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The newcomers out-competed and drove to extinction many mammals that had evolved during South America's long period of isolation, as well as some species from other classes. [ 4 ] South America suffered another major loss of mammal species in the Quaternary extinction event , which started around 12,500 cal BP , at roughly the time of arrival ...
Map of South America. This is a list of South American animals extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before present (about 9700 BCE) [A] and continues to the present day. [1] The list includes animal extinctions in the Galápagos, Falklands, and other islands near ...
Extinct mammals of South America (2 C, 12 P) A. Mammals of Argentina (2 C, 274 P) B. Mammals of Bolivia (1 C, 228 P) Mammals of Brazil (7 C, 49 P)
They are diurnal mammals native to South America, Central America, Mexico, and the Southwestern United States. The name "coatimundi" comes from the Tupian languages of Brazil, where it means "lone coati". [4] [5] Locally in Belize, the coati is known as "quash". [6]
The South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris), also commonly called the Brazilian tapir (from the Tupi tapi'ira [3]), the Amazonian tapir, the maned tapir, the lowland tapir, anta (Brazilian Portuguese), and la sachavaca (literally "bushcow", in mixed Quechua and Spanish), is one of the four recognized species in the tapir family (of the order ...
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Researchers have confirmed the existence of a new species of shark in South America. The shovellbill shark, Sphyrna alleni, was hiding in plain sight due to its resemblance ...
Freshwater fish: 2,700 species [1] Birds: 3,000 species [1] Mammals; Arthropods Most species of arthropods that are found in South America are only found in South America [1] Most abundant are butterflies [1] Amphibians and reptiles Tree frogs are one of the most abundant [1]
Marsupials of South America — marsupial mammals of South America, within the Didelphimorphia order endemic to the Americas. Subcategories This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total.