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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Giant River Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) - the largest (longest) of around 13 otter species on Earth - growing to about 6 ft. (1.8 m) long, and weighing up to around 75 lb. (34 kg.). Here with the distal specimen having an early morning meal of fresh fish from the Cocha Otorongo (an oxbow lake) in the Manu National Reserve - Madre de Dios department.
