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  2. Jaguar - Wikipedia

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    The jaguar is an obligate carnivore and depends solely on flesh for its nutrient requirements. An analysis of 53 studies documenting the diet of the jaguar revealed that its prey ranges in weight from 1 to 130 kg (2.2 to 286.6 lb); it prefers prey weighing 45–85 kg (99–187 lb), with the capybara and the giant anteater being the most selected.

  3. Manuel Córdova-Rios - Wikipedia

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    Their home was the tropical rainforest, which Córdoba had only known from a Peruvian perspective. He learned their language and their hunting styles, ate the diet of cultivated vegetables, wild fruits and game meat, lived their village life, and went without clothes.

  4. Fauna of Guyana - Wikipedia

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    Guyana's has three distinct main biomes are tropical rainforests, wetlands, and savannas, [3] and each biome has unique fauna associated. There are 47,677 unique species classified as part of Guyana, of which 17,291 (36.27%) are classified as an endangered species .

  5. Selva Zoque - Wikipedia

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    Semi-deciduous tropical forest 6% Trees are 4–15 m high, and more than 75% of the species lose their leaves during the dry season. Tropical rain forest 56% The canopy exceeds 30 m in height and more than 75% of the species preserve their leaves throughout the year. Farmed 5% Agriculture, livestock and forestry Others 8%

  6. Environmental history of Latin America - Wikipedia

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    Simonian, Lane. (1995) Defending the Land of the Jaguar: A History of Conservationism in Mexico. University of Texas Press. Steen, Harold K and Richard P. Tucker, eds. (1992) Changing Tropical Forests: Historical Perspectives on Today's Challenges in Central and South America. Durham NC: Forest History Society.

  7. Really Wild Animals - Wikipedia

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    The first is about all the life that lives in the rainforest ("Greenhouse"); the second is about the importance of finding food and the food chain ("What Do You Want for Lunch"); the third is about the rainforest canopy and all the birds that call it home ("Bird's-Eye View"), and the fourth is about the importance of keeping the rainforest safe ...

  8. Tropical Wet Forests (US and Mexico) - Wikipedia

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    The two main keystone species of the Tropical Wet Forest ecoregion are the American crocodile and the Mexican jaguar. They are both top predators and influence the population of their prey. American crocodiles create habitat for many creatures through their water holes and the paths they create.

  9. South American tapir - Wikipedia

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    swimming, Cristalino River, Mato Grosso. 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 ...