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  • Black-collared Hawk<br />
Busarellus nigricollis<br />
Pantanal, BRAZIL<br />
RANGE: Lowlands of Central Mexico to Amazonia Brazil, e Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and N Argentina
    1073380 Black-collared hawk.tif
  • South America Coati<br />
Nasua nasua<br />
Manu Cloud Forest, PERU<br />
RANGE; East of Andes - Colombia to Uruguay
    1058826 S.A. Coati.tif
  • South American Sea Lions or Southern Sea lions<br />
Otaria byronia<br />
Islas Hormigas de Afuera, off PERU   South America<br />
RANGE: PERU, CHILE, ARGENTINA, URUGUAY
    1085001 S. Sea lions.tif
  • South America Coati<br />
Nasua nasua<br />
Amazon Rain Forest, ECUADOR  South America<br />
RANGE; East of Andes From Colombia & Venezuela to Argentina and Uruguay
    1066677 South American Coati.tif
  • Turquoise-fronted Parrot or Blue-fronted Parrot (Amazona aestiva)<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN: Serra da Bodoquena. Limestone elevated area which devides the Pantanal and the Cerrado. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America<br />
RANGE: Cerrado and Caatinga palm groves. e Brazil - Maranhao and Pará to Rio Grande do Sul, Bolivia, Paraguay and n Argentina.
    23010_Turquoise-fronted_Parrot.tif
  • Turquoise-fronted Parrot or Blue-fronted Parrot (Amazona aestiva)<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN: Serra da Bodoquena. Limestone elevated area which devides the Pantanal and the Cerrado. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America<br />
RANGE: Cerrado and Caatinga palm groves. e Brazil - Maranhao and Pará to Rio Grande do Sul, Bolivia, Paraguay and n Argentina.
    23010_Turquoise-fronted_Parrot.jpg
  • Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis)<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
RANGE: Lowlands of Central Mexico to Amazonian Brazil and e Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and n Argentina.
    zz034_Black-collared_Hawk.tif
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - male. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    z025_Jaguar.tif
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - male. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    z024_Jaguar.tif
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - female. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    x086_Jaguar.tif
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - female. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    x078_Jaguar.tif
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - male near Porto Joffre.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    u048_Jaguar.tif
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - male near Porto Joffre.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    u042_Jaguar.tif
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - male. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    t190_Jaguar.tif
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - male near Porto Joffre.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    r091_Jaguar.tif
  • Jaguars (Panthera onca) - mating pair. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    r009_Jaguars_mating_pair.tif
  • Giant Otters (Pteronura braziliensis) at Den<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN:Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America. RANGE: All countries of South America except chile, Argentina and Uruguay.<br />
CITES 1 animals. Top predators. +- 1.80 meters / 5.9ft long. 30Kgs / 66 pds.  They are the rarest otter. They have disappeared over much of their former range as a result of pelt hunting . Over 20,000 skins were exported from Brazil alone in the 1960's. Otter hunting banned in the 1970's but now it is habitat distruction which threatens this species.
    p101_Giant_Otters_at_Den.tif
  • Giant Otters (Pteronura braziliensis) at Den<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN:Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America. RANGE: All countries of South America except chile, Argentina and Uruguay.<br />
CITES 1 animals. Top predators. +- 1.80 meters / 5.9ft long. 30Kgs / 66 pds.  They are the rarest otter. They have disappeared over much of their former range as a result of pelt hunting . Over 20,000 skins were exported from Brazil alone in the 1960's. Otter hunting banned in the 1970's but now it is habitat distruction which threatens this species.
    p083_Giant_Otters_at_Den.tif
  • Giant Otters (Pteronura braziliensis) at Den<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN:Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America. RANGE: All countries of South America except chile, Argentina and Uruguay.<br />
CITES 1 animals. Top predators. +- 1.80 meters / 5.9ft long. 30Kgs / 66 pds.  They are the rarest otter. They have disappeared over much of their former range as a result of pelt hunting . Over 20,000 skins were exported from Brazil alone in the 1960's. Otter hunting banned in the 1970's but now it is habitat distruction which threatens this species.
