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Wildlife Lists
The following is just an EXTRACT from Wilderness Explorer's Wildlife List which is available by email - click here to request it!
WILDLIFE LIST EXTRACTList of mammals collected and/or observed at seven sites during October and November 1997 in the Iwokrama Reserve SPECIES/COMMON NAME Family Didelphidae opossums Didelphis marsupialis common opossum Marmosa murina murine mouse opossum Marmosops parvidens slender mouse opossum Micoureus demerarae wooly-tailed mouse opossum Monodelphis brevicaudata short-tailed opossum Philander opossum grey four-eyed opossum Family Myrmecophagidae anteaters Myrmecophaga tetradactyla giant anteater Tamandua tetradactyla southern anteater Family Dasypodidae armadillos Dasypus kappleri great long-nosed armadillos Family Cebidae monkeys Alouatta seniculus red howler monkey Ateles paniscus black spider monkey Pithecia pithecia Guianan saki Family Emballonuridae sheath tailed bats Diclidurus isabellus ghost bat Cormura brevirostris chestnut sac-winged bat Peropteryx macrotis dog-like sac-winged bat Rhynchonycteris naso river bat Longchophylla thomasi spear-nosed long-nosed bat Anoura geoffroyi hairy-legged bat Choeroniscus intermedius long-nosed bat Glossophaga soricina common long-tongued bat Carollia brevicauda short-tailed fruit bat Carollia perspicillata common short-tailed bat Rhinophylla pumilio little fruit bat Ametrida centurio white-shouldered bat Artibeus sp. fruit-eating bat Artibeus gnomus dwarf fruit-eating bat Artibeus cinereus little fruit-eating bat Family Felidae Cats Felis weidii margay Panthera onca jaguar Family Mustelidae weasels, otters, and allies Lontra longicaudus southern river otter Pteronura brasiliensis giant otter Family Procyonidae raccoons and allies Potos flavus kinkajou
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