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Animals in Brazil
One of the most unique of these animals is the bald-headed uakari. Also known as the bald uakari, it is a monkey with a short tale, long hair and, of course, a bald head. However, its most prominent feature is its bright red face. There are four know varieties of this creature, but they are all tree-dwellers and prefer to remain near water and areas that experience seasonal flooding.
One of the scariest looking creatures in Brazil is the Goliath Birdeater Spider, a member of the tarantula group of arachnids. The Goliath Birdeater Spider received its name when it was reported by some early explorers to the region that they saw the spider eating a hummingbird. This massive spider can grow to have a leg span of over a foot and is quite intimating visually, but, like most tarantulas, it is generally harmless to humans, preferring to maintain a diet of insects.
With so many amazing creatures populating the nation, it is difficult to stand out, but one creature that manages to do so is the arapaima. Also known as the pirarucu and the paiche, the arapaima is recognize by some experts as the world's largest fresh water fish. This massive fish grows, on average, to about 6.6 feet and over 200 pounds. However, there have been some exceptional arapaima that have been measured at over 8 feet and over 400 pounds.
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Even-toed ungulates in Brazil
Marsh deer Red brocket Brown brocket Brazilian dwarf brocket Collared peccary White-lipped peccary White-tailed deer Pampas deerCarnivores in Brazil
Hoary fox Beddard's olingo Greater grison Azara's fox Tayra Giant brazilian otter Long-tailed weasel Tropical weasel Ocelot Cougar Chilean pampa cat Little spotted cat Common fox Geoffroy's cat Kinkajou Margay South american coati Eyra cat Crab-eating raccoon South american fur seal La plata otter Antarctic fur seal Jaguar Bush dog Molina's hog-nosed skunk Short-eared dog Maned wolf Amazonian hog-nosed skunkDolphins, porpoises, and whales in Brazil
Bridled dolphin Atlantic spinner dolphin Arnoux's beaked whale Euphrosyne dolphin Atlantic spotted dolphin Commerson's dolphin Long-beaked dolphin Cuvier's beaked whale Rough-toothed dolphin Killer whale Southern right whale dolphin Franciscana Flatheaded bottlenose whale Amazon river dolphin Southern right whale Bunch Pygmy sperm whale Melon-headed whale Pygmy killer whale Fraser's dolphin Bottle-nosed dolphin Estuarine dolphin Blainville's beaked whale Gray's beaked whale False killer whale Common minke whale Black porpoise Hector's beaked whale Long-finned pilot whale Bryde's whale Layard's beaked whale Common rorqualBats in Brazil
Great stripe-faced bat Pallas's long-tongued bat Parnell's mustached bat Lesser spear-nosed bat Spectral bat Wagner's mustached bat Greater spear-nosed bat Shaggy bat Guianan spear-nosed bat White-lined bat Hairy big-eared bat Ipanema bat Short-headed broad-nosed bat Little big-eared bat Heller's broad-nosed bat White-bellied big-eared bat Dark long-tongued bat Little yellow-shouldered bat Brazilian big-eyed bat Fischer's little fruit bat Buffy broad-nosed bat Yellowish myotis Chestnut long-tongued bat Strange big-eared brown bat Tilda yellow-shouldered bat Little big-eyed bat Dwarf little fruit bat Recife broad-nosed bat Black myotis Schmidts's big-eared bat Tropical big-eared brown bat Brazilian free-tailed bat Hairy big-eyed bat Short-eared bat Riparian myotis Bokermann's nectar bat Red myotis Dekeyser's nectar bat Proboscis bat Velvety myotis Goldman's nectar bat Greater sac-winged bat Little white-shouldered bat Mexican funnel-eared bat Golden bat Thomas's nectar