Amazon Mammals

The Amazon is home to more species of plants and animals than any other terrestial ecosystem on the planet -- perhaps 30% of the world's species are found there.

• More than 300 species of mammal are found in the Amazon, the majority of which are bats and rodents.
• The Amazon is home to the world's largest rodent, the capaybara which can weigh 200 pounds (91 kg).
• Two species of freshwater dolphin live in the Amazon river.
• Edentates -- including sloths, anteaters, and armadillos -- are common residents of the Amazon rainforest and only exist in the New World.

Pictures of Amazonian mammals:

Dusky Titi Monkey (Callicebus spp.) Capybara leaving water with a bird on its back Cabybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) with young along riverside Squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) Squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) Jaguar Black Jaguar Coatimundi Coati Woolly Monkey Capybara totally covered in mud on bank of the Rio Tambopata Brown Agouti (Dasyprocta variegata) on clay lick Baby Cabybaras (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) along Rio Tambopata Brown capuchin monkey Squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) Giant river otter eating a fish in the Amazon Pair of giant river otters Giant river otter eating a fish in the Amazon The world's largest rodent, the Capybara Capybara on bank of the Rio Tambopata Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) Pair of tapirs in water Capybara Tayra (Eira barbara) Tapir swimming Capybara Capybara Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) Jaguar (Panthera onca) Jaguarundi (Felis yagouaroundi) [local name - Halari or Jaguaroundi] Sleeping kinkajou (Potos flavus) Margay sleeping atop a tree branch Woolly Monkey Squirrel Monkey Squirrel Monkeys Giant Anteater Sloth Ocelot Tapir Capuchin Monkey Central American Agouti eating a fallen fruit Mantled Howler Monkey Juvenile White-throated Capuchin Monkey (Cebus capuchinus) Tayassu tajacu Panamanian Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata) Tent-making bat under a palm leaf Deer in Panama White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica) Gray Squirrel Crab-eating Raccoon (Procyon cancrivorous) Rufous-naped tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi) White-throated Capuchin Monkey (Cebus capuchinus) grooming Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) Central American Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) Central American Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) Peccary near a wallowing hole Javelina (Tayassu tajacu) near a wallowing hole Juvenile collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu) Juvenile Javelina Margay (Leopardus wiedii) Mountain lion (Puma concolor) Cougar (Puma concolor) [Local name - red tiger] Collared Peccaries Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) Mother Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) with babies Woolly monkey Red howler monkey Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) Red howler monkey howling Borugo (Agouti taczanowskii) Jaguar (Panthera onca) Headshot of a tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Ocelot Woolly monkey Yellow-handed Titi Monkey Borugo rodent Black agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa) Woolly monkeys Woolly monkey hanging upside down Jaguar (Panthera onca) Colombian Ocelot Yellow-handed Titi Monkey Common Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus) Common Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus albigena) Close headshot of a tapir Black spider monkey in the Colombian Amazon Jaguar (Panthera onca) Jaguar Jaguar opening its mouth Close headshot of a tapir Peccary looking skyward Tayra Puma or mountain lion (Puma concolor) Baby three-toed sloth hugging a stuffed panda in a Trio indigenous community Peccary Agouti Red howler monkey White-faced capuchin White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus)

This article was written by Rhett A. Butler [citation]

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