    p065_Giant_Otters_at_Den.tif
  • Giant Otters (Pteronura braziliensis) at Den<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN:Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America. RANGE: All countries of South America except chile, Argentina and Uruguay.<br />
CITES 1 animals. Top predators. +- 1.80 meters / 5.9ft long. 30Kgs / 66 pds.  They are the rarest otter. They have disappeared over much of their former range as a result of pelt hunting . Over 20,000 skins were exported from Brazil alone in the 1960's. Otter hunting banned in the 1970's but now it is habitat distruction which threatens this species.
    p029_Giant_Otters_at_Den.tif
  • Giant Otters (Pteronura braziliensis) at Den<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN:Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America. RANGE: All countries of South America except chile, Argentina and Uruguay.<br />
CITES 1 animals. Top predators. +- 1.80 meters / 5.9ft long. 30Kgs / 66 pds.  They are the rarest otter. They have disappeared over much of their former range as a result of pelt hunting . Over 20,000 skins were exported from Brazil alone in the 1960's. Otter hunting banned in the 1970's but now it is habitat distruction which threatens this species.
    p013_Giant_Otters_at_Den.tif
  • Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger niger)<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
RANGE: E Brazil to Paraguay, Uruguay & ne Argentina<br />
They use the beaches along the rivers to nest.
    k063_Black_Skimmer.tif
  • Jaguar footprints (Panthera onca). Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    f71_Jaguar_footprints.tif
  • Giant Otters (Pteronura braziliensis) at Den<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN:Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America. RANGE: All countries of South America except chile, Argentina and Uruguay.<br />
CITES 1 animals. Top predators. +- 1.80 meters / 5.9ft long. 30Kgs / 66 pds.  They are the rarest otter. They have disappeared over much of their former range as a result of pelt hunting . Over 20,000 skins were exported from Brazil alone in the 1960's. Otter hunting banned in the 1970's but now it is habitat distruction which threatens this species.
    e064_Giant_Otters_at_Den.tif
  • Giant Otters (Pteronura braziliensis) at Den<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN:Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America. RANGE: All countries of South America except chile, Argentina and Uruguay.<br />
CITES 1 animals. Top predators. +- 1.80 meters / 5.9ft long. 30Kgs / 66 pds.  They are the rarest otter. They have disappeared over much of their former range as a result of pelt hunting . Over 20,000 skins were exported from Brazil alone in the 1960's. Otter hunting banned in the 1970's but now it is habitat distruction which threatens this species.
    e050_Giant_Otters_at_Den.tif
  • Giant Otters (Pteronura braziliensis) at Den<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN:Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America. RANGE: All countries of South America except chile, Argentina and Uruguay.<br />
CITES 1 animals. Top predators. +- 1.80 meters / 5.9ft long. 30Kgs / 66 pds.  They are the rarest otter. They have disappeared over much of their former range as a result of pelt hunting . Over 20,000 skins were exported from Brazil alone in the 1960's. Otter hunting banned in the 1970's but now it is habitat distruction which threatens this species.
    e025_Giant_Otters_at_Den.tif
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - female. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    c065_Jaguar.tif
  • Jaguar footprint Moulds (Panthera onca). Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    b095_Jaguar_footprint_Moulds.tif
  • Giant Otters (Pteronura braziliensis) at Den<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN:Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America. RANGE: All countries of South America except chile, Argentina and Uruguay.<br />
CITES 1 animals. Top predators. +- 1.80 meters / 5.9ft long. 30Kgs / 66 pds.  They are the rarest otter. They have disappeared over much of their former range as a result of pelt hunting . Over 20,000 skins were exported from Brazil alone in the 1960's. Otter hunting banned in the 1970's but now it is habitat distruction which threatens this species.
