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The short-eared dog (Atelocynus microtis), also known as the short-eared zorro or small-eared dog, [2] [3] is a unique and elusive canid species endemic to the Amazonian basin. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This is the only species assigned to the genus Atelocynus .
Capybara groups can consist of as many as 50 or 100 individuals during the dry season [29] [34] when the animals gather around available water sources. Males establish social bonds, dominance, or general group consensus. [34] They can make dog-like barks [29] when threatened or when females are herding young. [35]
Big-headed Amazon River turtle; Birds of the Amazon; Black agouti; Black caiman; Black-capped squirrel monkey; Black-tailed marmoset; Boa constrictor; Bolitoglossa caldwellae; Bothrops bilineatus smaragdinus; Brown agouti; Brown four-eyed opossum; Brown fruit-eating bat; Brown-throated sloth; Bush dog
JoeJoe the Capybara is one of the friendliest animals ever. But what exactly is a Capybara? And what’s it like living with one? Credit: JoeJoe The Capybara via Storyful
The Amazon rainforest is a species-rich biome in which thousands of species live, including animals found nowhere else in the world. To date, there is at least 40,000 different kinds of plants, 427 kinds of mammals, 1,300 kinds of birds, 378 kinds of reptiles, more than 400 kinds of amphibians, and around 3,000 freshwater fish are living in Amazon.
Heralded as the world's largest rodents, the South American rainforest natives can actually weigh as much as a full grown man.. But despite the fact that they apparently like to eat their own dung ...
The Amazon rainforest, [a] also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km 2 (2,700,000 sq mi), [ 2 ] of which 6,000,000 km 2 (2,300,000 sq mi) are covered by the rainforest . [ 3 ]
Wildcat is a 2022 American documentary film about animal rescue efforts in Peru, directed by the photojournalist Trevor Frost and Melissa Lesh. It was premiered at the 2022 Telluride Film Festival and was released in theaters on December 21, 2022, by Amazon Studios. In 2023, the film won an Emmy for Outstanding Nature Documentary.