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  2. Pampas - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of South American animals extinct in the Holocene

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    Map of South America. This is a list of South American animals extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before present (about 9700 BCE) [A] and continues to the present day. [1] The list includes animal extinctions in the Galápagos, Falklands, and other islands near ...

  4. Environment of Argentina - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Pampas cat - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. File:Map for the Pampas region.svg - Wikipedia

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    The following other wikis use this file: Usage on ar.wikipedia.org بمبة; Usage on ast.wikipedia.org Pampa (xeobotánica) Usage on ca.wikipedia.org

  7. Pampas deer - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Pampaphoneus - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Puna grassland - Wikipedia

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    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 ...