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This animal is a semi-aquatic large rodent. It is considered to be valuable because of its fur, which is used in the fashion business. Found in fresh water marshes it dines on plants indigenous to the region. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Aardwolf, Six banded armadillo, White opossum

Kinkajous are also known as honey bears. They are omnivores. It has the scientific name Potos flavus. It is a mammal and mostly lives on trees. They have been known to be grown as pets. They have predators such as foxes and birds of prey. Kinkajous have been recorded to live up to 24 years.
Raccoons are mammals with the scientific name Procyon lotor. They are also nocturnal animals and live in dens. They are omnivores and eat almost anything they can get their tiny claws on. They are known to live close to human habitation and forage through garbage cans for food.
Difficulty: Average.

 

Rabbit, Rat, Monkey

With less than 2,000 individuals left, the golden lion tamarin is one of the most endangered monkeys in South America. This tiny arboreal primate has lost over 95% of its native habitat, an occurrence that is unfortunately all to familiar for the wild animals of the South American rainforest. The golden lion tamarin lives in, kinship groups, and are known to move from place to place each day. They derive their name from the beautiful long mane that grows around its head and neck, and their fur which is striking golden-red in color. Difficulty: Average.

 

Cat, Butterfly, Snake

In fact, Brazil has more insects than any other country in the world. It is estimated as having over 70,000 species of insects and scientists say that it goes up to a higher number as new insects are discovered almost daily. Difficulty: Average.

 

Argentina, Peru, Uruguay

In the waters at the bottom of the Falls you can find the caiman. The caiman is a small crocodilian that eats fish and birds. Humans hunt caimans for their meat and their skin. Difficulty: Easy.

 

In the desert, In the trees, Underground

The Goliath Bird Eater is a type of tarantula that is found all over Brazil. The females live 20-25 years while the males live only 3-6 years. It is one of the largest spiders in the world. It usually eats worms and other small animals and only occasionally eats birds. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Females are twice the size of males, Males are red in color, Only the males are terrestrial

The tapir loves water and is frequently seen in and under the water in order to avoid predators. It has poor vision but very good hearing. They are herbivores and feast on berries, leaves and fruit. Difficulty: Average.

 

Dhoki, Amobi, Langer

It belongs to the Dendrobatidae family. They can be of so many different colors like yellow, gold, copper, red, green, blue, or black. These colors are supposed to be a mechanism of warning to other predators of their poisonous weapon. They are endangered. The toxins they produce are excreted through their skin. There are many species of this frog and each of them has different toxin levels. They are carnivores and mostly eat insects and spiders. They are known to be good parents and the mother carries the babies on her back for a while. Difficulty: Easy.

 

Flying frog, Spitting frog, Arrow frog

Fauna, Faunus and Fauns come from the name Pan, one Greek god. Difficulty: Hard.

 

It names a Greek earth god., It names all plants in the world., It is related to historical research on plants.

The rhea is a large flightless bird of South America. It is a non vocal bird expect during mating season or when chicks. The birds eat seeds, fruits and roots. Difficulty: Easy.

 

Bobo, Aman, Ware

Paddington was originally going to be from 'Darkest Africa', until it was pointed out that there were no bears native to the African continent, but Peru had the spectacled bear (also known as the Andean bear from its distribution in the wild) to offer. The last remaining species of short-faced bear, and the only surviving South American bear, the spectacled bear has black fur with a distinctive light-brown pattern across its face resembling (you're way ahead of me on this) spectacles. Their survival is related to their excellent tree-climbing ability, but their population is under current pressure from habitat loss, hunting by farmers who fear they will harm livestock despite their basically-vegetarian diet, and capture to obtain their gall bladders for use in Chinese medicine.

Crafted by Looney_tunes, the Melbourne marsupial Difficulty: Hard.

 

Kodiak bear, Moon bear, Amazon bear

In 1928, after a survey in Argentina, the Hornero was considered the national bird of the country. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Colombia, Chile, Bolivia

The boto is the only type of river dolphin kept in aquariums. It is a primitive toothed dolphin that eats a huge variety of fish. It is also known as the bufeo and the pink river dolphin. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Inia, Bajii, Encante

This fish is also known to many as the vampire fish. It is a parasitic fish with the scientific name Vandellia cirrhosa. Some believe that these fish crawl up the urethra of a man who urinates inside the water and that amputation of the penis is the only method of cure of this fish's invasion. This is widely considered to be a myth. They feed on the blood of other fish species and thus its name as the vampire fish. It is a type of catfish. The fish uses its transparency as a method to crawl up the gills of bigger fish. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Canura, Pomphret, Stargazer

Andes is home to different animals, including the llama, guanaco and vicuña, which are the most recognizable species of South America. Difficulty: Average.

