South American Animal Names/Mammals

Mammal species names are listed in this chapter. This page does not include the data covered in the sub-chapters, which are:

Sloth

 * Scientific name: Folivora
 * Portuguese common name: preguiça, bicho-preguiça
 * Spanish common name:

Anteater

 * Scientific name: Vermilingua
 * Portuguese common name: tamanduá
 * Spanish common name:

Giant anteater

 * Scientific name: Myrmecophaga tridactyla
 * Portuguese common name: tamanduá-bandeira
 * Spanish common name:

Southern tamandua

 * Scientific name: Tamandua tetradactyla
 * Portuguese common name: tamanduá-mirim, tamanduá-colete
 * Spanish common name:

Silky anteater

 * Scientific name: Cyclopes didactylus
 * Portuguese common name: tamanduaí
 * Spanish common name:


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 * Portuguese common name: boto
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 * Portuguese common name: anta
 * Spanish common name:


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 * Portuguese common name: irara
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 * Scientific name: 
 * Portuguese common name: lontrinha
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 * Portuguese common name: jupará
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 * Portuguese common name: quati
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 * Scientific name: 
 * Portuguese common name: gambá, mucura
 * Spanish common name: zarigüeya


 * Scientific name: 
 * Portuguese common name: mucura-xixica
 * Spanish common name: