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Mesa, AZ 85202
Phone: (480) 213-9207 
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Flora and Fauna List

 List of Mammals
 
English name Scientific Name Local name
Monkeys
Woolly monkey 
Black spider monkey 
Red howler monkey 
White fronted capuchin 
Brown capichin 
Dusky titi monkey 
Squirrel monkey 
Night monkey 
Pygmy marmoset 
Emperor tamarin 
Saddle backed tamarin 
Monk saki 
Tapirs:
Brazilian tapir 

Peccaries
Collared peccary 
White lipped peccary 

Deers
Red brocket deer 
Gray or Brown brocket 

Cats:
Ocelot 
Puma o Cougar 
Jaguar 
Jagouarundi 

Weasels
Grison 
Tayra 
Southern river otter 
Giant otter 

Raccoons
Coati 
Kinkajou 
Olingo 

Opossums
Common opossum 
Woolly Mouse opossum 
Common gray four eyed 

Sloths
Brown-throated three-toed 
Hoffman’s two-toed sloth 

Armadillos
Nine-banded long-nosed 
Giant armadillo 

Agoutis
Paca 
Agouti 
Capybara Ronsoco

Squirrels
Red squirrel 
Bolivian squirrel 
Amazon dwarf squirrel 

Rats
Amazon bamboo rat 

Anteaters
Silky anteater 
Southern tamandua 
Giant anteater 

Monkey
Lagithrix lagotricha 
Ateles paniscus
Alouatta seniculus 
Cebus albifrons 
Cebus 
Callicebus moloch 
Saimiri ssciureus 
Aotus virgatus 
Cebuella pygmaea 
Saguinus imperator 
Saguinus Fuscicollie 
Pithecia monachus 
Tapirs
Tapirus Terrestris 

Peccaries
Tayassu tajacy 
Tayassu pedari 

Deers
Mazama americana 
Mazama gouazoubira 

Cats
Felis pardalis
Felis concolor 
Panthera onca 
Felis yagouaroundi 

Weasels
Galictis vittata
Eira barbara 
Lutra Longicaudis 
Pteronura brasiliensis 

Raccoons
Nasua nasua 
Potos flavus 
Bassaricyon gabbii

Opossums
Didelphis marsupialis
Mirocireus cinereus
Philander opossum 

Sloths
Bradypus variegatus 
Choloepus hoffmanni 

Armadillos:
Dasypus novemcinctus 
Priodontes maximus

Agoutis
Agouti paca 
Dasyprocta spp.
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

Squirrels
Sciurus spadiceus 
Sciurus iguitis
Microsciurus flaviventer

Rats
Dactylomys dactylinus 

Anteaters
Cyclops didactylus 
Tamandus fuscicollie 
Myrmecophaga tridactyla

Monos
Choro
Maquisapa
Cotomono
Machin blanco
Machin negro
Tocon
Mono Fraile
Musmuqui
Leoncillo
Pichico emperador
Pichico comun
Huapo mono
Tapirs
Sachavaca

Cerdos de Monte
sajino
Huangana

Venados
Venado colorado
Venado cenizo

Gatos
Tigrillo
Tigre Colorado
Tigre
Pantera

Weasels
-
Manco
Nutria
Lobo de rio

Raccoons
Achuñi
Chosna
Chosna Pericote

Opossums
Raposa
Muca
Pericote

Peresozo
Perezoso de tres dedos
Perezoso de dos dedos

Armadillos
Quirquincho
Carachupamama

Agoutis
Picuro
Añuje
Ronsoco

Ardilla
Ardilla rojo
-
-

Ratas
Rata Kalinowski

Anteaters
Serafin
Tamandua
Oso hormiguero

 List of Birds
 
English Name Scientific Name Local Name
Great Tinamou 
Undulated Tinamou 
Neotropic Cormorant 
Anhinga 
Cocoi heron 
Great egret 
Snowy egret 
Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis 
Striated heron 
Agami heron 
Capped heron 
Rufescent tiger heron 
Fasciated Tiger 
Wood stork 
Jabiru 
Green ibis 
Roseate spoonbill 
Horned screamer 
Orinoco goose 
Muscovy duck 
Turkey Vulture 
Black vulture 
Greater yellow headed 
King vulture 
Osprey 
Am.swallow-tailed kite 
Gray necked woodrail 
Purple galinule 
Sungrebe 
Sunbittern 

Wattled jacana 
Pied Lapwing   - 
Collared plover  - 
Spotted sandpiper - 
Large billed tern - 
Yellow Billed Tern
Black Skimmer 
Blue and yellow Macaw 
Military Macaw 
Scarlet Macaw 
Red and green Macaw
Chesnut fronted 
Red billied Macaw 
Blue headed Macaw 
White-eyed parakeet 
Cobalt winged parakeet 

 

Tinamus major 
Crypturellus undulatus
Phalacrocorax olivaceus 
Anhinga anhinga
Ardea cocoi
Casmerodius  albus
Egretta thula 
Bubulcus ibis
Butorides striatus
Agamia agami 
Pilherodias pileatus 
Tigrisoma lineatum 
Tigrisoma fasciatum 
Mycteria americana 
Jabiru mycteria 
Mesembrinibis cayennensis
Ajaia ajaja 
Anhima cornuta
Neochen jubata
Cairina moschata
Cathartes melambrotos
Coragyps atratus
Cathartes melambrotos
Sarcoramphus papa
Pandion haliaetus
Elanoides forficatus
Aramides cajanea
Porphyrio martinica
Heliornis fulica
Eurypyga helias
Jacana Jacana
Vanellus cayanus
Charadrius collaris
Actitis macularia
Paetusa Simplex
Sterna superciliares 
Rynchops nigra 
Ara ararauna 
Ara militaris 
Ara macao 
Ara chloroptera
Ara severa 
Ara minalata 
Ara couloni 
Aratinga weddellii 
Brotogeris cyanoptera 

