lesser Sac-winged Bat is a bat species of the family Emballonuridae from South and Middle America.-References:*...
Saccopteryx leptura LR/lc
- Greater Sac-winged Bat
- Genus: Peropteryx
- Family: MormoopidaeMormoopidaeThe family Mormoopidae contains bats known generally as mustached bats, ghost-faced bats, and naked-backed bats. They are found in the Americas from the Southwestern United States to Southeastern Brazil....
- Genus: PteronotusPteronotusPteronotus is a genus of bats. Seven extant species have been recognized, as well as one relatively recently extinct species-References:...
- Big Naked-backed BatBig Naked-backed BatThe Big Naked-backed Bat, Pteronotus gymnonotus, is a bat species from South and Central America.-References:*...
Pteronotus gymnonotus LR/lc - Parnell's Mustached BatParnell's Mustached BatParnell's Mustached Bat, Pteronotus parnellii is an insectivorous bat native to North, Central and South America. This bat species ranges from southern Sonora, Mexico south to Brazil. Historically, it had a wider range as fossil specimens have been collected on the island of New Providence,...
Pteronotus parnellii LR/lc - Wagner's Mustached BatWagner's Mustached BatWagner's Mustached Bat, Pteronotus personatus, is a bat species from South and Central America. It is one of the few New World bats species known to perform Doppler-shift compensation behavior.-Description:...
Pteronotus personatus LR/lc
- Big Naked-backed Bat
- Genus: Pteronotus
- Family: Phyllostomidae
- Subfamily: PhyllostominaePhyllostominaePhyllostominae is a subfamily of bats.-List of species:Subfamily Phyllostominae* Tribe Micronycterini**Genus: Glyphonycteris***Behn's Bat, Glyphonycteris behnii***Davies's Big-eared Bat, Glyphonycteris daviesi...
- Genus: Chrotopterus
- Big-eared Wooly BatBig-eared Wooly BatThe Big-eared Woolly Bat , Chrotopterus auritus, is a bat species native to Central and South America, where it is found from southern Mexico to northern Argentina, Paraguay and southern Brazil...
Chrotopterus auritus LR/lc
- Big-eared Wooly Bat
- Genus: LonchorhinaLonchorhinaLonchorhina is a genus of Central and South American bats in the family Phyllostomidae.-Species:Genus Lonchorhina - Sword-nosed Bats*Tomes's Sword-nosed Bat, Lonchorhina aurita - Tomes, 1863...
- Tomes's Sword-nosed BatTomes's Sword-nosed BatTomes's Sword-nosed Bat, Lonchorhina aurita, is a bat species from South and Central America. Also found in the Bahamas, known only from one specimen collected on the island of New Providence.-References:...
Lonchorhina aurita LR/lc
- Tomes's Sword-nosed Bat
- Genus: LophostomaLophostomaLophostoma is a genus of Central and South American bats in the family Phyllostomidae.-Species:Genus Lophostoma*Equatorial Round-eared Bat, Lophostoma aequatorialis*Pygmy Round-eared Bat, Lophostoma brasiliense...
- Pygmy Round-eared BatPygmy Round-eared BatThe Pygmy Round-eared Bat, Lophostoma brasiliense, is a bat species from South and Central America.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 26 October 2008.*...
Lophostoma brasiliense LR/lc - Carriker's Round-eared BatCarriker's Round-eared BatCarriker's Round-eared Bat, Lophostoma carrikeri, is a bat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. It was discovered by and named for the well known Dr. Robert Carriker of Lafayette, Louisiana.-References:*...
Lophostoma carrikeri VU - White-throated Round-eared BatWhite-throated Round-eared BatThe White-throated Round-eared Bat, Lophostoma silvicolum, is a South and Central American bat species, found from Honduras to Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil. It creates roosts inside the nests of the termite, Nasutitermes corniger....
Lophostoma silvicolum LR/lc
- Pygmy Round-eared Bat
- Genus: Macrophyllum
- Long-legged BatLong-legged BatThe Long-legged Bat, Macrophyllum macrophyllum, is a bat species from South and Central America. It is monotypic in its genus.It hunts close over the water surfaces of lakes and slowly flowing streams, where it seizes insects right above or directly off the surface in a manner similar to Noctilio...
Macrophyllum macrophyllum LR/lc
- Long-legged Bat
- Genus: MicronycterisMicronycterisMicronycteris is a genus of leaf-nosed bats.-List of species:Genus Micronycteris - Little Big-eared Bats*Brosset's Big-eared Bat, Micronycteris brosseti*Giovanni's Big-eared Bat, Micronycteris giovanniae...
- Little Big-eared BatLittle Big-eared BatThe Little Big-eared Bat, Micronycteris megalotis, is a bat species from South and Central America....
Micronycteris megalotis LR/lc - White-bellied Big-eared BatWhite-bellied Big-eared BatThe White-bellied Big-eared Bat, Micronycteris minuta, is a bat species from South and Central America....
Micronycteris minuta LR/lc
- Little Big-eared Bat
- Genus: MimonMimonMimoň is a town in the Czech Republic.- People :* Rudolf Watzke , bass singer* Rudolf Schicketanz , Nazi politician* Hans Watzek , poltician...
- Striped Hairy-nosed BatStriped Hairy-nosed BatThe Striped Hairy-nosed Bat, Mimon crenulatum, is a bat species from South and Central America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.-References:...
Mimon crenulatum LR/lc
- Striped Hairy-nosed Bat
- Genus: Phylloderma
- Pale-faced BatPale-faced BatThe Pale-faced Bat, Phylloderma stenops, is a bat species from South and Central America.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 26 October 2008.*...
Phylloderma stenops LR/lc
- Pale-faced Bat
- Genus: PhyllostomusPhyllostomusPhyllostomus is a genus of leaf-nosed bat. It contains four described species.-Species:Genus Phyllostomus - Spear-nosed Bats*Pale Spear-nosed Bat, Phyllostomus discolor*Lesser Spear-nosed Bat, Phyllostomus elongatus...
- Pale Spear-nosed BatPale Spear-nosed BatThe Pale Spear-nosed Bat, Phyllostomus discolor, is a bat species from South and Central America. It ranges from southern Mexico to Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina and southeast Brazil.It eats flowers and fruit as well as insects...
Phyllostomus discolor LR/lc - Lesser Spear-nosed BatLesser Spear-nosed BatThe Lesser Spear-nosed Bat, Phyllostomus elongatus, is a bat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela....
Phyllostomus elongatus LR/lc - Greater Spear-nosed BatGreater Spear-nosed BatThe Greater Spear-nosed Bat, Phyllostomus hastatus, is a bat species of the family Phyllostomidae from South and Central America. It is one of the larger bats of this region, and is omnivorous.- Habitat :...
