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Peru's national bird is the Andean cock-of-the-rock. Peru has over 1,800 species of birds, the second-highest number of any country in the world. New species of birds are still being discovered and cataloged by scientists. 42 species from Peru have been officially added to science in the last 30 years.
The vicuña, Lama vicugna, is the national animal of Peru. This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Peru.There are 417 mammal species in Peru, of which five are critically endangered, nine are endangered, thirty-two are vulnerable, and ten are near threatened.
Peruvian Amazonia (Spanish: Amazonía del Perú), informally known locally as the Peruvian jungle (Spanish: selva peruana) or just the jungle (Spanish: la selva), is the area of the Amazon rainforest in Peru, east of the Andes and Peru's borders with Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, and Bolivia. This region comprises 60% of the country and is marked ...
It preserves part of the rainforests and cloud forests of central Peru. [2] It is a refuge for wildlife from the Pleistocene, a time when there were severe climatic changes, as evidenced by the diversity of flora and fauna found there. El Parque Nacional Yanachaga Chemillén (PNYCH) extends over the Yanachaga mountain range.
Eclipsed by the much-louder animals nearby, a “cryptic” creature sat quietly on a wet leaf in a mountain forest of Peru. Something about the “rubber” animal caught the attention of passing ...
Animal welfare and rights in Peru (2 C, 1 P) E. Endemic fauna of Peru (1 C, ... Pages in category "Fauna of Peru" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of ...
“Mummified” mice were recently discovered atop towering volcanoes in Peru where the Incas once performed ritual sacrifices. Thirteen of the whiskered rodents were found across three peaks in ...
Over 160 massive carvings were found dotting the desert landscape, photos show. Watchful cat, slithering snake among 2,000-year-old drawings found in Peru. Take a look