    p087_Giant_Otters_at_Den.tif
  • Giant Otters (Pteronura braziliensis) at Den<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN:Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America. RANGE: All countries of South America except chile, Argentina and Uruguay.<br />
CITES 1 animals. Top predators. +- 1.80 meters / 5.9ft long. 30Kgs / 66 pds.  They are the rarest otter. They have disappeared over much of their former range as a result of pelt hunting . Over 20,000 skins were exported from Brazil alone in the 1960's. Otter hunting banned in the 1970's but now it is habitat distruction which threatens this species.
    p048_Giant_Otters_at_Den.tif
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - male. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    z018_Jaguar.tif
  • Jaguars (Panthera onca) - mating pair. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    m096_Jaguars_mating_pair.tif
  • Six-banded (Yellow) Armadillo<br />
Euphractussexcinctus<br />
Caatinga Habitat. NE BRAZIL. South America<br />
Range: Savannas and dry forests of Suriname, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraquay to Argentina
    D1X 047 Six-banded Armadillo.tif
  • Greater rhea (Rhea americana) Usually active in the middle of the day and seen foraging in the open grasslands for invertibrates and instects.<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN: Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America<br />
RANGE: Campos of Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay to plains of Argentina south to Rio Negro.
    22673_Greater_rhea.tif
  • Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN: Serra da Bodoquena. Limestone elevated area which devides the Pantanal and the Cerrado. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
RANGE: Central America, South America E of Andes to Uruguay and nw Argentina. Found in grasslands, swamps and lowland tropical forests. Density depends of food availability.  They are members of the Xenarthra (edentulous/toothless) order together with sloths and armadillos but are the only toothless members of the Order. They eat mainly ants and termites which are found by smell, then digging into the ground and inserting their sticky tongues into the nest. They feed for short periods at each nest, taking a very small percentage of usually worker ants which does not cause damage to the nest. Their tongues can extend up to 61cm / 12 inches and are coated with a thick saliva. It can move as rapidly as 150 times per minute licking up ants. Their stomachs do not secrete hydrochloric acid but depend instead on the formic acid content of the ants they eat to assist with digestion. They consume as much as 35,000 ants per day. They are usually active at dawn and dusk and spend up to 15 hours a day resting. They make shallow depressions in which to lay down and cover themselves with their tails to remain camourflaged. Giant anteaters have the lowest recorded body temperature of any placental mammal, 32,7 degrees C. 90.9 degrees F. A single young is born in the spring and is immediately able to use its claws to climb up onto the mothers back where it is carried around for several months.
    22293_Giant_anteater.tif
  • Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN: Serra da Bodoquena. Limestone elevated area which devides the Pantanal and the Cerrado. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
RANGE: Central America, South America E of Andes to Uruguay and nw Argentina. Found in grasslands, swamps and lowland tropical forests. Density depends of food availability.  They are members of the Xenarthra (edentulous/toothless) order together with sloths and armadillos but are the only toothless members of the Order. They eat mainly ants and termites which are found by smell, then digging into the ground and inserting their sticky tongues into the nest. They feed for short periods at each nest, taking a very small percentage of usually worker ants which does not cause damage to the nest. Their tongues can extend up to 61cm / 12 inches and are coated with a thick saliva. It can move as rapidly as 150 times per minute licking up ants. Their stomachs do not secrete hydrochloric acid but depend instead on the formic acid content of the ants they eat to assist with digestion. They consume as much as 35,000 ants per day. They are usually active at dawn and dusk and spend up to 15 hours a day resting. They make shallow depressions in which to lay down and cover themselves with their tails to remain camourflaged. Giant anteaters have the lowest recorded body temperature of any placental mammal, 32,7 degrees C. 90.9 degrees F. A single young is born in the spring and is immediately able to use its claws to climb up onto the mothers back where it is carried around for several months.