 

Perdiz azul
Panguana
Pato aguja
Pato culebra
Garza cocoi
Garza blanca grande
Garza chica
Garza garrapatera
Garza tamquita
Garza azul
Garza amarilla
Puma garza roja
Mayusonso
Manshaco
Jabiru
Ibis verde
Espatula rosada
Camungo
Ganzo de playa
Pato de monte
Gallinazo
Gallinazo negro
Gallinazo amarillo
Condor de selva
Aguila pescadora
Gavilan tijera
Unchala
Polla sultana
Tanrilla

Tuqui tuqui
Timelo

Playero manchado
Gaviota de pico grande
Gaviota de pico amarillo
Rayador
Gacamayo Boliviano
Guacamayo militar
Guacamayo escarlata
Guacamayo cabezon
Maracana
Maracana de aguajal
Guacamayo cabeza azul
Periquito de cabeza sucia
Pihuicho de frente amarilla

 

List of Plants
 
English Name Scientific Name Local Name
Kapok (giant tree, solf wood)
Balsa (wood Trunks used to build rafts)
Sapote(giant tree solf wood 
-       (Symbiotic relationship tree-ant)
Pineapples ( Edible fruit)
Papaya  ( Edible fruit)
Cetico (Pioneer tree Symbiotict)
Bottle brush (Vine, honey source, Birds, Monkeys)
-       ( Pioneer tree on beaches, medicinal kidneys)
Blue bind weed(Common on river beaches)
Sweet potato    ( Edible root)-
-      (Tree fern medinal deep cuts)
-      (Panama hats, construction houses)
Coca ( Mconomically important drug)
-      ( Medicinal drink)
Rubber tree   Rubber
Soap box tree (Giant wood/make boats)
Manioc    ( Important food plant)
Bamboo  (Many uses)
Bamboo  (Many uses)
Cane  (Many uses)
Avocado (Edible fruit )
Brasil nut tree ( Edible nut)
 -     (Elongated pipelike fruits)
Cannin ball tree (Huge, heavy fruit)
Powder puff   (Very strong bush)
Pink shower tree (Ornamental tree)
-                        (Comercial wood)
-                 (Oil from trunk as medicine)
-       (Giant tree, hurd wood)
Coral tree  (Flowering red,honey tree)
-                 ( Edible fruit)
Rotenone  (Poison from roots for fish)
Sensitive plant (Touched leaves close)
-                  (Hard red wood/black fruits)
Curare strychnine (Poison for hunting / medicine)
Ayahuasca(ImportantHallucinogenic for healing)
Cotton  (Cotton originated in Peru)
Hibiscus  (Ornamental plant)
Calathea(Common on forest clorful leaves)
Spanish cedar(Commercial wood)
-                     ( Comercial wood)
Mahogany   ( Comercial wood)
Milk tree   ( Edible fruit)
Rubber tree (Rubber)
Fig      (Hard wood)
Fig-Oje    ( Medicinal sap)
Fig           (Strangler fig)
Wild banana (Fruit no resemble bananas)
Nutmeg
 

 

Ceilba pentandra 
Pyramidale 
Quararibea cordota 
Cordia nosoda 
Ananas comosus 
Carica papaya 
Cecropia sp. 
Combretum assimile 
Tessaria integrifolia 
Ipomoea sp. 
Ipomoea batatas 
Cyathea sp.
Carludovica palmata 
Coca sp. 
Catuaba
Hevea guianensis 
Hura crepitans 
Esculenta (c) 
Bambusa sp. 
Dendrocalamus 
Gynerium sagittum 
Persea americana 
Bertholletia excelsa 
Couratari sp. 
Couroupita guianensis 
Calliandra sp. 
Cassia grandis 
Cedrelinga catenaeformis 
Cpaifera rebiculata 
Dipterix micrantha 
Erythrina ulei 
Inga sp. 
Lonchocarpus sp. 
Mimosa pudica 
Ormosia sp. 
Strychnos sp. 
Banisteriopsis sp.
Gossypium sp. 
Hibiscus peruvianus 
Calathea sp. 
Cedrela odorata 
Guarea sp. 
Macrophylla 
Brosimum alicastrum 
Casilla ulei 
Clarisa racemosa 
Ficus insipida 
Ficus trigina 
Heliconia sp. 
Virola sp. 
Lupuna 
Topa
Sapote 
Añallu caspi 
Piña 
Papaya 
Cetico 
-
Pajaro bobo 

Camote
Sano sano 
Tamiche
Coca 
Chuchuhuasi
Caucho 
Hura crepitans 
Yuca
Paca 
Paca
Caña brava                                    Palta 
Castaña
Pipa de chuncho 
Mata estudiantes
Bovinzana
-
Aguano/Tornillo
Copaiba
Chihuahuaco 
Pisonai 
Pacai-
Barbasco 
Mirame-no me toques 
Huayruro
 - 
Ayahuasca
Algodon
-
-
Cedro 
Requia
Caoba
Manchinga 
Caucho
Mashonaste
Oje
Renaco
Platanillo
Cumula

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