Phyllostomus hastatus LR/lc
- Pale Spear-nosed Bat
- Genus: TonatiaTonatiaTonatia is a genus of South and Central American phyllostomid bats.-Species:Tonatia is a genus of South and Central American phyllostomid bats.-Species:Tonatia is a genus of South and Central American phyllostomid bats....
- Greater Round-eared BatGreater Round-eared BatThe Greater Round-eared Bat, Tonatia bidens, is a bat species from South America. It is found in northeastern and southern Brazil, northern Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia. The species feeds on fruit as well as hunting small birds. Once caught birds are taken to a shelter and consumed.-References:*...
Tonatia bidens LR/lc - Stripe-headed Round-eared BatStripe-headed Round-eared BatThe Stripe-headed Round-eared Bat, Tonatia saurophila, is a bat species from South and Central America.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 26 October 2008.*...
Tonatia saurophila LR/lc
- Greater Round-eared Bat
- Genus: Trachops
- Fringe-lipped BatFringe-lipped BatOnThe Fringe-lipped Bat , also known as the Frog-eating Bat, is a leaf-nosed bat. It has three subspecies currently known today. It ranges from southern Mexico to Bolivia and southern Brazil. The species is monotypic within its genus.-Description:The fringe-lipped bat has a total length of 7.84 mm...
Trachops cirrhosus LR/lc
- Fringe-lipped Bat
- Genus: Chrotopterus
- Subfamily: Lonchophyllinae
- Genus: LonchophyllaLonchophyllaLonchophylla is a genus of bats in the family Phyllostomidae.-List of species:Genus Lonchophylla*Bokermann's Nectar Bat, Lonchophylla bokermanni*Cadena's Long-tongued Bat, Lonchophylla cadenai...
- Thomas's Nectar BatThomas's Nectar BatThomas's Nectar Bat, Lonchophylla thomasi, is a bat species from South and Central America....
Lonchophylla thomasi LR/lc
- Thomas's Nectar Bat
- Genus: Lonchophylla
- Subfamily: GlossophaginaeGlossophaginaeGlossophaginae is a subfamily of leaf-nosed bats.-List of species:Subfamily: Glossophaginae* Tribe Glossophagini**Genus: Anoura - Geoffroy's Long-nosed Bats***Anoura aequatoris***Cadena's Tailless Bat, Anoura cadenai...
- Genus: AnouraAnouraAnoura is a genus of leaf-nosed bats from Central and South America.-Species:*Anoura aequatoris*Cadena's Tailless Bat, Anoura cadenai*Anoura canishina*Tailed Tailless Bat, Anoura caudifer*Handley's Tailless Bat, Anoura cultrata...
- Tailed Tailless BatTailed Tailless BatThe tailed tailless bat, Anoura caudifer, is a species of leaf-nosed bat from South America.-Name:The scientific name of this species is variously given as either A. caudifer or A. caudifera, with scientists having argued for both names on the basis of Latin grammar and of the ICZN rules on the...
Anoura caudifer LR/lc - Handley's Tailless BatHandley's Tailless BatHandley's Tailless Bat is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela....
Anoura cultrata LR/lc - Geoffroy's Tailless BatGeoffroy's Tailless BatGeoffroy's Tailless Bat , is a bat species from South and Central America, where it is found from central Mexico to Bolivia and southeastern Brazil.-Habitat:...
Anoura geoffroyi LR/lc
- Tailed Tailless Bat
- Genus: ChoeroniscusChoeroniscusChoeroniscus is a genus of bat in the family Phyllostomidae.It contains the following species:* Godman's Long-tailed Bat * Greater Long-tailed Bat...
- Minor Long-nosed Long-tongued BatMinor Long-nosed Long-tongued BatThe Minor Long-nosed Long-tongued Bat, Choeroniscus minor, is a bat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, northwestern Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela and Trinidad....
Choeroniscus minor LR/lc
- Minor Long-nosed Long-tongued Bat
- Genus: GlossophagaGlossophagaGlossophaga is a genus of bats in the leaf-nosed bat family, Phyllostomidae. Members of the genus are native to the American Neotropics.-Species:*G. commissarisi : Commissaris's Long-tongued Bat - Central and South America...
- Pallas's Long-tongued BatPallas's Long-tongued BatPallas's Long-tongued Bat, Glossophaga soricina, is a South and Central American bat. It has the fastest metabolism ever recorded in a mammal, similar to those of hummingbirds...
Glossophaga soricina LR/lc
- Pallas's Long-tongued Bat
- Genus: Lichonycteris
- Dark Long-tongued BatDark Long-tongued BatThe Dark Long-tongued Bat, Lichonycteris obscura, is a bat species from South and Central America. It is monotypic within its genus.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 26 October 2008.*...
Lichonycteris obscura LR/lc
- Dark Long-tongued Bat
- Genus: Anoura
- Subfamily: CarolliinaeCarolliinaeCarolliinae is a subfamily of bats.-Classification:Subfamily Carolliinae*Genus: Carollia - Short-tailed Leaf-nosed Bats**Benkeith's short-tailed Bat, Carollia benkeithi**Silky Short-tailed Bat, Carollia brevicauda...
- Genus: CarolliaCarolliaCarollia is a genus of bats often referred to as the short-tailed fruit bats. Along with the genus, Rhinophylla, Carollia makes up the subfamily Carolliinae of family Phyllostomidae, the leaf-nosed bats. Currently, nine species of Carollia are recognized, with a number having been described since...
- Silky Short-tailed BatSilky Short-tailed BatThe Silky Short-tailed Bat, Carollia brevicauda, is a bat species from South and Central America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Mexico and Venezuela.-References:...
Carollia brevicauda LR/lc - Chestnut Short-tailed BatChestnut Short-tailed BatThe Chestnut Short-tailed Bat, Carollia castanea, is a bat species from South and Central America....
Carollia castanea LR/lc - Seba's Short-tailed BatSeba's Short-tailed BatSeba's Short-tailed Bat, Carollia perspicillata, is a common and widespread bat species from South and Central America.C. perspicillata dwells in both moist evergreen and dry deciduous forests, usually below 1,000 meters altitude, typically roosting in groups of 10-100 bats in caves, hollow trees,...
Carollia perspicillata LR/lc
- Silky Short-tailed Bat
- Genus: RhinophyllaRhinophyllaRhinophylla is a genus of South American bats in the family Phyllostomidae. It contains the following species:* Hairy Little Fruit Bat * Fischer's Little Fruit Bat...
- Dwarf Little Fruit BatDwarf Little Fruit BatThe Dwarf Little Fruit Bat, Rhinophylla pumilio, is a bat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, northeastern and Amazonian Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guyana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela....
