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  2. Axolotl - Wikipedia

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    Axolotls may be confused with the larval stage of the closely related tiger salamander (A. tigrinum), which are widespread in much of North America and occasionally become paedomorphic, or with mudpuppies (Necturus spp.), fully aquatic salamanders from a different family that are not closely related to the axolotl but bear a superficial ...

  3. List of birds of South America - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of bird species recorded in South America. South America is the "Bird Continent": It boasts records of 3492 species, more than any other. (Much larger Eurasia is second with 3467.) Colombia's list alone numbers 1910 confirmed species, and both Brazil's and Peru's confirmed lists also exceed 1860.

  4. List of mammals of South America - Wikipedia

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    South America also once had a great diversity of ungulates of native origin, but these dwindled after the interchange with North America, and disappeared entirely following the arrival of humans. Sequencing of collagen from fossils of one recently extinct species each of notoungulates and litopterns has indicated that these orders comprise a ...

  5. These Mexicans are trying to save the volcano axolotl, a ...

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    The volcano axolotl species is much smaller than, for example, the Xochimilco axolotl, according to Osuna López. “Our species is on average about 15 centimeters from the snout to the tail. And ...

  6. Why axolotls seem to be everywhere — except in the one lake ...

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    An axolotl swims around a tank at the Axolotl Museum and Amphibians Conservation Centre in Mexico City in February. The species is considered critically endangered. - Daniel Cardenas/Anadolu/Getty ...

  7. Lake Xochimilco - Wikipedia

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    Lake Xochimilco, in a detail from the 1847 Bruff/Disturnell map The Valley of Mexico at the time of the Spanish conquest, c. 1519. Lake Xochimilco (Spanish pronunciation: [sotʃiˈmilko]; Nahuatl languages: Xōchimīlco, pronounced [ʃoːtʃiˈmiːlko] listen ⓘ) is an ancient endorheic lake, located in the present-day Borough of Xochimilco in southern Mexico City.

  8. List of mammals of Chile - Wikipedia

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    Armadillos are small mammals with a bony armored shell. There are 21 extant species in the Americas, 19 of which are only found in South America, where they originated. Their much larger relatives, the pampatheres and glyptodonts, once lived in North and South America but became extinct following the appearance of humans.

  9. Rare & Exotic Animal Native to Central and South America ...

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    Rare & Exotic Animal Native to Central and South America Found at Washington Rest Stop. Genny Glassman. July 1, 2024 at 12:30 PM. CC Anet Tascio/Shutterstock.