FAUNA Paraguay Gallery of Mammal Photographs and Videos
We currently have images of the following 83 species. An asterisk (*) before the species name means that a video is also available. We currently have videos of 16 species of mammal. A screen giving you an option to download the video will pop up. Users of Mozilla Firefox may have some problems, the option works best with Internet Explorer. The symbol (§) before a species name means that a recording of the vocalisation of the species is included in the image gallery. Click on the link to download the call. We currently have call recordings of 3 species. Call recordings of species not yet represented in the image gallery can be found on the bird calls page.
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Click on the HBook icon that follows the species name for access to the species account in the FAUNA Paraguay Online Handbook of Paraguayan Fauna.
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Didelphidae (7/15) Opossums
Chironectes minimus - Water Opossum     Hbook 4
*Didelphis albiventris - White-eared Opossum      HBook 1
Didelphis aurita - Eastern Black-eared Opossum
Gracilinanus agilis - Agile Mouse Opossum
Micoureus paraguayanus - Long-furred Woolly Mouse Opossum  
Monodelphis domestica - Grey Short-tailed Opossum HBook 10
Philander opossum - Grey Four-eyed Opossum     HBook 9

Myrmecophagidae (2/2) Anteaters
Myrmecophaga tridactyla - Giant Anteater      HBook 2
Tamandua tetradactyla - Southern Tamandua      HBook 3

Dasypodidae (10/11) Armadillos
Cabassous chacoensis - Chaco Naked-tailed Armadillo
Cabassous tatouay - Greater Naked-tailed Armadillo    HBook 13
*Chaetophractus vellerosus - Lesser Hairy Armadillo   HBook 12
Chaetophractus villosus - Greater Hairy Armadillo    HBook 11
Calyptophractus retusus - Chaco Fairy Armadillo    HBook 20
Dasypus novemcinctus - Nine-banded Armadillo     HBook 8
Dasypus septemcinctus - Seven-banded Armadillo    HBook 14
Euphractus sexcinctus - Six-banded Armadillo      HBook 5
Priodontes maximus - Giant Armadillo      HBook 6
*Tolypeutes matacus - Southern Three-banded Armadillo     HBook 7

Fam. Phyllostomidae (5/21) American Leaf-nosed Bats
Carollia perspicillata - Short-tailed Bat
Artibeus lituratus - Great Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus planirostris - Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat
Sturnira lilium - Yellow-shouldered Bat
Desmodus rotundus - Common Vampire Bat

Vespertilionidae (6/13) Brown Bats
Eptesicus brasiliensis - Brazilian Brown Bat
Eptesicus furinalis - Common Brown Bat
Lasiurus cinereus - Hoary Bat
Myotis albescens - Silver-tipped Myotis
Myotis nigricans - Black Myotis
Myotis riparius - Riverside Myotis

Molossidae (3/17) Free-tailed Bats
Molossops temminckii - Dwarf Dog-faced Bat
Molossus ater - Large Mastiff
Molossus molossus - Pallas's Mastiff

Cebidae (4/4) New World Monkeys
Alouatta caraya - Black Howler
Aotus azarae - Night Monkey
Callicebus pallescens - Dusky Titi
* § Cebus apella - Brown Capuchin

Canidae (4/5) Dogs
*Cerdocyon thous - Crab-eating Fox
Chrysocyon brachyurus - Maned Wolf
*Lycalopex gymnocercus - Azara´s Fox
Speothos venaticus - Bush Dog

Procyonidae (2/2) Raccoons
*Nasua nasua - Coati
*Procyon cancrivorus - Crab-eating Raccoon

Mustelidae (4/5) Mustelids
Eira barbara - Tayra
Galictis cuja - Lesser Grison
Lontra longicaudis - Neotropical River Otter
Pteronura brasiliensis - Giant Otter

Felidae (7/8) Cats
Oncifelis geoffroyi - Geoffroy's Cat
Leopardus pardalis - Ocelot
Leopardus tigrinus - Little Spotted Cat
Leopardus wiedii - Margay
*Herpailurus yaguarondi - Jaguarundi
Panthera onca - Jaguar
Puma concolor - Puma

Tapiridae (1/1) Tapirs
*Tapirus terrestris - Lowland Tapir

Tayassuidae (3/3) Peccaries
*Catagonus wagneri - Chaco Peccary
* § Tayassu pecari - White-lipped Peccary
*Pecari tajacu - Collared Peccary

Camelidae (1/1) Llamas
Lama guanicoe - Guanaco

Cervidae (4/5) Deer
Blastocerus dichotomus - Marsh Deer
Mazama americana - Red Brocket
*Mazama gouazoupira - Gray Brocket
Ozotoceros bezoarticus - Pampas Deer

Muridae (2/3) Old World Rats and Mice
Mus musculus - House Mouse
Rattus rattus - Black Rat

Cricetidae (6/27) Cricetid Rats and Mice
Oligoryzomys fornesi - Fornes´s Rice Rat
Hylaeamys megacephalus - Large-headed Rice Rat
Nectomys squamipes - Neotropical Water Rat
Akodon montensis - Monte Akodon
Oxymycterus delator - Dark Hocicudo
Bibimys chacoensis - Crimson-nosed Rat

Erethizontidae (1/2) Porcupines
Sphiggurus spinosus - Hairy Tree Porcupine

Caviidae (3/3) Cavies
Cavia aperea  - Cavy
Dolichotis salinicola - Chaco Mara
Galea musteloides - Yellow-toothed Cavy

Hydrochaeridae (1/1) Capybara
* § Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris - Capybara

Agoutidae (2/2) Agoutis
Agouti paca - Spotted Paca
*Dasyprocta azarae - Azara´s Agouti

Chinchillidae (1/1) Chinchillas
Lagostomus maximus - Plains Viscacha

Myocastoridae (1/1) Coypu
Myocastor coypus - Coypu

Ctenomyidae (1/3) Tucu-tucos
Ctenomys conoveri - Conover´s Tuco-tuco

Leporidae (2/2) Rabbits and Hares
Sylvilagus brasiliensis - Brazilian Cottontail
Lepus europaeus - European Hare

Thanks to Robert Owen and his team for their assistance with mammal taxonomy and identification.
Designed by Paul Smith 2006. This website is copyrighted by law.
Material contained herewith may not be used without the prior written permission of FAUNA Paraguay.
Photographs on this web-site were taken by Paul Smith, Hemme Batjes, Regis Nossent,
Alberto Esquivel, Arne Lesterhuis, Rebecca Zarza, José Luis Cartes and Hugo del Castillo and are used with their permission.

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