Megafauna of South America - Statistics

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Order	Family	Species	Common Name	Distribution	% Correct
Carnivora	Ursidae	Tremarctos ornatus	Spectacled Bear	the Andes Mountains from Venezuela to Bolivia	90%
Carnivora	Felidae	Puma concolor	Cougar	virtually the entire continent	80%
Carnivora	Felidae	Panthera onca	Jaguar	fragmented patches from Colombia throughout Greater Amazonia to northern Argentina and southeast Brazil	80%
Rodents	Caviidae	Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris	Common Capybara	the entire continent east of the Andes and north of Patagonia	70%
Pilosans	Myrmecophagidae	Myrmecophaga tridactyla	Giant Anteater	from the Pacific coast of Colombia throughout Greater Amazonia to northern Argentina	70%
Squamates	Boidae	Eunectes murinus	Green Anaconda	Greater Amazonia from Colombia and the Guiana Shield to eastern Brazil and Paraguay	70%
Odd-toed Ungulates	Equidae	Equus caballus	Domestic Horse	introduced to patches of the Andes from Colombia to Chile, as well as northern Brazil	60%
Even-toed Ungulates	Suidae	Sus scrofa (x domestica)	Wild Boar	introduced to southern Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina	60%
Rodents	Castoridae	Castor canadensis	American Beaver	introduced to Tierra del Fuego	50%
Crocodilians	Crocodylidae	Crocodylus acutus	American Crocodile	coasts of Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela	50%
Turtles	Podocnemididae	Podocnemis expansa	Arrau Turtle	Amazon Basin from Bolivia to northern Brazil and Venezuela	50%
Odd-toed Ungulates	Tapiridae	Tapirus bairdii	Baird’s Tapir	western Colombia	50%
Crocodilians	Alligatoridae	Melanosuchus niger	Black Caiman	Amazonia from eastern Peru to the Guiana Shield	50%
Even-toed Ungulates	Cervidae	Dama dama	European Fallow Deer	introduced to Argentina and Uruguay	50%
Turtles	Testudinidae	Chelonoidis niger	Galápagos Tortoise	Galápagos Islands	50%
Armadillos	Chlamyphoridae	Priodontes maximus	Giant Armadillo	Greater Amazonia from Colombia to northern Argentina, excluding parts of eastern Brazil	50%
Even-toed Ungulates	Camelidae	Lama guanicoe	Guanaco	Andes from central Peru to Argentina, and throughout Patagonia	50%
Even-toed Ungulates	Cervidae	Hippocamelus bisulcus	Huemul	Andes of southern Chile and Argentina	50%
Odd-toed Ungulates	Tapiridae	Tapirus pinchaque	Mountain Tapir	Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru	50%
Crocodilians	Crocodylidae	Crocodylus intermedius	Orinoco Crocodile	Orinoco Basin of Venezuela and eastern Colombia	50%
Even-toed Ungulates	Cervidae	Ozotoceros bezoarticus	Pampas Deer	fragmented patches throughout Argentina and Bolivia to northern Brazil	50%
Even-toed Ungulates	Cervidae	Cervus elaphus	Red Deer	introduced to Argentina and Chile	50%
Crocodilians	Alligatoridae	Caiman crocodilus	Spectacled Caiman	Greater Amazonia from northern Bolivia and central Brazil to Colombia and the Guiana Shield	50%
Even-toed Ungulates	Cervidae	Hippocamelus antisensis	Taruca	Andes from central Peru to northwest Argentina	50%
Even-toed Ungulates	Camelidae	Lama vicugna	Vicuña	Andes from Ecuador to Argentina	50%
Even-toed Ungulates	Cervidae	Odocoileus virginianus	White-tailed Deer	Colombia, Venezuela, the Guiana Shield, and sub-alpine Peru	50%
Crocodilians	Alligatoridae	Caiman yacare	Yacare Caiman	from Bolivia and western Brazil to eastern Argentina	50%
Even-toed Ungulates	Bovidae	Antilope cervicapra	Blackbuck	introduced to Argentina	40%
Crocodilians	Alligatoridae	Caiman latirostris	Broad-snouted Caiman	Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and southern and eastern Brazil	40%
Even-toed Ungulates	Cervidae	Mazama temama	Central American Brocket	western Colombia	40%
Even-toed Ungulates	Tayassuidae	Parachoerus wagneri	Chacoan Peccary	Chaco region of eastern Bolivia, western Paraguay, and northern Argentina	40%
Even-toed Ungulates	Tayassuidae	Dicotyles tajacu	Collared Peccary	from Colombia and Ecuador to southeast Brazil and Uruguay	40%
Carnivora	Otariidae	Zalophus wollebaeki	Galápagos Sea Lion	the Galápagos Islands and Isla de la Plata of Ecuador	40%
Odd-toed Ungulates	Tapiridae	Tapirus terrestris	Lowland Tapir	Greater Amazonia from Colombia to north-central Brazil and northern Argentina	40%
Even-toed Ungulates	Cervidae	Blastocerus dichotomus	Marsh Deer	fragmented patches from eastern Argentina to central Brazil and eastern Bolivia	40%
Even-toed Ungulates	Cervidae	Mazama americana	Red Brocket	from Colombia and Ecuador to southeast Brazil and northern Argentina	40%
Carnivora	Otariidae	Otaria flavescens	South American Sea Lion	coastlines between Ecuador and southernmost Brazil	40%
Carnivora	Phocidae	Mirounga leonina	Southern Elephant Seal	coasts of southern Chile and Argentina	40%
Squamates	Boidae	Eunectes notaeus	Yellow Anaconda	from eastern Bolivia to northeast Argentina and Uruguay	40%
Even-toed Ungulates	Bovidae	Bubalus bubalis	Domestic Water Buffalo	introduced to patches of Amazonia and Argentina	30%
Carnivora	Otariidae	Arctocephalus galapagoensis	Galápagos Fur Seal	Galápagos Islands	30%
Carnivora	Otariidae	Arctocephalus philippii	Juan Fernández Fur Seal	Juan Fernández and Desventuradas islands of Chile	30%
Carnivora	Otariidae	Arctocephalus australis	South American Fur Seal	coastlines between southern Peru and southernmost Brazil	30%
Even-toed Ungulates	Tayassuidae	Tayassu pecari	White-lipped Peccary	from Colombia and Ecuador to southeast Brazil, excluding parts of Venezuela and eastern Colombia	30%
Turtles	Testudinidae	Chelonoidis denticulatus	Yellow-footed Tortoise	Amazon Basin	30%

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