http://blogs.bcit.ca/catttrax2/taxonomy/term/38/0 en http://blogs.bcit.ca/catttrax2/south_america/peru/endangered <em>Report prepared by Allison Hebert and Gabrielle Osswald, students in BCIT&#39;s Fish, Wildlife and Recreation Program.</em> <h3>Critically Endangered Species</h3> <ul><li>Anderson&#39;s Mouse Opossum (<em>Marmosa andersoni</em>) - endemic to Peru</li><li>Short-tailed Chinchilla (<em>Chinchilla brevicaudata</em>)</li><li>Spiny Rat Species (<em>Makalata occasius</em>)</li><li>Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey (<em>Oreonax flavicauda</em>) - endemic to Peru and listed as <em>Lagothrix flavicauda </em>in 1996 </li></ul> <h3>Endangered Species</h3> <ul><li>Andean Cat (<em>Oreailurus jacobita</em>)</li><li>Blue Whale (<em>Balaenoptera musculus</em>)</li><li>Incan Little Mastiff Bat (<em>Mormopterus phrudus</em>) - endemic to Peru</li><li>Giant Armadillo (<em>Priodontes maximus</em>)</li><li>Giant Otter (<em>Pteronura brasiliensis</em>)</li><li>Marine Otter (<em>Lontra felina</em>) - listed as Lutra felina in 1996</li><li>Mountain Tapir (<em>Tapirus pinchaque</em>)</li><li>Pacarana (<em>Dinomys branickii</em>)</li><li>Peruvian Fish-eating Rat (­Neusticomys peruviensis) - endemic to Peru</li><li>Ucayali Spiny Mouse (<em>Scolomys ucayalensi</em>) - endemic to Peru </li></ul> <h3>Related Links</h3> <ul><li><a href="http://www.peruvianembassy.us/all-about-peru-the-landscape.php" target="_blank">Peruvian Embassy in the U.S.A.</a> </li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p> http://blogs.bcit.ca/catttrax2/south_america/peru/endangered#comment Endangered Species Peru Fri, 05 Jan 2007 11:50:44 -0800 The Catt-Trax2 Team 144 at http://blogs.bcit.ca/catttrax2