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The Pampas (from the Quechua: pampa, meaning "plain"), also known as the Pampas Plain, are fertile South American low grasslands that cover more than 1,200,000 square kilometres (460,000 sq mi) and include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos, and Córdoba; all of Uruguay; and Brazil's southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul.
The Pampas cat (Leopardus colocola) is a small wild cat native to South America. [1] It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List as habitat conversion and destruction may cause the population to decline in the future. [2] It is named after the Pampas, but occurs in grassland, shrubland, and dry forest at elevations up to 5,000 m ...
Found in the late Pleistocene to early Holocene of Upper Ribeira Valley, southeastern Sao Paulo, Brazil but without direct datation. [7] Mylodon darwini: Pampas and Patagonia: Most recent remains at Cueva del Milodón, Chile dated to 10935-8804 BCE. [14] Scelidodon chiliensis: Western South America
This is a list of the native mammal species recorded in Argentina.As of January 2020, the list contains 402 mammal species from Argentina, of which one is extinct, seven are critically endangered, seventeen are endangered, sixteen are vulnerable, and thirty are near threatened.
The Pampas deer evolved as a plains animal; their direct ancestor first appeared during the Pleistocene epoch. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The deer may have evolved without culling predators, [ clarification needed ] as, when alarmed, they do not flee immediately but rather stamp their feet (like many deer), have a particular trot and whistle, and deposit ...
Pampas cat, a small wild cat; Pampas deer, a deer; Pampas fox, a medium-sized zorro; Pampas meadowlark, a bird; Cortaderia selloana, pampas grass, a flowering plant; Salpichroa origanifolia, pampas lily-of-the-valley, a flowering plant
The Criollo (in Spanish), or Crioulo (in Portuguese), is the native horse of the Pampas (a natural region between Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay, in South America) with a reputation for long-distance endurance linked to a low basal metabolism.
The central grasslands are populated by the giant anteater, armadillo, pampas cat, maned wolf, mara, cavias, and the rhea (ñandú), a large flightless bird. Hawks, falcons, herons, and tinamous (perdiz, Argentine "false partridges") inhabit the region. There are also pampas deer and pampas foxes. Some of these species extend into Patagonia.