    22293_Giant_anteater.tif
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - male near Porto Joffre.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    u093_Jaguar.jpg
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - male near Porto Joffre.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    u066_Jaguar.jpg
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - male near Porto Joffre.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    u024_Jaguar.jpg
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - male near Porto Joffre.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    u012_Jaguar.jpg
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - male near Porto Joffre.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    u009_Jaguar.jpg
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - male near Porto Joffre.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    r091_Jaguar.jpg
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - male near Porto Joffre.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    u007_Jaguar.jpg
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - male. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    t197_Jaguar.jpg
  • Jaguars (Panthera onca) - mating pair. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    s007_Jaguars_mating_pair.jpg
  • Jaguars (Panthera onca) - mating pair. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    q023_Jaguars_mating_pair.jpg
  • Jaguars (Panthera onca) - mating pair. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    q020_Jaguars_mating_pair.jpg
  • Jaguars (Panthera onca) - mating pair. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    q010_Jaguars_mating_pair.jpg
  • Jaguars (Panthera onca) - mating pair. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    q009_Jaguars_mating_pair.jpg
  • Giant Otters (Pteronura braziliensis) at Den<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN:Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America. RANGE: All countries of South America except chile, Argentina and Uruguay.<br />
CITES 1 animals. Top predators. +- 1.80 meters / 5.9ft long. 30Kgs / 66 pds.  They are the rarest otter. They have disappeared over much of their former range as a result of pelt hunting . Over 20,000 skins were exported from Brazil alone in the 1960's. Otter hunting banned in the 1970's but now it is habitat distruction which threatens this species.
    p087_Giant_Otters_at_Den.jpg
  • Giant Otters (Pteronura braziliensis) at Den<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN:Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America. RANGE: All countries of South America except chile, Argentina and Uruguay.<br />
CITES 1 animals. Top predators. +- 1.80 meters / 5.9ft long. 30Kgs / 66 pds.  They are the rarest otter. They have disappeared over much of their former range as a result of pelt hunting . Over 20,000 skins were exported from Brazil alone in the 1960's. Otter hunting banned in the 1970's but now it is habitat distruction which threatens this species.
    p063_Giant_Otters_at_Den.jpg
  • Giant Otters (Pteronura braziliensis) at Den<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN:Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America. RANGE: All countries of South America except chile, Argentina and Uruguay.<br />
CITES 1 animals. Top predators. +- 1.80 meters / 5.9ft long. 30Kgs / 66 pds.  They are the rarest otter. They have disappeared over much of their former range as a result of pelt hunting . Over 20,000 skins were exported from Brazil alone in the 1960's. Otter hunting banned in the 1970's but now it is habitat distruction which threatens this species.
    p034_Giant_Otters_at_Den.jpg
  • Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN: Central Pantanal. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
RANGE: Central America, South America E of Andes to Uruguay and nw Argentina. Found in grasslands, swamps and lowland tropical forests. Density depends of food availability.  They are members of the Xenarthra (edentulous/toothless) order together with sloths and armadillos but are the only toothless members of the Order. They eat mainly ants and termites which are found by smell, then digging into the ground and inserting their sticky tongues into the nest. They feed for short periods at each nest, taking a very small percentage of usually worker ants which does not cause damage to the nest. Their tongues can extend up to 61cm / 12 inches and are coated with a thick saliva. It can move as rapidly as 150 times per minute licking up ants. Their stomachs do not secrete hydrochloric acid but depend instead on the formic acid content of the ants they eat to assist with digestion. They consume as much as 35,000 ants per day. They are usually active at dawn and dusk and spend up to 15 hours a day resting. They make shallow depressions in which to lay down and cover themselves with their tails to remain camourflaged. Giant anteaters have the lowest recorded body temperature of any placental mammal, 32,7 degrees C. 90.9 degrees F. A single young is born in the spring and is immediately able to use its claws to climb up onto the mothers back where it is carried around for several months.
