| Wildlife you can see in Wasai Lodge & Expeditions |
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Wasai has three clay licks of mammals where many species, as tapirs, peccaries , deers such as it´s predator meet every day to eat the soils rich in minerals,
Also we use two clay licks of birds one of parrots just walking from the lodge and a second of macaws at Tambopata river were is possible to observe many species of parrots and big macaws.
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Mammals
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Nombre
en
Inglés |
Nombre
Científico |
Nombre
Local |
Ubicación
Observado |
Evidencia
de
Presencia |
| 1 |
Night Monkey |
Aotus nigriceps |
Musmuqui |
WML, WTL, SL |
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| 2 |
Dusky Titi Monkey |
Callicebus moloch |
Tocon |
WTL, SL, CC, RT |
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| 3 |
Squirrel Monkey |
Saimini sciureus |
Mono Fraile |
WTL, SL, CC |
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| 4 |
Brown Capuchin Monkey |
Cebus apella |
Machin Negro |
WTL, SL, CC, RT |
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| 5 |
White-fronted Capuchin Monkey |
Cebus albifrons |
Machin Blanco |
WTL*, SL* |
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| 6 |
Red Howler Monkey |
Alouatta
seniculus |
Cotomono |
WTL, SL, CC, RT |
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| 7 |
Saddleback Tamarin |
Saguinus
fuscicollis |
Picchico Comun |
WTL, SL, CA |
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| 8 |
Brazilian Tapir |
Tapirus
terrestris |
Sachavaca |
CC, RT |
WTL |
| 9 |
Brazilian Rabbit |
Sylvilagus
brasiliensis |
Conejo de Monte |
SL |
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| 10 |
South American Coati |
Nasua nasua |
Coati |
WTL |
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| 11 |
Neotropical Otter |
Lutra longicandis |
Nutria de Rio |
RT, RG |
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| 12 |
Giant Otter |
Pteronura
brasiliensis |
Lobo de Rio |
RT, SL, CL |
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| 13 |
Capybara |
Hydrochaeris
hydrochaeris |
Ronsoco |
RT |
RM, RG |
| 14 |
Southern amazonían Red Squirrel |
Sciurus Spadiceus |
Ardilla Rojo |
WTL, CC, SL, CA |
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| 15 |
Bolivian Squirrel |
Sciurus Ignitus |
Ardilla Gris |
WTL, CC |
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| 16 |
Brown Agouti |
Dasyprocta
variegata |
Aáuje |
WTL, CC, SL, CA |
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| 17 |
Paca Agouti |
Agouti paca |
Picuro |
WTL*, CA, SL |
WTL |
| 18 |
Collared Peccary |
Tayassu tajacu |
Sajino |
WTL, CC |
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| 19 |
White-Lipped Peccary |
Tayassu pecari |
Huangana |
WTL, CC |
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| 20 |
Red Brocket Deer |
Mazama americana |
Venado Rojo |
WTL, CC, SL, RT |
CA |
| 21 |
Gray Brocket Deer |
Mazama
gouazoubira |
Venado Gris |
WTL, SL |
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| 22 |
Southern Tamandua |
Tamandua
tetradactyla |
Tamandua |
WTL, RT |
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| 23 |
Jaguar |
Panthera onca |
Otorongo/ Jaguar/Tigre |
CC |
WTL, RT, CA* |
| 24 |
Puma |
Puma concolor |
Puma Colorado |
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WTL, SL |
| 25 |
Ocelote |
Leopardus
pardalis |
Tigrillo |
CC |
WTL |
| 26 |
Jaguarundi |
Herpailurus
yajuarundi |
Yaguarundi |
WTL1 |
WTL, CA, CC |
| 27 |
Brown-Throated Three-Toed Sloth |
Bradypus
variegatus |
Perezoso |
WML, RT* |
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| 27 |
Hoffmann`s Two-Toed Sloth |
Choloepus
hoffmanni |
Perezoso |
WML |
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| 28 |
Tayra |
Eira barbara |
Manko |
WTL, CC, RT |
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| 29 |
Kinkajou |
Potos flavus |
Chosna |
SL, RT |
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| 30 |
Nine-Banded Long-Nosed Armadillo |
Dasypus
novemcinctus |
Carachupa |
WTL |
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| 31 |
Amazon Bamboo Rat |
Dactylomys
Dactylinus |
Pacamama |
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WTL, CC, RT |
| 32 |
Common Opposum |
Didelphis
marsupialis |
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WML, WTL |
CC |
| 33 |
Mouse Opposum (sp) |
Marmosa fam |
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WTL |
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| 34 |
Spiny Tree Rat |
Mesomys hispidus |
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WTL |
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Notes:
These are species recorded by Resident Naturalists at Wasai Lodge & Expeditions from April - Nov 2000. * indicates species reported by other staff working for Wasai Lodge & Expeditions. Evidence of presence is idicated by footprints, sound or dead animals/skin. (This list is not indicative of the species that would be seen on a typical Wasai tour).
Locations:
- WML = Wasai Maldonado Lodge in Puerto Maldonado
- WTL = Wasai Tambopata Lodge (this includes all the forest around the lodge as far as Baltimore Community, River Gato and the Mammal Collpa). WTL1 is a sighting on the trail from km37 to Baltimore Community.
- CC = Chuncho Collpa (this includes the two collpas and the forest surrounding them)
- RT = River Tambopata (this includes the river and it´s banks and animals seen from the river)
- RM = River Madre de Dios (this includes the river and it´s banks and animals seen from the river)
- RG = River Gato (this includes the river and it´s banks and animals seen from the river)
- SL = Sandoval Lake (this includes the forest from the River Madre de Dios to the lake and the forest around the lake, as well as the lake itself)
- CL = Condenado Lake (this includes the forest from the River Madre de Dios to the lake and the forest around the lake, as well as the lake itself)
- CA= Cachuela (this includes all the land on the "island" north of Puerto Maldonado, but most records relate to the area close to the road up to km 13.
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