bat Frosted sac-winged bat Striped hairy-nosed bat Tomes's sword-nosed bat Brazilian brown bat Amazonian sac-winged bat Geoffroy's tailless bat Peter's disk-winged bat Diminutive serotine Lesser sac-winged bat Lesser bulldog bat Spix's disk-winged bat Argentine brown bat Greater bulldog bat Mato grosso dog-faced bat Long-legged bat Andesen's fruit-eating bat Rufous dog-faced bat Black bonneted bat Gervais's fruit-eating bat Peale's free-tailed bat Greater round-eared bat Dwarf bonneted bat Brown fruit-eating bat Broad-eared bat Dwarf dog-faced bat Wagner's bonneted bat Fringed fruit-eating bat Silver fruit-eating bat Big free-tailed bat Black mastiff bat Sanborn's bonneted bat Jamaican fruit-eating bat Western bonneted bat Great fruit-eating bat Pallas's mastiff bat Dark fruit-eating bat Fringe-lipped bat Ega long-tongued bat Common vampire bat Pygmy fruit-eating bat White-winged vampire bat Northern ghost bat Silky short-tailed bat Flat-faced fruit-eating bat Greater dog-like bat Thumbless bat Greater ghost bat Chestnut short-tailed bat White-winged dog-like bat Macconnell's bat Isabelle's ghost bat Seba's short-tailed bat Big crested mastiff bat Lesser dog-like bat Hawaiian hoary bat Tent-maiking bat Visored bat Lesser ghost bat Brown mastiff bat Intermediate long-tailed bat Chestnut sac-winged bat Brown tent-making bat Lesser long-tailed bat Bedentate yellow-eared bat Commissaris's long-tongued bat Hairy-legged vampire bat Big-eared wooly bat Pale-faced bat Southern yellow bat Brock's yellow-eared bat Little yellow-eared bat Miller's long-tongued bat Big naked-backed bat Pale spear-nosed bat Big red batAmerican marsupials in Brazil
Theresa's short-tailed opossum One-striped short-tailed opossum Agile gracile mouse opossum Emilia's gracile mouse opossum White-eared opossum Big-eared opossum Brazilian gracile mouse opossum Common opossum Lutrine opossum Murine mouse opossum White-bellied slender mouse opossum Brown four-eyed opossum Long-furred woolly mouse opossum Red-legged short-tailed opossum Gray short-tailed opossum Black four-eyed opossum Long-tailed fat-tailed opossum Small fat-tailed opossum Velvety fat-tailed opossum Little rufous mouse opossum Gray slender mouse opossum Delicate slender mouse opossum Western woolly opossum Three-striped short-tailed opossum Bare-tailed woolly opossum Southern short-tailed opossum Black-shouldered opossum Emilia's short-tailed opossum Water opossum Ihering's short-tailed opossum Pygmy short-tailed opossum Marajó short-tailed opossum Bushy-tailed opossum Chestnut-striped short-tailed opossum Long-nosed short-tailed opossum Shrewish short-tailed opossum Pale-bellied woolly mouse opossumHares, pikas, and rabbits in Brazil
Forest rabbitHorses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs in Brazil
Brazilian tapirPrimates in Brazil
Common squirrel monkey Black-faced lion tamarin Bare-eared squirrel monkey Black lion tamarin Ma's night monkey Golden lion tamarin Black-headed night monkey Douroucouli Night monkey Muriqui Black howler monkey Black-faced black spider monkey Coppery titi monkey Booted titi Bald uakari Black uacari Dusky titi Doubtful titi monkey Ashy black titi Atlantic titi Brown titi monkey Goeldi's marmoset Hoffman's titi monkey Black squirrel monkey Buffy-tufted-ear marmoset Buffy-headed marmoset Brazilian bare-faced tamarin Geoffroy's marmoset Collared titi Wied's black-tufted-ear marmoset Common marmoset Black-pencilled marmoset Saddlebacked tamarin Buffy saki Emperor tamarin Gray monkey saki Mottle-face tamarin Brown capuchin Golden-faced saki Ed-chested mustached tamarin White-fronted capuchin Long-haired spider monkey Golden-handed tamarin Red-nosed saki White-whiskered spider monkey Black-chested mustached tamarin Bearded saki Black spider monkey Red howler monkey Geoffroy's monk saki Wedge-capped capuchin Black-headed squirrel monkeyRodents in Brazil
