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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 ...
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 ...
The following animals are endemic to Peru ... This category has only the following subcategory. ˇ. Endemic birds of Peru (114 P)
The Huayhuash range is 30 km long north to south [2] and includes seven peaks over 6000 m including Yerupajá, which, at 6,617 metres (21,709 ft), is the second highest peak in Peru. [9] Another notable peak, Siula (6,344 m) was made famous by mountaineer Joe Simpson in his book Touching the Void .
Alpacas are native to Peru but can be found throughout the globe in captivity. [32] Peru currently has the largest alpaca population, with over half the world's animals. [33] The population declined drastically after the Spanish Conquistadors invaded the Andes mountains in 1532, after which 98% of the animals were destroyed. The Spanish also ...
Tarucas are found only in the Andes mountains, from central Peru, through Bolivia and extreme north-eastern Chile, and into northern Argentina. Peru holds the largest population of tarucas in South America. In 2008 it was suggested that between 9,000 and 12,000 individuals lived across the central Andes mountains.