    22861_Giant_anteater.jpg
  • Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN: Central Pantanal. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
RANGE: Central America, South America E of Andes to Uruguay and nw Argentina. Found in grasslands, swamps and lowland tropical forests. Density depends of food availability.  They are members of the Xenarthra (edentulous/toothless) order together with sloths and armadillos but are the only toothless members of the Order. They eat mainly ants and termites which are found by smell, then digging into the ground and inserting their sticky tongues into the nest. They feed for short periods at each nest, taking a very small percentage of usually worker ants which does not cause damage to the nest. Their tongues can extend up to 61cm / 12 inches and are coated with a thick saliva. It can move as rapidly as 150 times per minute licking up ants. Their stomachs do not secrete hydrochloric acid but depend instead on the formic acid content of the ants they eat to assist with digestion. They consume as much as 35,000 ants per day. They are usually active at dawn and dusk and spend up to 15 hours a day resting. They make shallow depressions in which to lay down and cover themselves with their tails to remain camourflaged. Giant anteaters have the lowest recorded body temperature of any placental mammal, 32,7 degrees C. 90.9 degrees F. A single young is born in the spring and is immediately able to use its claws to climb up onto the mothers back where it is carried around for several months.
    22867_Giant_anteater.jpg
  • Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN: Central Pantanal. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
RANGE: Central America, South America E of Andes to Uruguay and nw Argentina. Found in grasslands, swamps and lowland tropical forests. Density depends of food availability.  They are members of the Xenarthra (edentulous/toothless) order together with sloths and armadillos but are the only toothless members of the Order. They eat mainly ants and termites which are found by smell, then digging into the ground and inserting their sticky tongues into the nest. They feed for short periods at each nest, taking a very small percentage of usually worker ants which does not cause damage to the nest. Their tongues can extend up to 61cm / 12 inches and are coated with a thick saliva. It can move as rapidly as 150 times per minute licking up ants. Their stomachs do not secrete hydrochloric acid but depend instead on the formic acid content of the ants they eat to assist with digestion. They consume as much as 35,000 ants per day. They are usually active at dawn and dusk and spend up to 15 hours a day resting. They make shallow depressions in which to lay down and cover themselves with their tails to remain camourflaged. Giant anteaters have the lowest recorded body temperature of any placental mammal, 32,7 degrees C. 90.9 degrees F. A single young is born in the spring and is immediately able to use its claws to climb up onto the mothers back where it is carried around for several months.
    22866_Giant_anteater.jpg
  • Buff-necked ibis (Theristicus caudatus)<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN: Serra da Bodoquena. Limestone elevated area which devides the Pantanal and the Cerrado. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
RANGE: E Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, se Brazil (Mato Grosso), sw Brazil, E Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and n Argentina.
    22298_Buff-necked_ibis.jpg
  • Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi)<br />
Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. It is a non-breeding visitor to Trinidad and Tobago and a vagrant to the Falkland Islands and Tristan da Cunha.
    1SA241 Cocoi Heron.jpg
  • Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rewa River<br />
Iwokrama Reserve<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: South America (including Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana, Uruguay, Peru, and Paraguay
    1RW111 Capybara.jpg
  • Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rewa River<br />
Iwokrama Reserve<br />
GUYANA. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. It is a non-breeding visitor to Trinidad and Tobago and a vagrant to the Falkland Islands and Tristan da Cunha.
    1RW276 Cocoi Heron.jpg
  • Rufescent Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)<br />
Rainforest<br />
Rewa River<br />
GUYANA. South America<br />
RANGE: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
    1RW1351 Rufescent Tiger Heron.jpg
  • Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis bonariensis)<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
RANGE: e Bolivia to Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay and c Argentina.
    zz059_Shiny_Cowbird.tif
  • Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis)<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
RANGE: Lowlands of Central Mexico to Amazonian Brazil and e Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and n Argentina.
    zz033_Black-collared_Hawk.tif
  • Neotropical Otter (Lontra longicaudis)<br />
Northern Pantanal<br />
BRAZIL<br />
South America<br />
RANGE: N Mexico south to Uruguay.
