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What are the indigenous animals of South America?

What are the indigenous animals of South America?

Here are ten of the most fascinating animals you'll find in South America.

  1. What animals are in South America?
  2. What is the only large animal native to South America?
  3. What mammal is endemic to South America?

What animals are in South America?

The Official National Animal of South America. South America is a continent, and as such, it has no national animal.

What is the only large animal native to South America?

Lowland tapirs can weigh up to 660 pounds, making them the largest terrestrial mammals in South America. Tapirs use their prehensile proboscis (a weird name for “snout”) to snatch up high hanging leaves and fruit.

What mammal is endemic to South America?

The armadillos are small mammals with a bony armored shell. All 21 extant species are found in South America, where they originated. Their much larger relatives, the pampatheres and glyptodonts, once lived in North and South America but became extinct following the appearance of humans.

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