Rhinophylla pumilio LR/lc
- Dwarf Little Fruit Bat
- Genus: Carollia
- Subfamily: StenodermatinaeStenodermatinaeStenodermatinae is a large subfamily of bats in the family Phyllostomidae.-List of species:Subfamily Stenodermatinae*Genus: Ametrida**Little White-shouldered Bat, Ametrida centurio*Genus: Ardops**Tree Bat, Ardops nichollsi...
- Genus: ArtibeusArtibeusThe Neotropical fruit bats are a genus of bats within the subfamily Stenodermatinae. The genus consists of 21 species, which are native to Central and South America, as well as parts of the Caribbean.-Description:...
- Andersen's Fruit-eating BatAndersen's Fruit-eating BatAndersen's Fruit-eating Bat, Artibeus anderseni, is a bat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, and Peru....
Artibeus anderseni LR/lc - Silver Fruit-eating BatSilver Fruit-eating BatThe Silver Fruit-eating Bat, Artibeus glaucus, is a South American bat species of the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.-References:*...
Artibeus glaucus LR/lc - Jamaican fruit batJamaican fruit batThe Jamaican, Common or Mexican fruit bat is a fruit bat native to Central and South America, as well as the Greater and many of the Lesser Antilles. It is also an uncommon resident of the Southern Bahamas...
Artibeus jamaicensis LR/lc - Great Fruit-eating BatGreat Fruit-eating BatThe Great Fruit-eating Bat , is a bat species in the family Phyllostomidae from South and Central America. It is found from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina, as well as in Barbados, Grenada, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago.They are 10.5 g at birth and...
Artibeus lituratus LR/lc - Dark Fruit-eating BatDark Fruit-eating BatThe Dark Fruit-eating Bat, Artibeus obscurus, is a bat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.-References:*...
Artibeus obscurus LR/nt
- Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat
- Genus: ChirodermaChirodermaChiroderma is a genus of leaf-nosed bat found in Central America, South America and the Lesser Antilles.-Species:Genus Chiroderma - Big-eyed Bats or White-lined Bats*Brazilian Big-eyed Bat, Chiroderma doriae...
- Salvin's Big-eyed BatSalvin's Big-eyed BatSalvin's Big-eyed Bat is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.-References:...
Chiroderma salvini LR/lc - Little Big-eyed BatLittle Big-eyed BatThe Little Big-eyed Bat, Chiroderma trinitatum, is a bat species from South and Central America....
Chiroderma trinitatum LR/lc - Hairy Big-eyed BatHairy Big-eyed BatThe Hairy Big-eyed Bat, Chiroderma villosum, is a bat species from South and Central America.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 26 October 2008.*...
Chiroderma villosum LR/lc
- Salvin's Big-eyed Bat
- Genus: Enchisthenes
- Velvety Fruit-eating BatVelvety Fruit-eating BatThe Velvety Fruit-eating Bat is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is monotypic within the genus Enchisthenes. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, the United States, and Venezuela....
Enchisthenes hartii LR/lc
- Velvety Fruit-eating Bat
- Genus: Mesophylla
- MacConnell's BatMacConnell's BatMacConnell's Bat, Mesophylla macconnelli, is a bat species from South and Central America. It is monotypic within its genus....
Mesophylla macconnelli LR/lc
- MacConnell's Bat
- Genus: Pygoderma
- Ipanema BatIpanema BatThe Ipanema Bat, Pygoderma bilabiatum, is a bat species from South America. It is found in northern Argentina, Bolivia, southerneastern Brazil and Paraguay. It is monotypic within its genus.-References:*...
Pygoderma bilabiatum LR/nt
- Ipanema Bat
- Genus: Sphaeronycteris
- Visored BatVisored BatThe Visored Bat, Sphaeronycteris toxophyllum, is a bat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Venezuela. It is monotypic within its genus.- References :*...
Sphaeronycteris toxophyllum LR/lc
- Visored Bat
- Genus: SturniraSturniraSturnira is a genus of bat in the family Phyllostomidae.It contains the following species:* Aratathomas's Yellow-shouldered Bat, Sturnira aratathomasi* Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat, Sturnira bidens...
- Bogota Yellow-shouldered BatBogota Yellow-shouldered BatThe Bogotá Yellow-shouldered Bat is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela at altitudes from 300 m to above 2000 m, particularly in cloud forest. The species is primarily frugivorous; it may also consume nectar and pollen....
Sturnira bogotensis LR/lc - Hairy Yellow-shouldered BatHairy Yellow-shouldered BatThe Hairy Yellow-shouldered Bat is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.-References:...
Sturnira erythromos LR/lc - Little Yellow-shouldered BatLittle Yellow-shouldered BatThe Little Yellow-shouldered Bat, Sturnira lilium, is a bat species from South and Central America. The Little Yellow-shouldered Bat is a frugivor.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 26 October 2008.*...
Sturnira lilium LR/lc - Greater Yellow-shouldered BatGreater Yellow-shouldered BatThe Greater Yellow-shouldered Bat is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.-Source:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 30 July 2007....
Sturnira magna LR/nt - Tilda's Yellow-shouldered BatTilda's Yellow-shouldered BatTilda's Yellow-shouldered Bat, Sturnira tildae, is a bat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, and Trinidad and Tobago....
Sturnira tildae LR/lc
- Bogota Yellow-shouldered Bat
- Genus: UrodermaUrodermaUroderma is a genus of Central and South American phyllostomid bats.-Species:Uroderma is a genus of Central and South American phyllostomid bats.-Species:Uroderma is a genus of Central and South American phyllostomid bats....
- Tent-making BatTent-making BatThe Tent-making Bat, Uroderma bilobatum, is a bat species from South and Central America. It lives in hollowed out trees. It is sometimes speculated that the bat is green in color, even though it is only thought so because of the "tent" the bat makes is made out a leaf that is green in color, in...
Uroderma bilobatum LR/lc - Brown Tent-making BatBrown Tent-making BatThe Brown Tent-making Bat, Uroderma magnirostrum, is a bat species from South and Central America.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 26 October 2008.*...
Uroderma magnirostrum LR/lc
- Tent-making Bat
- Genus: VampyressaVampyressaVampyressa is a genus of bat in the family Phyllostomidae.It contains the following species:* Bidentate Yellow-eared Bat * Brock's Yellow-eared Bat * Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat...
- Bidentate Yellow-eared BatBidentate Yellow-eared BatThe Bidentate Yellow-eared Bat, Vampyriscus bidens, is a bat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.-References:*...
Vampyressa bidens LR/nt - Southern Little Yellow-eared BatSouthern Little Yellow-eared BatThe Southern Little Yellow-eared Bat, Vampyressa pusilla, is a bat species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.-References:* Barquez, R. & Diaz, M. 2008. . Downloaded on 28 February 2009.*...