 

East Patagonia, Amazon forest, Pantanal region

Swallowtails are large colorful butterflies and are found all over the Falls. They come in a large variety of sizes and colors. They eat plants, nectar and sometimes manure. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Bats, Birds, Bonobos

It is also called the American harpy eagle to distinguish it from another bird called the Papuan harpy eagle. Its scientific name is Harpia harpyja. Its population is threatened. Most of these birds have a wingspan of about 2 meters! Their diet usually includes animals like sloths, monkeys, and opossums. Also other birds and reptiles are also regularly on the menu for these powerful birds. They live for around 25 to 35 years. Mates usually stay together for life and build nests of twigs and green leaves. Difficulty: Easy.

 

David's eagle, Bald eagle, Catcher eagle

This bird can be found in a large part of the Andes, but in a low density. It is the largest bird of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. Difficulty: Average.

 

Peruvian condor, Bolivian falcon, Chilean eagle

The city of Cusco, in Peru, has the shape of a cougar and it can be seen from a plane. Incas believed that a cougar was a very powerful animal. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Toucan, Condor, Tapir

Although the leopard and the jaguar look a lot alike they live on different continents and have a lot of differences. The jaguar is larger, has a rounder head, and is more sturdy in build. This keystone species hunts almost all smaller animals. Difficulty: Very Easy.

 

Bobcat, Kodkod, Oncilla

The Southern tamandua, or collared anteater, is found all over Brazil. It has poor vision and very good hearing. It feasts on ants and termites. It has very strong claws used for digging out their insect prey. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Monkey, Butterfly, Horse

The capybara is the worlds largest rodent and is the size of a baby hippo. The capybara is herbivorous and lives in groups of about twenty. These unusual animals eat their own feces in order to get the most protein. Difficulty: Very Easy.

 

Muskrat, Water vole, Desman

There are many types of poison dart frogs and most of them are very bright in color. These frogs are thought to very bright in color as a warning about their toxicity. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Its sex, Its age, Its level of hunger

It is native to South America, specifically the Amazon. Its scientific name is Cebuella pygmaea. They are widely found in flooded, tropical forests. It has a tail that is longer than its body itself. They can live up to 12 years. They are considered as omnivores and eat a lot of fruits and insects. They are arboreal animals, i.e., they spend most of their time on trees. This provides them space from predators like pit vipers, tayra and cats such as jaguarundi, ocelot, margay and oncilla. These small animals mate for life. Difficulty: Easy.

 

Pygmy orangutan, Squirrel monkey, Tarsier

There are some other activities that threaten Venezuela´s wildlife like logging and shifting cultivation. But, from the alternatives given, the most dangerous one is mining. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Fishing, Hunting, Traveling

The culpeo is also known as the Andean fox. They are a tawny color with a darker back and whiter belly. They eat rabbits and other small animals. They are found in many regions of South America. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Large rodent, Bear, Wild cat

There are easily over 100 types of bats in Brazil. Bats are one of the most common animals in all parts of Brazil. You can find bats in trees, bushes, and caves. Difficulty: Hard.

 

30-40, 60-70, 5-10

It belongs to the family Scarabaeidae and has its binomial name as Dynastes hercules. It is found in the Amazon and other rainforests of South America. Most of these beetles eat decaying fruit. Both sexes are different in this beetle species. Other rhinoceros beetles are ox beetles, elephant beetle, European rhinoceros beetle and unicorn beetle.
Difficulty: Hard.

 

Unicorn beetle, Elephant beetle, Ox beetle

All three of these birds are considered to be "Lazarus species", which means that all were rediscovered after being declared extinct. The Caatinga Woodpecker was declared extinct in 1926 and was rediscovered in Brazil in 2006. The Kinglet Calyptura was declared to be extinct in 1966 before being rediscovered in 1996. Fuertes's Parrot was declared extinct in 1911 and was found to still be living in Colombia in 2003. All three birds are still considered to be critically endangered as are many other forms of South American wildlife. Difficulty: Hard.

 

They are the three largest raptors on the continent, All make underground nests, They all have multi-colored bills

Brazil could be appointed to be the first, because of its dimension, but it is not. Colombia brings us the greatest diversity in terrestrial mammal species in the world. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia