Amazon Rainforest Animals: mammals

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Amazon Rainforest Animals - South American Tapir

The South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris), also commonly called the Brazilian tapir (from the Tupi tapi'ira), the Amazonian tapir, ...

The giant otter or giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) is a South American carnivorous mammal. It is the longest member of the wease...

The jaguar or Panthera onca, is a big cat, a feline in the Panthera genus, and is the only Panthera species found in the Americas. The jagua...

The three-toed sloths are tree-living mammals from South and Central America. They are the only members of the genus Bradypus and the family...

The capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is the largest rodent in the world, followed by the beaver, porcupine, and mara. Its closest rel...

ads The red howler (Alouatta seniculus) is a South American species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, found in the western A...

Armadillos as a group include not just the modern armadillos, but their extinct relatives, the Pampatheres and giant Glyptodonts. They evo...

The giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), also known as the ant bear, is a large insectivorous mammal native to Central and South Ame...