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English 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

Scientific Name

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

Spanish Name

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

Tapir
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

English 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

Scientific Names

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.

Spanish Name

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

English 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

Scientific Name

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

Spanish Name

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