Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, Crustaceans, and Insects - Perú
These animal images are from Peru - which ranks 2nd on Earth in Primate diversity with 34 species - 3rd in Mammals with 361 species - and 5th in Reptile diversity with 297 species. Images from the rainforest of the Amazon jungle, high altitudes of the Andes Mountains, arrid Sechura Desert coastal plains, and islands among the cold, low-salinity, and major upwelling Humboldt Current along the 3rd largest country of South America..
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Black-capped Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri boliviensis peruviensis) - both a frugivore and insectivore, spending around 75% of their day foraging in the canopy - they are small (weighing up to about 2.2 lbs./1 kg) - this specimen in the Manu National Reserve - Madre de Dios department.
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