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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Capybara - are found only in areas where water is easily accessible. Their habitats include flooded grasslands, marsh edges, and lowland forests where grazing is good and there is water year-round. They also occupy dry forest, scrub, and grasslands that are near bodies of water, such as lakes, rivers, swamps, ponds, and marshes, as well as flooded savannah and along rivers in tropical forest. This specimen along the Rio Madre de Dios.