    zz028_Neotropical_Otter.tif
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - male. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    x093_Jaguar.tif
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - male. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    w096_Jaguar.tif
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - female. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    x067_Jaguar.tif
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - male near Porto Joffre.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    u093_Jaguar.tif
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - male near Porto Joffre.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    u066_Jaguar.tif
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - male near Porto Joffre.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    u034_Jaguar.tif
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - male near Porto Joffre.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    u004_Jaguar.tif
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - female. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    s048_Jaguar_female.tif
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - male near Porto Joffre.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    r085_Jaguar.tif
  • Jaguars (Panthera onca) - mating pair. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    r014_Jaguars_mating_pair.tif
  • Jaguars (Panthera onca) - mating pair. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    r015_Jaguars_mating_pair.tif
  • Jaguars (Panthera onca) - mating pair. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    r004_Jaguars_mating_pair.tif
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - female. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    q044_Jaguar_female.tif
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - male. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    q041_Jaguar.tif
  • Jaguars (Panthera onca) - mating pair. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    q011_Jaguars_mating_pair.tif
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - male. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    p150_Jaguar.tif
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - male. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    p141_Jaguar.tif
  • Jaguar (Panthera onca) - female. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    p110_Jaguar_female.tif
  • Giant Otters (Pteronura braziliensis) at Den<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN:Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America. RANGE: All countries of South America except chile, Argentina and Uruguay.<br />
CITES 1 animals. Top predators. +- 1.80 meters / 5.9ft long. 30Kgs / 66 pds.  They are the rarest otter. They have disappeared over much of their former range as a result of pelt hunting . Over 20,000 skins were exported from Brazil alone in the 1960's. Otter hunting banned in the 1970's but now it is habitat distruction which threatens this species.
    p098_Giant_Otters_at_Den.tif
  • Giant Otters (Pteronura braziliensis) at Den<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN:Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America. RANGE: All countries of South America except chile, Argentina and Uruguay.<br />
CITES 1 animals. Top predators. +- 1.80 meters / 5.9ft long. 30Kgs / 66 pds.  They are the rarest otter. They have disappeared over much of their former range as a result of pelt hunting . Over 20,000 skins were exported from Brazil alone in the 1960's. Otter hunting banned in the 1970's but now it is habitat distruction which threatens this species.
    p093_Giant_Otters_at_Den.tif
  • Giant Otters (Pteronura braziliensis) at Den<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN:Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America. RANGE: All countries of South America except chile, Argentina and Uruguay.<br />
CITES 1 animals. Top predators. +- 1.80 meters / 5.9ft long. 30Kgs / 66 pds.  They are the rarest otter. They have disappeared over much of their former range as a result of pelt hunting . Over 20,000 skins were exported from Brazil alone in the 1960's. Otter hunting banned in the 1970's but now it is habitat distruction which threatens this species.
    p078_Giant_Otters_at_Den.tif
  • Giant Otters (Pteronura braziliensis) at Den<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN:Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America. RANGE: All countries of South America except chile, Argentina and Uruguay.<br />
CITES 1 animals. Top predators. +- 1.80 meters / 5.9ft long. 30Kgs / 66 pds.  They are the rarest otter. They have disappeared over much of their former range as a result of pelt hunting . Over 20,000 skins were exported from Brazil alone in the 1960's. Otter hunting banned in the 1970's but now it is habitat distruction which threatens this species.
    p050_Giant_Otters_at_Den.tif
  • Giant Otters (Pteronura braziliensis) at Den<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN:Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America. RANGE: All countries of South America except chile, Argentina and Uruguay.<br />
CITES 1 animals. Top predators. +- 1.80 meters / 5.9ft long. 30Kgs / 66 pds.  They are the rarest otter. They have disappeared over much of their former range as a result of pelt hunting . Over 20,000 skins were exported from Brazil alone in the 1960's. Otter hunting banned in the 1970's but now it is habitat distruction which threatens this species.
    p035_Giant_Otters_at_Den.tif
  • Giant Otters (Pteronura braziliensis) at Den<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN:Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America. RANGE: All countries of South America except chile, Argentina and Uruguay.<br />
CITES 1 animals. Top predators. +- 1.80 meters / 5.9ft long. 30Kgs / 66 pds.  They are the rarest otter. They have disappeared over much of their former range as a result of pelt hunting . Over 20,000 skins were exported from Brazil alone in the 1960's. Otter hunting banned in the 1970's but now it is habitat distruction which threatens this species.
