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Sei whale. Striped dolphin. The order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater. Suborder: Mysticeti.
Flamingos are gregarious wading birds, usually 3 to 5 feet (0.9 to 1.5 m) tall, found in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. Flamingos filter-feed on shellfish and algae. Their oddly shaped beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they consume and are used upside-down. Two species have been recorded in Uruguay.
Parque Lecocq. Parque Lecocq is a nature reserve [1] northwest of Montevideo, Uruguay, near the town of Santiago Vázquez. It houses mammals and birds [1] and protects flora [1] and pursues/supports breeding programs. It is adjacent to protected wetlands.
The Molina's hog-nosed skunk's native range is throughout mid to southern South America, Chile, Peru, northern Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and southern Brazil. [2] The mammal is therefore associated with temperate regions and open areas, mainly described as the Pampas biome [ 3 ] and preferring to live in open vegetation, shrub ...
The Pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus) is a species of deer that live in the grasslands of South America at low elevations. [3] They are known as veado-campeiro in Portuguese and as venado or gama in Spanish. It is the only species in the genus Ozotoceros. Their habitat includes water and hills, often with winter drought, and grass that is ...
Birds. The proventriculus is a standard part of avian anatomy, and is a rod shaped organ, located between the esophagus and the gizzard of most birds. [2] It is generally a glandular part of the stomach that may store and/or commence digestion of food before it progresses to the gizzard. [3] The primary function of the proventriculus is to ...
Harpaginae. Buteoninae. The Accipitridae (/ ˌæksɪˈpɪtrɪdiː, - deɪ /) is one of the three families within the order Accipitriformes, [2] and is a family of small to large birds of prey with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet. They feed on a range of prey items from insects to medium-sized mammals, with a number ...
C. Capybara. Chacoan naked-tailed armadillo. Collared tuco-tuco. Common fat-tailed mouse opossum. Common yellow-toothed cavy. Cook's hocicudo. Crab-eating fox. Crab-eating raccoon.