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The Vultur gryphus also known as the Andean condor is the national bird of Colombia.. The Andean condor inhabits the Andes mountain range. Although it is primarily a scavenger, feeding on carrion, this species belongs to the New World vulture family Cathartidae.
The Sabana Formation (Spanish: Formación Sabana, Q1 sa, QTs) is a geological formation of the Bogotá savanna, Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The formation consists mainly of shales with at the edges of the Bogotá savanna lignites and sandstones .
Montoya Arenas, Diana María; Reyes Torres, Germán Alfonso (2005), Geología de la Sabana de Bogotá, INGEOMINAS, pp. 1– 104; De Porta, J (1965), La posición estratigráfica de la fauna de Mamíferos del Pleistocene de la Sabana de Bogotá, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, pp. 37– 54
The national flower of Colombia is the orchid Cattleya trianae which was named after the Colombian naturalist José Jerónimo Triana.The orchid was selected by botanist Emilio Robledo, in representation of the Colombian Academy of History to determine the most representative flowering plant of Colombia.
Fauna [ edit ] Mammals of the grassland and savanna include white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ), giant anteater ( Myrmecophaga tridactyla ), capybara ( Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris ), giant armadillo ( Priodontes maximus ), Eastern cottontail ( Sylvilagus floridanus ), Alston's cotton rat ( Sigmodon alstoni ), Hispid cotton rat ( S ...
Colombia is one of seventeen megadiverse countries in the world. [7] The country in northwestern South America contains 311 types of coastal and continental ecosystems. [1] As of the beginning of 2021, a total of between 63,000 and 71,000 species are registered in the country, [8] [5] with 8803 endemic species, representing near the 14% of the total registered species. [6]
Other pollen and flora, as Ulmoideipites krempii, Carpolithus, Anemocardium margaritae, and Hickeycarpum peltatum have been found in the Bogotá Formation. [8] The abundant paleosols of the Bogotá Formation show an increase in chemical weathering across the Paleocene-Eocene (P-E) transition; the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum .
The areas are categorized in six divisions, defined in Article 329 of Código de Recursos Naturales (CNR): [5] national parks (parques nacionales), flora and fauna sanctuaries (santuarios de fauna y flora), flora sanctuaries (santuarios de flora), nature reserves (reserva natural), unique natural areas (área natural única) and road parks ...