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The vicuña, Lama vicugna, is the national animal of Peru. This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Peru.There are 417 mammal species in Peru, of which five are critically endangered, nine are endangered, thirty-two are vulnerable, and ten are near threatened.
The Peruvian night monkey, like Nancy Ma's night monkey, is endemic to the Peruvian Andes however it is found at a higher elevation, approximately 800–2,400 metres (2,600–7,900 ft) above sea level and therefore exploits different niches of this habitat. [16]
A Peruvian llama overlooking the ancient Inca ruins of Machu Picchu. Peru has some of the greatest biodiversity in the world. It belongs to the select group of mega diverse countries because of the presence of the Andes, Amazon rainforest, and the Pacific Ocean. [1] It has the fourth-most tropical forests of any country and the ninth-most ...
Peruvian night monkey: Aotus miconax: Endangered: Purus red howler: Alouatta puruensis: Least Concern: Red titi monkey: Plecturocebus discolor: Least Concern: San Martin titi monkey: Plecturocebus oenanthe: Critically Endangered: Tufted capuchin monkey: Sapajus apella: Least Concern: Yellow-tailed woolly monkey: Oreonax flavicauda: Critically ...
There could be a new contender for heaviest animal to ever live. While today's blue whale has long held the title, scientists have dug up fossils from an ancient giant that could tip the scales.
Guanacos stand between 1.0 and 1.3 m (3 ft 3 in and 4 ft 3 in) at the shoulder, body length of 2.1 to 2.2 m (6 ft 11 in to 7 ft 3 in), [5] [6] [7] and weigh 90 to 140 kg (200 to 310 lb). [8] Their color varies very little (unlike the domestic llama ), ranging from a light brown to dark cinnamon and shading to white underneath.
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[1] [2] [3] Of the 2530 endemic species, 238 are found only in Brazil and 337 are only in one of 12 other countries and territories. Seventeen of the 3485 total species have been introduced to South America. In addition, 106 of the species are vagrants to the continent, with only a few records, and some have made only a single appearance ...