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A full-body African elephant on a rock in the savannah at sunset, with zebras and giraffes behind

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2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

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Showing 49 species · Defensores del Chaco

Showing 49 species · Defensores del Chaco

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Black-legged Seriema

Chunga burmeisteri

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Southern Tamandua

Tamandua tetradactyla

InsectivoreNocturnalVariable activity

Near Threatened

Turquoise-fronted Amazon

Amazona aestiva

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Great Kiskadee

Pitangus sulphuratus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Rainbow Boa

Epicrates cenchria

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Monk Parakeet

Myiopsitta monachus

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

Hyacinth Macaw

Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Jabiru

Jabiru mycteria

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Southern Lapwing

Vanellus chilensis

InsectivoreVariable activityIn pairs

Red-Footed Tortoise

Chelonoidis carbonarius

HerbivoreOmnivoreDiurnal

Amazonian Wandering Spider

Phoneutria fera

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Tarantula Hawk Wasp

Pepsis grossa

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Leaf-cutter Ant

Atta cephalotes

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial

Muscovy Duck

Cairina moschata

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial

Vampire Bat

Desmodus rotundus

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Red-crested Cardinal

Paroaria coronata

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Cascabel Rattlesnake

Crotalus durissus

CarnivoreNocturnalVariable activity

Southern Screamer

Chauna torquata

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Buenos Aires Scorpion

Bothriurus bonariensis

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Yellow Armadillo

Euphractus sexcinctus

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Crested Caracara

Caracara plancus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Rufous Hornero

Furnarius rufus

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Painted-belly Leaf Frog

Phyllomedusa sauvagii

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Molina's Hog-nosed Skunk

Conepatus chinga

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Pampas Fox

Lycalopex gymnocercus

OmnivoreNocturnalIn pairs

Amazon Naked-tailed Armadillo

Cabassous unicinctus

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Double-collared Seedeater

Sporophila caerulescens

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Brazilian Porcupine

Coendou prehensilis

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Black-and-white Tegu

Tupinambis merianae

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Yellow Anaconda

Eunectes notaeus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Near Threatened

Jaguar

Panthera onca

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

20 countries58 parks

Near Threatened

Maned Wolf

Chrysocyon brachyurus

OmnivoreNocturnalIn pairs

8 countries9 parks

Giant Anteater

Myrmecophaga tridactyla

InsectivoreVariable activitySolitary

20 countries23 parks

Puma

Puma concolor

CarnivoreCrepuscularSolitary

25 countries137 parks

Yacare Caiman

Caiman yacare

CarnivoreNocturnalReptile

5 countries14 parks

Toco Toucan

Ramphastos toco

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

11 countries17 parks

Giant Armadillo

Priodontes maximus

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

11 countries18 parks

Ocelot

Leopardus pardalis

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

20 countries55 parks

Near Threatened

Greater Rhea

Rhea americana

OmnivoreDiurnalIn herds

7 countries10 parks

White-Lipped Peccary

Tayassu pecari

OmnivoreDiurnalVulnerable

20 countries15 parks

4 countries

4 parks

12 countries67 parks

12 countries29 parks

16 countries71 parks

12 countries64 parks

15 countries25 parks

11 countries10 parks

16 countries15 parks

11 countries51 parks

10 countries44 parks

15 countries54 parks

18 countries68 parks

20 countries82 parks

45 countries76 parks

20 countries107 parks

7 countries20 parks

17 countries35 parks

7 countries13 parks

7 countries18 parks

8 countries31 parks

7 countries53 parks

7 countries41 parks

4 countries7 parks

7 countries39 parks

7 countries23 parks

9 countries48 parks

6 countries44 parks

13 countries60 parks

6 countries41 parks

5 countries13 parks