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Pages in category "Lists of animals of South America" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The armadillos are small mammals with a bony armored shell. All 21 extant species are found in South America, where they originated. Their much larger relatives, the pampatheres and glyptodonts, once lived in North and South America but became extinct following the appearance of humans. Family: Dasypodidae (long-nosed armadillos) Subfamily ...
The fauna of South America consists of a huge variety of unique animals some of which evolved in relative isolation. The isolation of South America allowed for many separate animal lineages to evolve, creating a lot of originality when it comes to South American animal species. [ 1 ]
Aquatic animals of South America (5 C, 1 P) I. Invertebrates of South America (15 C, 1 P) V. Vertebrates of South America (7 C) Pages in category "Fauna of South America"
Pages in category "Lists of mammals of South America" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
And unlike the Amazon where everything is larger than life, these forests offer sanctuary to a group of smaller animals. The Kodkod is the smallest cat in the Americas , weighing only about 5 lbs.
Of the 2530 endemic species, 238 are found only in Brazil and 337 are only in one of 12 other countries and territories. Seventeen of the 3485 total species have been introduced to South America. In addition, 106 of the species are vagrants to the continent, with only a few records, and some have made only a single appearance. Twenty-nine ...
Fish of South America (16 C, 428 P) Mammals of South America (26 C, 9 P) Prehistoric vertebrates of South America (4 C) Reptiles of South America (21 C, 11 P) V.