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