Peru: Endangered Species

Submitted by The Catt-Trax2 Team on Fri, 2007/01/05 - 11:50am.
Report prepared by Allison Hebert and Gabrielle Osswald, students in BCIT's Fish, Wildlife and Recreation Program.

Critically Endangered Species

  • Anderson's Mouse Opossum (Marmosa andersoni) - endemic to Peru
  • Short-tailed Chinchilla (Chinchilla brevicaudata)
  • Spiny Rat Species (Makalata occasius)
  • Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey (Oreonax flavicauda) - endemic to Peru and listed as Lagothrix flavicauda in 1996

Endangered Species

  • Andean Cat (Oreailurus jacobita)
  • Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
  • Incan Little Mastiff Bat (Mormopterus phrudus) - endemic to Peru
  • Giant Armadillo (Priodontes maximus)
  • Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
  • Marine Otter (Lontra felina) - listed as Lutra felina in 1996
  • Mountain Tapir (Tapirus pinchaque)
  • Pacarana (Dinomys branickii)
  • Peruvian Fish-eating Rat (­Neusticomys peruviensis) - endemic to Peru
  • Ucayali Spiny Mouse (Scolomys ucayalensi) - endemic to Peru

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