Guinea pig Bishop's fossorial spiny rat Yellow pygmy rice rat Broad-headed spiny rat Fulvous pygmy rice rat Red-nosed mouse Golden atlantic tree rat Koopman's porcupine Large-lipped crimson-nosed rat Rushi's rat Small-eared pygmy rice rat Greater wilfred's mouse Red-nosed tree rat Brazilian porcupine Brazilian shrew mouse Spotted paca Nutria Lesser wilfred's mouse White-faced tree rat Brazilian tuco-tuco Azara's grass mouse Green acouchi Gray leaf-eared mouse Drab atlantic tree rat Bristle-spined rat Brazilian arboreal mouse Tiny tuco-tuco Hairy-tailed bolo mouse Cursor grass mouse Red acouchi Short-tailed cane mouse Giant tree rat Natterer's tuco-tuco Lindbergh's grass mouse Intermediate rice rat Pallid atlantic tree rat Collared tuco-tuco Blackish grass mouse Kellogg's rice rat Long-tailed tree rat White-footed climbing mouse Sao paulo grass mouse Monster rice rat Web-footed marsh rat Black-spined atlantic tree rat Long-tailed climbing mouse Bolivian bamboo rat Serrado mar grass mouse Macconnell's rice rat Greater marsh rat Cerrado mouse Painted tree rat Amazon bamboo rat White-spined spiny rat Northern grass mouse Elegant rice rat Amazon dwarf squirrel Marsh rat Hairy-eared cerrado mouse Giant atlantic tree rat Central american agouti Venezuelan spiny rat Sowbug rice rat Guiana bristly mouse Capybara Punare Unicolored tree rat Azara's agouti Bolivian spiny rat Rat-headed rice rat Narrow-footed bristly mouse Bristly mouse Black agouti Huallaga spiny rat Terraced rice rat South american water rat Tuft-tailed spiny tree rat Brazilian agouti Cayenne spiny rat Yungas rice rat Yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat Black-rumped agouti Cuvier's spiny rat Angular hocicudo Plain brush-tailed rat Swamp rat Atlantic spiny rat Hispid hocicudo Edwards's long-clawed mouse Armored spiny rat Candango mouse Neotropical pygmy squirrel Goeldi's spiny rat Ihering's hocicudo Guianan squirrel Guyanan spiny rat Long-nosed hocicudo Atlantic bamboo rat Yellow-throated squirrel Large vesper mouse Ihering's spiny rat Robert's hocicudo Rock cavy Bolivian squirrel Striped atlantic forest rat Small vesper mouse Long-tailed spiny rat Red hocicudo Bicolored arboreal rice rat Northern amazon red squirrel Pallid atlantic forest rat Delicate vesper mouse Mouse-tailed spiny rat Para spiny rat Cleber's arboreal rice rat Brazilian spiny tree rat Southern amazon red squirrel Napo spiny rat Unicolored arboreal rice rat Spiny tree rat Woolly giant rat Guiara Hairy spiny rat Mamore arboreal rice rat Dusky spiny tree rat Fossorial giant rat Alston's cotton rat Simon's spiny rat Brazilian arboreal rice rat Surinam spiny tree rat Steere's spiny rat King arboreal rice rat Yellow-toothed cavy Robert's arboreal rice rat Spix's yellow-toothed cavy Owl's spiny rat Rio de janeiro arboreal rat Trinidad arboreal rice rat Paraguay hairy dwarf porcupine Pacarana Brazilian guinea pig Chacoan pygmy rice rat Bahia hairy dwarf porcupine Shiny guinea pig Brazilian false rice rat Delta pygmy rice rat Orange-spined hairy dwarf porcupine Greater guinea pig Brazilian pygmy rice ratDugongs, manatees, and sea cows in Brazil
Amazonian manatee American manateeEdentates in Brazil
Greater naked-tailed armadillo Cabasu Giant armadillo Southern three-banded armadillo Southern long-nosed armadillo Brazilian three-banded armadillo Greater long-nosed armadillo Common long-nosed armadillo Brazilian lesser long-nosed armadillo Six-banded armadillo
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