Native Animals In South America
The country is also home to some of the lesser known animals like the tsessebe and suni.
Native animals in south america. It does not hunt but. It is surrounded by the pacific ocean from the west by the atlantic ocean from the east and north by the caribbean sea from the northwest and connected with north america in the. While South America currently has no megaherbivore species weighing more than 1000 kg prior to this event it had a menagerie of about 25 of them consisting of gomphotheres camelids ground sloths glyptodonts and toxodontids 75 of these being old-timers.
The condor is one of the largest birds and can fly very high up in the sky. It is native to the coastal forests of Brazil but due to illegal logging poaching mining industrialization urbanization and habitat loss it is now considered endangered. Several species of penguins are native to southern South America the coastal regions of Peru and Chile and the Galapagos Islands.
Here are just a few fun facts about some of South Americas struggling animals. Their name comes from the light colored fur that encircle their. South American monkey species are particularly small.
Orinoco Crocodile Orinoco crocodiles are some of the largest predators on the continent. Also called javelinas collared peccaries are found in the southwestern United States in Texas Arizona and New Mexico. This category contains all animals native to the continent of South America which includes Central America and the Caribbean.
What Animals Live In South America. A magical wooden puzzle with vivid colours and amazing detail where the native animals come together and interlock to form the shape of South America Australian designed and handmade This puzzle is laser cut from native Australian timber and printed with high quality non toxic Eco UV ink. You have to realise that South America is a big continent from the Amazon to the Antarctica so there are many species of animals.
The llama can be shorn like a sheep to use its hair. Map of South America with Animals. However because they were so heavily hunted for their leather in the 1900s the population of this species is below 500.