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Declined due to clearance of gallery forests for agriculture and livestock grazing, and possibly also hunting and capture of animals for the exotic pet trade. [58] Sinú parakeet: Pyrrhura subandina: Sinú Valley, Córdoba Department, Colombia Last recorded in 1949.
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 name of the genus comes from the Pampas, a region of vast plains typical of southern South America, from which the specimen originates, and from the Greek phoneus, meaning "killer", in reference to the predatory habits of the animal. The specific epithet honors José Bicca, the landowner of the farm where the fossil was found.
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 ...
These changes included the adoption of Old World crops and animals and the onset of a rich Spanish–Mapuche trade in La Frontera and Valdivia. Despite these contacts Mapuche were never completely subjugated by the Spanish Empire. Between the 18th and 19th century Mapuche culture and people spread eastwards into the Pampas and the Patagonian ...
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
Among carnivorous animals, there are puma (mountain lion), Pampas cat, the rare Andean mountain cat, Andean fox, and some Spectacled bear. Relatively few birds, such as the Darwin's rhea , Andean condor , and certain miners and yellow-finches , are found in the vast expanses of puna grasslands; however, many more birds are associated with the ...
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.