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Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) (NT) is the national bird of Chile. The wildlife of Chile is very diverse because of the country's slender and elongated shape, which spans a wide range of latitude, and altitude, ranging from the windswept coastline of the Pacific coast on the west to northern Andes to the sub-Antarctic, high Andes mountains in the east.
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This category is for fauna of Chile. Sub-categorize when appropriate. Sub-categorize when appropriate. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Animals of Chile .
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Chile. As of January 2011, there are 152 mammal species listed for Chile , of which four are critically endangered , eight are endangered, eight are vulnerable, and eleven are near threatened.
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Chile. Unless otherwise noted, the list is that of the South American Classification Committee (SACC) of the American Ornithological Society . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The SACC list includes species recorded in mainland Chile , on the Chilean islands of the Cape Horn area, on other islands and waters near the ...
Chile's geographical isolation has restricted the immigration of faunal life so that only a few of the many distinctive South American animals are found. Among the larger mammals are the puma or cougar, the llama-like guanaco and the fox-like chilla. In the forest region, several types of marsupials and a small deer known as the pudu are found ...
The common degu is a small animal with a body length of 25.0 to 31.0 cm (9.8–12.2 in) and a weight of 170 to 400 g (6.0 to 14.1 oz). It has yellow-brown fur above and creamy-yellow below, with yellow around the eyes and a paler band around the neck.