SOUTH - AMERICA
Zuid Amerika

Please help us make this list more complete by sending in more names of endangered or threatened animals you know of from the areas below...

Wilt u ons helpen deze lijst completer te maken door meer namen van bedreigde dieren uit bovenstaande regionen naar ons toe te mailen...

Common name
Engelse naam

Dutch name
Hollandse naam

Scientific name
wetenschappelijke naam

Specific region
Regio

Report
Werkstuk

Anteater, Giant . . Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay yes
Arapaima - a large freshwater fish . . Brazil - Amazon River .
Black Caiman . . tropical South America .
Curassow, Red-billed . . Brazil .
Frog, South American Horned Ornate . . . .
Grebe, Junin . . Peru .
Macaw, Spix's . . Brazil .
Macaw, Lear's or Indigo . . Brazil .
Macaw, Blue-throated . . Brazil .
Macaw . . . yes
Manatee . . . yes
Otter, Giant . . Brazil - Amazon River Basin .
Pelican, brown . . . yes
Tamarin, Golden Lion . . Brazil yes
Tinamou, Black-headed . . Peru .
Tinamou, Barred . . Venezuela .
Vicuna . . Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru .
Chincilla chinchilla langeria. Chincilla Andes of Chile, Peru and Argentina .
Pudu . . Argentina .
Heumul . . Argentina .
Three toed sloth . . Argentina .
Red Knot Bird     migrates from the tip of South America to the Arctic  
         
         
         

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