Vampyressa pusilla LR/lc
- Bidentate Yellow-eared Bat
- Genus: Vampyrodes
- Great Stripe-faced BatGreat Stripe-faced BatThe Great Stripe-faced Bat, Vampyrodes caraccioli, is a bat species from South and Central America, where it is found from southern Mexico to Bolivia and northwestern Brazil, as well as on Trinidad. The Great Stripe-faced Bat is a frugivore. It is monotypic within its genus....
Vampyrodes caraccioli LR/lc
- Great Stripe-faced Bat
- Genus: PlatyrrhinusPlatyrrhinusPlatyrrhinus is a genus of leaf-nosed bats.-Species:Genus Platyrrhinus*Alberico's Broad-nosed Bat, Platyrrhinus albericoi*Platyrrhinus angustirostris*Platyrrhinus aquilus...
- Short-headed Broad-nosed BatShort-headed Broad-nosed BatThe Short-headed Broad-nosed Bat, Platyrrhinus brachycephalus, is a bat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, northwestern Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.-References:*...
Platyrrhinus brachycephalus LR/lc - Thomas's Broad-nosed BatThomas's Broad-nosed BatThomas's Broad-nosed Bat is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 30 July 2007....
Platyrrhinus dorsalis LR/lc - Heller's Broad-nosed BatHeller's Broad-nosed BatHeller's Broad-nosed Bat, Platyrrhinus helleri, is a bat species from South and Central America.-References:* Miller, B., Reid, F., Arroyo-Cabrales, J., Cuarón, A.D. & de Grammont, P.C. 2008. . Downloaded on 28 February 2009.*...
Platyrrhinus helleri LR/lc - Buffy Broad-nosed BatBuffy Broad-nosed BatThe Buffy Broad-nosed Bat, Platyrrhinus infuscus, is a bat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, western Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru....
Platyrrhinus infuscus LR/nt - White-lined Broad-nosed BatWhite-lined Broad-nosed BatThe White-lined Broad-nosed Bat, Platyrrhinus lineatus, is a bat species from South America. It is found in southern and eastern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, French Guyana and Suriname....
Platyrrhinus lineatus LR/lc - Greater Broad-nosed BatGreater Broad-nosed BatThe Greater Broad-nosed Bat is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.-References:...
Platyrrhinus vittatus LR/lc
- Short-headed Broad-nosed Bat
- Genus: Artibeus
- Subfamily: Desmodontinae
- Genus: DesmodusDesmodusDesmodus is a genus of bats often referred to as the vampire bats. Along with the genera, Diaemus and Diphylla, Desmodus makes up the subfamily Desmodontinae of family Phyllostomidae, the vampire bats.Genus Desmodus - vampire bats...
- Common Vampire BatCommon Vampire BatThe Common Vampire Bat is a small leaf-nosed bat native to the Americas. It is one of three extant species of vampire bat, the other two being the Hairy-legged Vampire Bat and the White-winged Vampire Bat. Along with them, it is the only parasitic mammal. It mainly feeds on the blood of livestock...
Desmodus rotundus LR/lc
- Common Vampire Bat
- Genus: Diaemus
- White-winged Vampire BatWhite-winged Vampire BatThe White-winged Vampire Bat is a species of vampire bat. It is the only member of the genus Diaemus. It is found from Mexico to southern Argentina and is present on the islands of Trinidad and Isla Margarita...
Diaemus youngi LR/lc
- White-winged Vampire Bat
- Genus: Diphylla
- Hairy-legged Vampire BatHairy-legged Vampire BatThe Hairy-legged Vampire Bat is one of three species of vampire bat. Despite connotations of vampires, it mainly feeds on the blood of birds. This vampire bat lives mainly in tropical and subtropical forestlands of South America...
Diphylla ecaudata LR/nt
- Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
- Genus: Desmodus
- Subfamily: Phyllostominae
- Family: ThyropteridaeThyropteridaeDisc-winged bats are a small group of bats of the family Thyropteridae. They are found in Central and South America, usually in moist tropical rain forests. It is a very small family, consisting of a single genus with four species....
- Genus: Thyroptera
- Peter's Disk-winged BatPeter's Disk-winged BatPeter's Disk-winged Bat, Thyroptera discifera, is a bat species from South and Central America.-External links:*...
Thyroptera discifera LR/lc - Spix's Disk-winged BatSpix's Disk-winged BatSpix's Disk-winged Bat, Thyroptera tricolor, is a bat species from South and Central America. It ranges from south Mexico to Bolivia.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 26 October 2008.*...
Thyroptera tricolor LR/lc
- Peter's Disk-winged Bat
- Genus: Thyroptera
Order: CetaceaCetaceaThe order Cetacea includes the marine mammals commonly known as whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Cetus is Latin and is used in biological names to mean "whale"; its original meaning, "large sea animal", was more general. It comes from Ancient Greek , meaning "whale" or "any huge fish or sea...
(whales)
----Whale
Whale is the common name for various marine mammals of the order Cetacea. The term whale sometimes refers to all cetaceans, but more often it excludes dolphins and porpoises, which belong to suborder Odontoceti . This suborder also includes the sperm whale, killer whale, pilot whale, and beluga...
s, dolphin
Dolphin
Dolphins are marine mammals that are closely related to whales and porpoises. There are almost forty species of dolphin in 17 genera. They vary in size from and , up to and . They are found worldwide, mostly in the shallower seas of the continental shelves, and are carnivores, mostly eating...
s and porpoise
Porpoise
Porpoises are small cetaceans of the family Phocoenidae; they are related to whales and dolphins. They are distinct from dolphins, although the word "porpoise" has been used to refer to any small dolphin, especially by sailors and fishermen...
s. They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic
Aquatic adaptation
Several animal groups have undergone aquatic adaptation, going from being purely terrestrial animals to living at least part of the time in water. The adaptations in early speciation tend to develop as the animal ventures into water in order to find available food. As successive generations spend...
life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater.
- Suborder: Odontoceti
- Superfamily: Platanistoidea
- Family: IniidaeIniidaeIniidae is a family of river dolphins containing one living and three extinct genera.-Taxonomy:The family was described by John Edward Gray in 1846.Current classifications include a single living genera, Inia, with one species and three subspecies...
- Genus: IniaIniaInia is a genus of river dolphin containing one or possibly two species.-Taxonomy:The genus was described by Alcide d'Orbigny in 1834 when Delphinus geoffrensis, described by Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville in 1817, was recognized to be a unique taxon...
- BotoBotoThe Amazon river dolphin, alternatively Bufeo, Bufeo Colorado, Boto Cor de Rosa, Boutu, Nay, Tonina, or Pink Dolphin , is a freshwater river dolphin endemic to the Orinoco, Amazon and Araguaia/Tocantins River systems of Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela...
Inia geoffrensis VU
- Boto
- Genus: Inia
- Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
- Genus: Sotalia
- TucuxiTucuxiThe Tucuxi , alternately bufeo gris or bufeo negro is a dolphin found in the rivers of the Amazon Basin. The word "tucuxi" is derived from the Tupi language word tuchuchi-ana and has now been adopted as the species' common name...
Sotalia fluviatilis DD
- Tucuxi
- Genus: Sotalia
- Family: Iniidae
- Superfamily: Platanistoidea
Order: CarnivoraCarnivoraThe diverse order Carnivora |Latin]] carō "flesh", + vorāre "to devour") includes over 260 species of placental mammals. Its members are formally referred to as carnivorans, while the word "carnivore" can refer to any meat-eating animal...
(carnivorans)
----- Suborder: FeliformiaFeliformiaThe Feliformia are a suborder within the order Carnivora and includes cats , hyenas, mongooses, civets and related taxa. The other suborder of Carnivora is Caniformia...
- Family: FelidaeFelidaeFelidae is the biological family of the cats; a member of this family is called a felid. Felids are the strictest carnivores of the thirteen terrestrial families in the order Carnivora, although the three families of marine mammals comprising the superfamily pinnipedia are as carnivorous as the...
(cats)- Subfamily: FelinaeFelinaeFelinae is a subfamily of the family Felidae which includes the genera and species listed below. Most are small to medium-sized cats, although the group does include some larger animals, such as the Cougar and Cheetah....
- Genus: LeopardusLeopardusLeopardus is a genus consisting of small spotted cats mostly native to Middle and South America. Very few range into the southern United States. The genus is considered the oldest branch of the part of the cat family to cross into the Americas, followed by the genera Lynx and Puma...
- ColocoloColocoloColocolo may refer to:*Colocolo , a Mapuche tribal chief.*Colo Colo creature of the Mapuche mythology.*Colocolo , a South American cat native to Chile.*Colo-Colo, a Chilean football team....
Leopardus colocolo NT - Geoffroy's CatGeoffroy's CatGeoffroy's Cat is a wild cat in the southern and central regions of South America. It is about the size of a domestic cat. While the species is relatively common in many areas, it is considered to be "Near Threatened" by IUCN because of concern over land-use changes in the regions where it lives...
Leopardus geoffroyi NT - Andean Mountain Cat Leopardus jacobita EN
- OcelotOcelotThe ocelot , pronounced /ˈɒsəˌlɒt/, also known as the dwarf leopard or McKenney's wildcat is a wild cat distributed over South and Central America and Mexico, but has been reported as far north as Texas and in Trinidad, in the Caribbean...
Leopardus pardalis LC - Oncilla Leopardus tigrinus NT
- MargayMargayThe Margay is a spotted cat native to Middle and South America. Named for Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, it is a solitary and nocturnal animal that prefers remote sections of the rainforest. Although it was once believed to be vulnerable to extinction, the IUCN now lists it as "Near Threatened"...
Leopardus wiedii LC
- Colocolo
- Genus: PumaPuma (genus)Puma is a genus in Felidae that contains the cougar and the jaguarundi, and may also include several poorly known Old World fossil representatives .-Species:*Puma concolor – CougarPuma pardoides Puma is a genus in Felidae that contains the cougar (also known as the puma, among other names)...
- Cougar Puma concolor NT
- JaguarundiJaguarundiThe jaguarundi is a small-sized wild cat native to Central and South America. In 2002, the IUCN classified the jaguarundi as Least Concern as it is likely that no conservation units, with the probable exception of the mega-reserves of the Amazon basin could sustain long-term viable populations. It...
Puma yagouaroundi LC
- Genus: Leopardus
- Subfamily: PantherinaePantherinaePantherinae is the subfamily of the family Felidae, which includes the genera Panthera, Uncia and Neofelis.The divergence of Pantherinae from Felinae has been ranked between six and ten million years ago. DNA analysis suggests that the snow leopard Uncia uncia is basal to the entire Pantherinae and...
- Genus: PantheraPantheraPanthera is a genus of the family Felidae , which contains four well-known living species: the tiger, the lion, the jaguar, and the leopard. The genus comprises about half of the Pantherinae subfamily, the big cats...
- JaguarJaguarThe jaguar is a big cat, a feline in the Panthera genus, and is the only Panthera species found in the Americas. The jaguar is the third-largest feline after the tiger and the lion, and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. The jaguar's present range extends from Southern United States and Mexico...
Panthera onca NT
- Jaguar
- Genus: Panthera
- Subfamily: Felinae
- Family: Felidae
- Suborder: CaniformiaCaniformiaCaniformia, or Canoidea , is a suborder within the order Carnivora. They typically possess a long snout and non-retractile claws . The Pinnipedia evolved from caniform ancestors and are accordingly assigned to this group...
- Family: CanidaeCanidaeCanidae is the biological family of carnivorous and omnivorous mammals that includes wolves, foxes, jackals, coyotes, and domestic dogs. A member of this family is called a canid . The Canidae family is divided into two tribes: Canini and Vulpini...
(dogs, foxes)- Genus: Lycalopex
- CulpeoCulpeoThe culpeo , sometimes known as the culpeo zorro or Andean fox , is a South American species of wild dog. It is the second largest native canid on the continent after the maned wolf. In its appearance it bears many similarities to the widely recognized red fox...
Lycalopex culpaeus LC - Pampas FoxPampas FoxThe Pampas fox , also known as graxaim, sorro, Azara's fox, or Azara's zorro, is a medium sized zorro or "false" fox native to South American pampas and its range is through central South America in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Brazil...
Lycalopex gymnocercus LC
- Culpeo
- Genus: Cerdocyon
- Crab-eating FoxCrab-eating FoxThe crab-eating fox , also known as the forest fox, wood fox, and the common fox, is an extant species of medium-sized canid endemic to the central part of South America and which appeared during the Pliocene epoch...
Cerdocyon thous LC
- Crab-eating Fox
- Genus: Atelocynus
- Short-eared DogShort-eared DogThe short-eared dog , also known as the short-eared fox or the short-eared zorro, is a unique and elusive canid species endemic to the Amazonian basin...
Atelocynus microtis DD
- Short-eared Dog
- Genus: SpeothosSpeothosSpeothos is a genus of canid found in Central and South America. The genus includes the living Bush Dog, Speothos venaticus, as well as an extinct Pleistocene species, Speothos pacivorus. Surprisingly, the fossil species was identified and named prior to the discovery of the extant species, with...
- Bush DogBush DogThe bush dog is a canid found in Central and South America, including Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru , Ecuador, the Guianas, Paraguay, northeast Argentina and Brazil...
Speothos venaticus VU
- Bush Dog
- Genus: Chrysocyon
- Maned WolfManed WolfThe maned wolf is the largest canid of South America, resembling a large fox with reddish fur.This mammal is found in open and semi-open habitats, especially grasslands with scattered bushes and trees, in south, central-west and south-eastern Brazil The maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) is the...
Chrysocyon brachyurus NT
- Maned Wolf
- Genus: Lycalopex
- Family: Ursidae (bears)
- Genus: TremarctosTremarctosTremarctos is a genus of the family Ursidae, subfamily Tremarctinae endemic to Americas from the Pliocene to recent. The northern species, the Florida short-faced bear was extinct 11 000 years ago...
- Spectacled BearSpectacled BearThe spectacled bear , also known as the Andean bear and locally as ukuko, jukumari or ucumari, is the last remaining short-faced bear and the closest living relative to the Florida spectacled bear and short-faced bears of the Middle Pleistocene to Late Pleistocene age.The spectacled bear is a...
Tremarctos ornatus VU
- Spectacled Bear
- Genus: Tremarctos
- Family: ProcyonidaeProcyonidaeProcyonidae is a New World family of the order Carnivora. It includes the raccoons, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, ringtails and cacomistles. Procyonids inhabit a wide range of environments, and are generally omnivorous.-Characteristics:...
(raccoons)- Genus: ProcyonProcyon (genus)Procyon is a genus of nocturnal mammals, comprising three species commonly known as raccoons, in the family Procyonidae. The most familiar species, the common raccoon , is often known simply as "the" raccoon, as the two other raccoon species in the genus are native only to the tropics and are...
- Crab-eating RaccoonCrab-eating raccoonThe Crab-eating Raccoon is a species of raccoon native to marshy and jungle areas of Central and South America . It is found from Costa Rica south through most areas of South America east of the Andes down to northern Argentina and Uruguay...
Procyon cancrivorus LR/lc
- Crab-eating Raccoon
- Genus: NasuaNasuaNasua is a genus within the Raccoon family, Procyonidae. The three species within the genus Nasua are generally referred to as coatis. Two additional species of coatis, commonly known as mountain coatis, are placed in the genus Nasuella...
- South American CoatiSouth American CoatiThe South American Coati, or Ring-tailed Coati , is a species of coati from South America. In Brazilian Portuguese it is known as quati. It is native to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Uruguay and Venezuela. It is the southern replacement of its very...
Nasua nasua LR/lc
- South American Coati
- Genus: Potos
- KinkajouKinkajouThe kinkajou , also known as the honey bear , is a rainforest mammal of the family Procyonidae related to olingos, coatis, raccoons, and the ringtail and cacomistle. It is the only member of the genus Potos. Kinkajous may be mistaken for ferrets or monkeys, but are not closely related...
Potos flavus LR/lc
- Kinkajou
- Genus: Bassaricyon
- Allen's OlingoAllen's OlingoAllen's Olingo is a species of olingo from South America, where it is known from Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru....
Bassaricyon alleni LR/lc
- Allen's Olingo
- Genus: Procyon
- Family: MustelidaeMustelidaeMustelidae , commonly referred to as the weasel family, are a family of carnivorous mammals. Mustelids are diverse and the largest family in the order Carnivora, at least partly because in the past it has been a catch-all category for many early or poorly differentiated taxa...
(mustelids)- Genus: Mustela
- Long-tailed WeaselLong-tailed WeaselThe long-tailed weasel , also known as the bridled weasel or big stoat is a species of mustelid distributed from southern Canada throughout all the United States and Mexico, southward through all of Central America and into northern South America.-Evolution:The long-tailed weasel is the product of...
Mustela frenata LR/lc
- Long-tailed Weasel
- Genus: EiraEiraEira is a neighborhood in Helsinki, the capital of Finland.The district dates back to the early 20th century and received its name after Eira Hospital in the neighboring district of Ullanlinna, which in turn took its name from Eira Hospital in Stockholm, which was named after Eir, the old...
- TayraTayraThe tayra , also known as the Tolomuco or Perico ligero in Central America, and San Hol or viejo de monte in the Yucatan Peninsula is an omnivorous animal from the weasel family Mustelidae. It is the only species in the genus Eira...
Eira barbara LR/lc
- Tayra
- Genus: GalictisGalictisThe grison, also known as the South American glutton, is a neotropical mustelid of South America. Comprising the genus Galictis, it is divided into two species: the greater grison , which is found widely in South America, through Central America to southern Mexico; and the lesser grison , which is...
- Lesser GrisonLesser GrisonThe lesser grison , Galictis cuja, is a mammal species of the ferret family Mustelidae from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay....
Galictis cuja LR/lc - Greater grisonGreater GrisonThe greater grison, Galictis vittata, is an animal belonging to the ferret family Mustelidae from Central and South America, from southern Mexico to Brazil and Bolivia, living in savannas and rainforests, usually seen near rivers and streams....
Galictis vittata LR/lc
- Lesser Grison
- Genus: LontraLontraLontra is a genus of otters from the American continent.The genus comprises four species:*North American River Otter *Southern River Otter *Neotropical Otter...
- Neotropical River OtterNeotropical River OtterThe Neotropical Otter , Lontra longicaudis, is an otter species found in Central America, South America and the island of Trinidad....
Lontra longicaudis DD
- Neotropical River Otter
- Genus: Pteronura
- Giant OtterGiant OtterThe giant otter is a South American carnivorous mammal. It is the longest member of the Mustelidae, or weasel family, a globally successful group of predators. Unusually for a mustelid, the giant otter is a social species, with family groups typically supporting three to eight members...
Pteronura brasiliensis EN
- Giant Otter
- Genus: Mustela
- Family: Mephitidae
- Genus: Conepatus
- Molina's Hog-nosed SkunkMolina's Hog-nosed SkunkMolina's hog-nosed skunk, also called the Andes Skunk , is a skunk species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Uruguay in heights up to 5000m.-References:**The Andes: A Trekking Guide...
Conepatus chinga LR/lc
- Molina's Hog-nosed Skunk
- Genus: Conepatus
- Family: Canidae
Order: Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)
----Grazing
Grazing generally describes a type of feeding, in which a herbivore feeds on plants , and also on other multicellular autotrophs...
mammals. They are usually large to very large, and have relatively simple stomachs and a large middle toe.
- Family: Tapiridae (tapirs)
- Genus: Tapirus
- Brazilian TapirBrazilian TapirThe South American Tapir , or Brazilian Tapir or Lowland Tapir or Anta, is one of four species in the tapir family, along with the Mountain Tapir, the Malayan Tapir, and Baird's Tapir...
