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While the majority of Brazil's fish species are native to the Amazon, the Paraná–Paraguay and the São Francisco river basins, the country also has an unusually high number of troglobitic fish, with 25 species (15% of the total in the world) known so far. [22] The most well-known fish in Brazil is the piranha. [23]
Brazil has the largest mammal diversity in the world, with more than 600 described species and more likely to be discovered. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, 66 of these species are endangered, and 40% of the threatened taxa belong to the primate group. 658 species are listed. [1]
The rufous-bellied thrush is the national bird of Brazil. Brazil has one of the richest bird diversities in the world. The avifauna of Brazil include a total of 1860 confirmed species of which 238 are endemic. Five have been introduced by humans, 93 are rare or vagrants, and seven are known or thought to be extinct or extirpated. An additional ...
Brazil has hundreds of millions of cows, but one in particular is extraordinary. Worth $4 million, Viatina-19 FIV Mara Movéis is the most expensive cow ever sold at auction, according to Guinness ...
Country Name of animal Scientific name (Latin name) Picture Ref. Algeria Fennec fox (national animal) Vulpes zerda Argentina Rufous hornero (national bird) Furnarius rufus Antigua and Barbuda European fallow deer (national animal) Dama dama Frigate (national bird) Fregata magnificens Hawksbill turtle (national sea creature) Eretmochelys imbricata Azerbaijan Karabakh horse (national horse ...
Its most conspicuous feature is its massive beak, which is yellow-orange with a black base and large spot on the tip. It is endemic to South America, where it has a wide distribution from the Guianas south to northern Argentina and Uruguay, and its range has recently been expanding southwards. Unlike other toucans, which inhabit continuous ...
Brazil, the world's largest chicken exporter, first confirmed outbreaks among wild birds on May 15, and has since recorded at least 67 outbreaks of the disease in wild birds in multiple states.
swimming, Cristalino River, Mato Grosso. The South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris), also commonly called the Brazilian tapir (from the Tupi tapi'ira [3]), the Amazonian tapir, the maned tapir, the lowland tapir, anta (Brazilian Portuguese), and la sachavaca (literally "bushcow", in mixed Quechua and Spanish), is one of the four recognized species in the tapir family (of the order ...