    n082_Giant_Otters_at_Den.tif
  • Jaguars (Panthera onca) - mating pair. Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    m096_Jaguars_mating_pair.tif
  • Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger niger)<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
RANGE: E Brazil to Paraguay, Uruguay & ne Argentina<br />
They use the beaches along the rivers to nest.
    l005_Black_Skimmer.tif
  • Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger niger)<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
RANGE: E Brazil to Paraguay, Uruguay & ne Argentina<br />
They use the beaches along the rivers to nest.
    k043_Black_Skimmers.tif
  • Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger niger)<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
RANGE: E Brazil to Paraguay, Uruguay & ne Argentina<br />
They use the beaches along the rivers to nest.
    k025_Black_Skimmer.tif
  • Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger niger) nest with chick<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
RANGE: E Brazil to Paraguay, Uruguay & ne Argentina<br />
They use the beaches along the rivers to nest.
    k010_Black_Skimmer_Chick.tif
  • Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger niger) nest with chick<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
RANGE: E Brazil to Paraguay, Uruguay & ne Argentina<br />
They use the beaches along the rivers to nest.
    k009_Black_Skimmer_Chick.tif
  • Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger niger) nest with chick & eggs<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
RANGE: E Brazil to Paraguay, Uruguay & ne Argentina<br />
They use the beaches along the rivers to nest.
    k002_Black_Skimmer_Nest.tif
  • Jaguar footprints (Panthera onca). Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    f072_Jaguar_footprints.tif
  • Jaguar footprints (Panthera onca). Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    f67_Jaguar_footprints.tif
  • Jaguar footprints (Panthera onca). Cuiaba River.<br />
Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
There is much size variation among these cats but in the Pantanal they are larger than those found in the rainforests. These are the largest of the spotted cats in the Americas. They are both diurnal and nocturnal and hunt at any time of the day. Territorial and generally solitary. They may feed on large mammals such as capybaras, peccaries and deer as well as turtles, tortoises, caiman, birds, fish and smaller mammals. They may kill livestock and do in the Pantanal which is why they are still hunted there by some ranchers.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Found in a variety of habitats from rainforests to wet grasslands and arid scrub up to 2000 m in elevation. North, Central and South America. From Mexico to Argentina. Formerly in sw USA and Uruguay where now extirpated.
    f065_Jaguar_footprints.tif
  • Giant Otters (Pteronura braziliensis) at Den<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN:Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America. RANGE: All countries of South America except chile, Argentina and Uruguay.<br />
CITES 1 animals. Top predators. +- 1.80 meters / 5.9ft long. 30Kgs / 66 pds.  They are the rarest otter. They have disappeared over much of their former range as a result of pelt hunting . Over 20,000 skins were exported from Brazil alone in the 1960's. Otter hunting banned in the 1970's but now it is habitat distruction which threatens this species.
    e074_Giant_Otters_at_Den.tif
  • Giant Otters (Pteronura braziliensis) at Den<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN:Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America. RANGE: All countries of South America except chile, Argentina and Uruguay.<br />
CITES 1 animals. Top predators. +- 1.80 meters / 5.9ft long. 30Kgs / 66 pds.  They are the rarest otter. They have disappeared over much of their former range as a result of pelt hunting . Over 20,000 skins were exported from Brazil alone in the 1960's. Otter hunting banned in the 1970's but now it is habitat distruction which threatens this species.
    e061_Giant_Otters_at_Den.tif
  • Giant Otters (Pteronura braziliensis) at Den<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN:Pantanal. Largest contiguous wetland system in the world. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America. RANGE: All countries of South America except chile, Argentina and Uruguay.<br />
CITES 1 animals. Top predators. +- 1.80 meters / 5.9ft long. 30Kgs / 66 pds.  They are the rarest otter. They have disappeared over much of their former range as a result of pelt hunting . Over 20,000 skins were exported from Brazil alone in the 1960's. Otter hunting banned in the 1970's but now it is habitat distruction which threatens this species.
    e058_Giant_Otters_at_Den.tif
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