Se presenta una lista comentada de los mamíferos terrestres, acuáticos y marinos nativos
de Perú, incluyendo sus nombres comunes, la distribución por ecorregiones y los estados …

When the Iberian colonists arrived in South America in the late fifteenth century, they
encountered a diverse and previously unimagined fauna. The unusual anatomy and …

152 sarae, M. a. sheila, M. a. trinitatis, M. a. whitelyi, M. a. zamora, and M. a. zetta. Because
there is no taxonomic review for the genus Mazama since Allen (1915), Grubb's taxonomic …

Cabassous centralis (northern naked-tailed armadillo) is a small armadillo with a slender
tail. The distinctive tail has widely spaced, thin plates that are gray-pink in color. This …

Eptesicus innoxius is a vespertilionid bat commonly known as harmless brown bat or
harmless serotine. It is a small bat, with woolly, short dorsal fur (5–6 mm), that is brown to …

Knowing whether a species has been extirpated, or if it ever inhabited a specific geographic
area, has direct importance for planning conservation activities. The taruka (Hippocamelus …

Entre los mamíferos neotropicales, los primates son un grupo único, no solo por su
diversidad, adaptaciones anatómicas, sistemas sociales y roles ecológicos, sino también …

Mustela felipei Izor and de la Torre, 1978, is a mustelid commonly called the Colombian or
Don Felipe's weasel and is South America's smallest weasel. It is also the darkest weasel in …

Artibeus fraterculus Anthony, 1924 is a phyllostomid bat commonly called the fraternal fruit-
eating bat. It is endemic to western Ecuador and north-central and western Peru. It prefers …

Mustela africana, is a mustelid commonly called the tropical or Amazon weasel and is South
America's largest weasel. It has dark pelage with little variation in color on the dorsum; the …