The Giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) is a South American carnivorous mammal. It is the longest member of the weasel family, Mustelidae, a globally successful group of predators. The Giant otter has no serious natural predators other than humans,...
The Andean mountain cat (Leopardus jacobita) is a small wild cat native to the high Andes. It is regarded as one of the world’s most endangered wild cats and perhaps South America’s rarest felid, yet, as far as cat species go, it is amongst the...
The blue-throated macaw (Ara glaucogularis ; previously Ara caninde ), also known as the Caninde macaw or Wagler's macaw, is a macaw endemic to a small area of north-central Bolivia, known as Los Llanos de Moxos. In 2014 this species was designated...
The Chacoan peccary or tagua (Catagonus wagneri or Parachoerus wagneri ) is the last extant species of the genus Catagonus ; it is a peccary found in the Gran Chaco of Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina. Approximately 3,000 remain in the world. It is...
The tapeti (Sylvilagus brasiliensis ) is a species of cottontail rabbit. As traditionally defined, its range extends from southern Mexico to northern Argentina, but this includes several distinctive population that have since been split into...
The red-fronted macaw (Ara rubrogenys ) is a parrot endemic to a small semi-desert mountainous area of Bolivia. It is a critically endangered species; it has been successfully bred in captivity, and is available, if not common, as a pet. It is also...
The black-and-chestnut eagle (Spizaetus isidori ) is a South American species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is sometimes called Isidor's eagle. It is often placed in the monotypic genus Oroaetus. However, recent genetic testing...
The Peruvian spider monkey (Ateles chamek ) also known as the black-faced black spider monkey, is a species of spider monkey that lives in Peru, as well as in Brazil and in Bolivia. At 60 centimetres (2 feet) long, they are relatively large among...
The Chaco eagle (Buteogallus coronatus ) or crowned solitary eagle, is an endangered bird of prey from eastern and central South America. Typically it is known simply as the crowned eagle which leads to potential confusion with the African...
The Titicaca grebe (Rollandia microptera ), also known as the Titicaca flightless grebe or short-winged grebe, is a grebe found on the altiplano of Peru and Bolivia. As its name implies, its main population occurs on Lake Titicaca. Lake Uru Uru and...
The wattled curassow (Crax globulosa ) is a threatened member of the family Cracidae, the curassows, guans, and chachalacas. It is found in remote rainforests in the western Amazon basin in South America. Males have black plumage, except for a white...
The horned curassow (Pauxi unicornis ), or southern helmeted curassow, is a species of bird in the family Cracidae found in humid tropical and subtropical forests. It was first described by James Bond and Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee in 1939 from a...
Nymphargus bejaranoi is a species of frog in the family Centrolenidae. It is endemic to the eastern slopes of the Bolivian Andes in the Cochabamba, Chuquisaca, La Paz, and Santa Cruz departments. The specific name bejaranoi honors Gastón Bejarano, a...
The great-billed seed finch (Sporophila maximiliani ) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, and heavily degraded former forest. They are found in two separate general...
Rio Beni titi (Plecturocebus modestus ) is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Bolivia.
The Bolivian chinchilla rat (Abrocoma boliviensis ) is a species of chinchilla rat in the family Abrocomidae. It is found only in Manuel María Caballero Province, Bolivia. Its natural habitat is the rocky areas of cloud forests in Bolivia's interior.
The royal cinclodes (Cinclodes aricomae ) is a passerine bird which breeds in the Andes of south-east Peru and adjacent Bolivia. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the stout-billed cinclodes C. excelsior. It is 20 cm long and weighs...
The Ollala brothers's titi (Plecturocebus olallae ) is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Bolivia.There are between 110 and 150 individuals in the wild.
Dekeyser's nectar bat (Lonchophylla dekeyseri ) is a bat species from South America. It is found in Brazil and Bolivia.
The Chaco side-necked turtle or Chaco sideneck turtle (Acanthochelys pallidipectoris ) is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae.It is found in Argentina, Paraguay, and possibly Bolivia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist...
The ash-breasted tit-tyrant (Anairetes alpinus ) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The yellow-rumped antwren (Euchrepomis sharpei ) s an insectivorous bird in the antbird family Thamnophilidae. It is endemic to the Yungas (east Andean foothills) of Bolivia (La Paz and Cochabamba) and immediately adjacent Peru (Puno and Cusco).It...
The Apolo cotinga or palkachupa cotinga (Phibalura boliviana ) is a species of passerine bird in the family Cotingidae. It is a member of the genus Phibalura.The Apolo cotinga was collected in Bolivia in 1902 and in 1930 described as a subspecies of...
The Cochabamba mountain finch (Poospiza garleppi ) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to shrubby woodland in the Andes of Bolivia. Together with the closely related Tucumán mountain finch, it is placed in the genus...
Oxymycterus hucucha, also known as the Quechuan Hocicudo, is a species of rodent in the genus Oxymycterus of family Cricetidae from South America. It is found only in a small region of the Andes in central Bolivia, where it lives in cloud forest at...
Telmatobius verrucosus is a species of frog in the family Telmatobiidae.It is endemic to Bolivia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss.
Nannophryne apolobambica is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to Bolivia and only known from its type locality on the banks of Pelechuco River, Cordillera Apolobamba, in the Franz Tamayo Province of northwestern Bolivia.Its...
The three-coloured harlequin toad (Atelopus tricolor ) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae.It is found in Bolivia and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss.
Psychrophrynella kempffi is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. It is endemic to Bolivia where it is known from the Serranía Siberia in the Cochabamba and Santa Cruz Departments.Its natural habitats are cloud and elfin forests where it...
The Charazani tree frog (Hyloscirtus charazani ) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae found in Bolivia and possibly Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and rivers. It is currently threatened by water pollution.
Phreatobius sanguijuela is a South American species of heptapterid catfish that lives in underground waters.This species was first discovered in a hand-dug well located within the Paragúa River drainage, a tributary of the Guaporé (Iténez) River in...