Tapirus terrestris VU
- Brazilian Tapir
- Genus: Tapirus
watch a video clip of this animal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH2_FV_dtJs
Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
----Ungulate
Ungulates are several groups of mammals, most of which use the tips of their toes, usually hoofed, to sustain their whole body weight while moving. They make up several orders of mammals, of which six to eight survive...
s whose weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in perissodactyls. There are about 220 artiodactyl species, including many that are of great economic importance to human
Human
Humans are the only living species in the Homo genus...
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- Family: Tayassuidae (peccaries)
- Genus: Catagonus
- Chacoan PeccaryChacoan peccaryThe Chacoan peccary or Tagua is a species of peccary found in the Gran Chaco of Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina. About 3000 exist in the world...
Catagonus wagneri EN
- Chacoan Peccary
- Genus: PecariPecariPecari is a genus of mammals in the peccary family, Tayassuidae. The genus was monotypic until the description of P. maximus in 2007, but the scientific evidence for its status as a species separate from P...
- Collared PeccaryCollared PeccaryThe collared peccary is a species of mammal in the family Tayassuidae that is found in North, Central, and South America. They are commonly referred to as javelina, saíno or báquiro, although these terms are also used to describe other species in the family...
Pecari tajacu LC
- Collared Peccary
- Genus: Tayassu
- White-lipped PeccaryWhite-lipped PeccaryThe White-lipped Peccary, Tayassu pecari, is a peccary species found in Central and South America, living in rainforest, dry forest and chaco scrub. It is monotypic within the genus Tayassu....
Tayassu pecari NT
- White-lipped Peccary
- Genus: Catagonus
- Family: Camelidae (camels, llamas)
- Genus: LamaLamaLama is a title for a Tibetan teacher of the Dharma. The name is similar to the Sanskrit term guru .Historically, the term was used for venerated spiritual masters or heads of monasteries...
- Guanaco Lama guanicoe LR/lc
- Genus: VicugnaVicugnaVicugna is a genus containing two South American camelids, the vicuña and the alpaca.Previously thought to be descended from the llama, the alpaca was reclassified as part of Vicugna after a 2001 paper on alpaca DNA. The paper showed that the alpaca is descended from the vicuña, not the...
- VicuñaVicuñaThe vicuña or vicugna is one of two wild South American camelids, along with the guanaco, which live in the high alpine areas of the Andes. It is a relative of the llama, and is now believed to share a wild ancestor with domesticated alpacas, which are raised for their fibre...
Vicugna vicugna LR/cd
- Vicuña
- Genus: Lama
- Family: Cervidae (deer)
- Subfamily: CapreolinaeCapreolinaeCapreolinae, also known as Odocoileinae or the New World deer , is a subfamily of deer...
- Genus: Blastocerus
- Marsh deerMarsh DeerThe Marsh Deer, Blastocerus dichotomus , is the largest deer species from South America reaching a length of and a height of at the rump. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay...
Blastocerus dichotomus VU
- Marsh deer
- Genus: Hippocamelus
- Peruvian Huemul Hippocamelus antisensis DD
- Genus: MazamaMazamaMazama may refer to:* Mazama, Washington , a small village nestled in the Methow Valley in the eastern part of Washington* Mazama, the genus name of the Brocket deer...
- Red BrocketRed BrocketThe Red Brocket , is a species of brocket deer from forests in South America, ranging from northern Argentina to Colombia and the Guianas...
Mazama americana DD - Dwarf BrocketDwarf BrocketThe Dwarf Brocket , or Chunyi, is a small species of deer native to the Andean highlands in western Bolivia and south-eastern Peru, where found in forest and páramo. Its pelage is redddish-brown with dark grey foreparts and neck. The underparts are lighter brown, and the muzzle short and thick...
Mazama chunyi DD - Gray BrocketGray BrocketThe Gray Brocket , also known as the brown brocket, is a species of brocket deer from northern Argentina, Bolivia, eastern and southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It formerly included the Amazonian Brown Brocket and sometimes also the Yucatan Brown Brocket as subspecies...
Mazama gouazoupira DD
- Red Brocket
- Genus: Ozotoceros
- Pampas deerPampas DeerPampas deer, Ozotoceros bezoarticus, live in the grasslands of South America at low elevations. They are also known as Venado or Gama. Their habitat includes water and hills, often with winter drought, and grass that is high enough to cover a standing deer...
Ozotoceros bezoarticus N
- Pampas deer
- Genus: Blastocerus
- Subfamily: Capreolinae
watch a video clip with lamas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNq5s2CVhQI
Order: DidelphimorphiaDidelphimorphiaOpossums make up the largest order of marsupials in the Western Hemisphere, including 103 or more species in 19 genera. They are also commonly called possums, though that term technically refers to Australian fauna of the suborder Phalangeriformes. The Virginia opossum was the first animal to be...
(common opossums)
----Western Hemisphere
The Western Hemisphere or western hemisphere is mainly used as a geographical term for the half of the Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian and east of the Antimeridian , the other half being called the Eastern Hemisphere.In this sense, the western hemisphere consists of the western portions...
. Opossums probably diverged from the basic South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
n marsupial
Marsupial
Marsupials are an infraclass of mammals, characterized by giving birth to relatively undeveloped young. Close to 70% of the 334 extant species occur in Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands, with the remaining 100 found in the Americas, primarily in South America, but with thirteen in Central...
s in the late Cretaceous
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous , derived from the Latin "creta" , usually abbreviated K for its German translation Kreide , is a geologic period and system from circa to million years ago. In the geologic timescale, the Cretaceous follows the Jurassic period and is followed by the Paleogene period of the...
or early Paleocene
Paleocene
The Paleocene or Palaeocene, the "early recent", is a geologic epoch that lasted from about . It is the first epoch of the Palaeogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era...
.They are small to medium-sized marsupials, about the size of a large house cat
Cat
The cat , also known as the domestic cat or housecat to distinguish it from other felids and felines, is a small, usually furry, domesticated, carnivorous mammal that is valued by humans for its companionship and for its ability to hunt vermin and household pests...
, with a long snout and prehensile tail.
- Family: Didelphidae (American opossums)
- Subfamily: CaluromyinaeCaluromyinaeCaluromyinae is a subfamily of opossums. It includes the extant genera Caluromys, Caluromysiops and Glironia, as well as the extinct Pachybiotherium. It has sometimes been classed as a full family, Caluromyidae....
- Genus: Caluromys
- Brown-eared Woolly OpossumBrown-eared Woolly OpossumThe Brown-eared Woolly Opossum , also known as the Western Woolly Opossum, is a woolly opossum species from South America...
