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Each species of Orestias has varying size. The Titicaca orestias was the largest species in the genus. [4] The maximum recorded size is 22 cm (8.7 in) in standard length and 27 cm (10.6 in) in total length, which is considerably larger than most other species; only O. pentlandii at up to 20 cm (7.9 in) and 23.5 cm (9.3 in), respectively, comes close.
The two largest species in the genus, the Titicaca orestias (O. cuvieri) at up to 22 cm (8.7 in) in standard length and 27 cm (10.6 in) in total length, and O. pentlandii up to 20 cm (7.9 in) and 23.5 cm (9.3 in) respectively, [5] [6] have fared the worst. The Titicaca orestias was last seen in 1939 and is almost certainly extinct. [13]
Titicaca is the largest Andean lake and Junin is the largest lake fully within Peru. Each host several threatened endemics, including grebes ( Titicaca flightless grebe and Junin grebe ), [ 4 ] giant aquatic frogs ( Titicaca water frog and Lake Junin frog ) [ 6 ] and Orestias fish . [ 7 ]
Pictures Eremotherium laurillardi: Southern United States to Brazil Most recent remains in the Miranda River basin, Brazil dated to 5477-4170 BCE. [13] Megatherium americanum: Temperate South America and the Andes: Most recent remains at Campo Laborde, Argentina were dated to 5270-4310 BCE and show signs of human hunting and processing. [9]
The water level at Lake Titicaca on the Peru-Bolivia border is edging towards a record low, exacerbated by the weather phenomenon known as El Nino that is expected to get still more intense in ...
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A 70-year-old man's feet sink into the soil as he passes abandoned boats where there used to be the water of Lake Titicaca. The highest navigable lake in the world has receded to what Bolivian ...
Lake Titicaca (/ t ɪ t ɪ ˈ k ɑː k ə /; [4] Spanish: Lago Titicaca [ˈlaɣo titiˈkaka]; Quechua: Titiqaqa Qucha) is a large freshwater lake in the Andes mountains on the border of Bolivia and Peru. It is often called the highest navigable lake in the world. Titicaca is the largest lake in South America, both in terms of the volume of ...