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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]
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 ...
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"
New World monkeys are the five families of primates that are found in the tropical regions of Mexico, Central and South America: Callitrichidae, Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae, and Atelidae. The five families are ranked together as the Ceboidea ( / s ə ˈ b ɔɪ d i . ə / ), the only extant superfamily in the parvorder Platyrrhini ( / p l æ t ...
Belongs to the Austrokritosauria, a clade of hadrosaurids endemic to South America [18] Bonatitan: 2004 Allen Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian to Maastrichtian) Argentina: Analysis of its inner ear suggests a decreased range of head movements compared to other sauropods [19] Bonitasaura: 2004 Bajo de la Carpa Formation (Late Cretaceous ...
South America is one of the most biodiverse continents on Earth. It is home to many unique species of animals including the llama, anaconda, piranha, jaguar, vicuña, and tapir, and to one of the largest known insects in the world, the Titan beetle.
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. ...
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 ...