Caluromys lanatus LR/nt
- Brown-eared Woolly Opossum
- Genus: Glironia
- Bushy-tailed OpossumBushy-tailed OpossumThe Bushy-tailed Opossum, Glironia venusta, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru....
Glironia venusta VU
- Bushy-tailed Opossum
- Genus: Caluromys
- Subfamily: DidelphinaeDidelphinaeDidelphinae is a subfamily of opossums. Specimens have been collected throughout the Americas but are predominant in South and Central America....
- Genus: Chironectes
- Water OpossumWater OpossumThe water opossum , also locally known as the yapok, is a marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It is the only member of its genus, Chironectes...
Chironectes minimus LR/nt
- Water Opossum
- Genus: DidelphisDidelphisThe six species in the genus Didelphis, commonly known as large American opossums, are members of the Didelphimorphia order....
- White-eared OpossumWhite-eared OpossumThe White-eared Opossum is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela....
Didelphis albiventris LR/lc - Common OpossumCommon OpossumThe common opossum , also called the southern or black-eared opossum, is a mammal species living from the northeast of Mexico to Bolivia, including the Lesser Antilles, where it is called manicou. It prefers the woods, but can also live in fields and cities...
Didelphis marsupialis LR/lc
- White-eared Opossum
- Genus: GracilinanusGracilinanusGracilinanus is a genus of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It was separated from the genus Marmosa in 1989, and has since had the genus Cryptonanus removed from it...
- Aceramarca Gracile OpossumAceramarca Gracile OpossumThe Aceramarca Gracile Mouse Opossum or Bolivian Gracile Opossum is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. This species inhabits tropical forests . It is likely that it is arboreal, although it may forage for fruit, insects and other small invertebrates on...
Gracilinanus aceramarcae LC - Agile Gracile OpossumAgile Gracile OpossumThe Agile Gracile Opossum , is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, and Uruguay....
Gracilinanus agilis LR/nt
- Aceramarca Gracile Opossum
- Genus: Lutreolina
- Lutrine OpossumLutrine OpossumThe lutrine opossum , also known as the little water opossum or thick-tailed opossum, is an opossum species from South America and is monotypical of the genus Lutreolina. It is found in Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay, Colombia and Guyana...
Lutreolina crassicaudata LR/lc
- Lutrine Opossum
- Genus: MarmosaMarmosaThe nine species in the genus Marmosa are relatively small Neotropic members of the order Didelphimorphia. This genus is one of four that are known as mouse opossums. The others are Micoureus , Thylamys and Tlacuatzin, the grayish mouse opossum...
- Rufous Mouse OpossumRufous Mouse OpossumThe rufous mouse opossum, Marmosa lepida, is an opossum species from South America. The species has been found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Surinam in lowland tropical rainforest at altitudes from 100 to 1000 m. It is presumed to feed on insects and fruit, like its close...
Marmosa lepida LR/nt - Linnaeus's Mouse OpossumLinnaeus's Mouse OpossumLinnaeus's Mouse Opossum , also known as the Common or Murine Mouse Opossum, is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae.-Range and habitat:...
Marmosa murina LR/lc
- Rufous Mouse Opossum
- Genus: MarmosopsMarmosopsMarmosops is a genus of Neotropic opossums of the family Didelphidae. It includes the following species:* Genus Marmosops** Bishop's Slender Opossum ** Narrow-headed Slender Opossum...
- Dorothy's Slender Mouse Opossum Marmosops dorothea VU
- White-bellied Slender OpossumWhite-bellied Slender OpossumThe White-bellied Slender Opossum, Marmosops noctivagus, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.Recent research suggests that M. dorothea is a synonym of M. noctivagus.-References:*...
Marmosops noctivagus LR/lc
- Genus: Metachirus
- Brown Four-eyed OpossumBrown Four-eyed OpossumThe Brown Four-eyed Opossum is a pouchless marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It is found in different forested habitats of Central and South America, from Nicaragua and to Paraguay and northern Argentina...
Metachirus nudicaudatus LR/lc
- Brown Four-eyed Opossum
- Genus: MicoureusMicoureusMicoureus is a genus of Neotropic opossums of the family Didelphidae. It includes the following species:* Alston's Mouse Opossum * White-bellied Woolly Mouse Opossum...
- Bare-tailed Woolly Mouse OpossumBare-tailed Woolly Mouse OpossumThe bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum or short-furred woolly mouse opossum is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. Its range includes Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. It is found in tropical rainforest in the westernmost portion of the Amazon Basin and the eastern...
Micoureus regina LR/lc
- Bare-tailed Woolly Mouse Opossum
- Genus: Monodelphis
- Northern Red-sided OpossumNorthern Red-sided OpossumThe northern red-sided opossum, Monodelphis brevicaudata, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil. French Guyana, Guyana, Surinam and Venezuela.-Behavior:...
Monodelphis brevicaudata LR/lc - Gray Short-tailed OpossumGray Short-tailed OpossumThe gray short-tailed opossum is a small member of the Didelphidae family of opossums. It was the first marsupial to have its genome sequenced. It is naturally found in arboreal habitats in Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay. The opossum is used as a research model in science, and is also frequently...
Monodelphis domestica LR/lc - Pygmy Short-tailed OpossumPygmy Short-tailed OpossumThe Pygmy Short-tailed Opossum, Monodelphis kunsi, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay.-References:**...
Monodelphis kunsi EN - Osgood's Short-tailed OpossumOsgood's Short-tailed OpossumOsgood's Short-tailed Opossum is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss. The opossum is named after...
Monodelphis osgoodi VU
- Northern Red-sided Opossum
- Genus: Philander
- Gray Four-eyed OpossumGray Four-eyed OpossumThe gray four-eyed opossum, Philander opossum, is an opossum species from Central and South America, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, Bolivia and southwestern Brazil, at altitudes from sea level to 1600 m...
Philander opossum LR/lc
- Gray Four-eyed Opossum
- Genus: ThylamysThylamysThylamys is a genus of opossum in the family Didelphidae. The premaxillae are rounded rather than pointed. The females lack a pouch. The females' nipples are arranged in two symmetrical rows on the abdomen All species but T...
- Elegant Fat-tailed Opossum Thylamys elegans LR/lc
- Pallid Fat-tailed Opossum Thylamys pallidior LR/lc
- Small Fat-tailed Opossum Thylamys pusilla LR/lc
- Genus: Chironectes
- Subfamily: Caluromyinae
See also
- List of chordate orders
- List of regional mammals lists
- List of prehistoric mammals
- Mammal classificationMammal classificationMammalia is a class of animal within the Phylum Chordata. Mammal classification has been through several iterations since Carolus Linnaeus initially defined the class. Many earlier ideas have been completely abandoned by modern taxonomists, among these are the idea that bats are related to birds...
- New mammal species