Mammals of Peru

Brown Capuchin Monkey


Common Woolly Monkey - Lagothrix lagotricha

Peru has over 500 species of mammals, of which about 70 are endemic and about 100 are threatened or endangered. These include spectacular species like the Jaguar and Spectacled Bear and rare endemic species like the Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey.

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1. Anderson's Mouse-Opossum - Marmosa andersoni
2. Bishop's Slender Mouse-Opossum - Marmosa bishopi
3. White-eared Opossum - Didelphis albiventris
4. Giant Armadillo - Priodones maximus
5. Nine-banded Armadillo - Dasypus novemcinctus
6. Hairy Long-nosed Armadillo - Dasypus pilosus  ...photo 
7. Giant Anteater - Myrmecophaga tridactyla
8. Southern Tamandua - Tamandua tetradactyla
9. Silky Anteater - Cyclopes didactylus
10. Southern Two-toed Sloth - Choloepus didactylus
11. Pygmy Marmoset - Cebuella pygmaea
12. Goeldi's Monkey - Callimico goeldi
13. Black-mantled Tamarin - Saguinus nigricollis
14. Saddlebacked Tamarin - Saguinus fuscicollis
15. Emperor Tamarin - Saguinus imperator
16. Black-chested Moustached Tamarin - Saguinus mystax
17. Mantled Howler Monkey - Alouatta palliata
18. Bolivian Red Howler Monkey - Alouatta sara
Andean Cat
19. Red Howler Monkey - Alouatta seniculus
20. Black-headed Night Money - Aotus nigriceps
21. Spix's Night (Owl) Monkey - Aotus vociferans
22. Night Monkey - Aotus trivirgatus
23. Dusky Titi Monkey - Callicebus moloch
24. Yellow-handed Titi Monkey - Callicebus lucifer
25. Andean Titi Monkey - Callicebus oenanthe
26. Common Squirrel Monkey - Samiri sciureus
27. Black-capped Squirrel Monkey - Saimiri boliviensis
28. Brown Capuchin Monkey - Cebus apella
29. White-Fronted Capuchin Monkey - Cebus albifrons
30. Common (Brown) Woolly Monkey - Lagothrix lagotricha
31. Gray Woolly Monkey - Lagothrix cana
32. Silvery Woolly Monkey - Lagothrix poeppigii
33. Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey - Oreonax flavicauda (Endemic)
34. Peruvian Spider Monkey - Ateles chamek
35. White-bellied Spider Monkey - Ateles belzebuth
36. Rio Tapajós Saki - Pithecia irrorata
37. Monk Saki - Pithecia monhachus
38. Red Uakari - Cacajao calvus
39. Sechuran Fox (Zorro) - Pseudalopex sechurae
40. Culpeo (Andean Fox) - Pseudalopex culpaeus
Jaguar
41. Bush Dog - Speothos venaticus
42. Short-eared Dog - Atelocynus microtis
43. Maned Wolf - Chrysocyon brachyurus
44. Jaguar - Felis onca
45. Puma - Felis concolor
46. Jaguarundi - Felis yagouaroundi  ...photo 
47. Margay - Leopardus wiedii
48. Ocelot - Leopardus pardalis
49. Andean cat - Oreailurus jacobita
50. Pampas Cat - Oncifelis colocolo
51. Greater Grison - Galictis vittata  ...photo 
52. Crab-eating Raccoon - Procyon cancrivorus
53. South American Coatimundi - Nasua nasua
54. Kinkajou - Potos flavus  ...photo 
55. Olingo - Bassaricyon gabbii
56. Tayra - Eira barbara
57. Long-tailed Weasel - Mustela frenata
58. Tropical Weasel - Mulstela africana
59. Neotropical Otter - Lontra longicaudis
60. Giant Otter - Pteronura brasiliensis
61. Striped Hog-nosed Skunk - Conepatus semistriatus  ...photo 
62. Spectacled Bear - Tremarctos ornatus
63. Pink River Dolphin (Boto) - Inia geoffrensis
64. Grey River Dolphin - Sotalia fluviatilis
65. North Amazon Red Squirrel - Sciurus igniventris
66. South Amazon Red Squirrel - Sciurus spadiceus
67. Bolivian Squirrel - Sciurus ignitus
68. Paca - Agouti paca
Northern Viscacha - Lagidium peruanum
69. Mountain paca - Agouti taczanowskii  ...photo 
70. Brown Agouti - Dasyprocta variegata
71. Kalinowski Agouti - Dasyprocta kalinowskii (Endemic)
72. Pacarana - Dinomys branickii
73. Capybara - Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris
74. Southern Viscacha - Lagidium viscacia
75. Northern Viscacha - Lagidium peruanum
76. Short-tailed Chinchilla - Chinchilla brevicaudata
77. Amazon Bamboo-Rat - Dactylomys dactylinus
78. Yellow-crowned Brush Rat - Isothrix bistriata
79. Bare-tailed Tree Rat - Makalata occasius
80. Mountain tapir - Tapirus pinchaque
81. Lowland tapir - Tapirus terrestris
82. Collared Peccary - Tayassu tajacu
83. White-lipped Peccary - Tayassu pecari
84. Vicuña - Vicugna vicugna
85. Guanaco - Lama guanicoe
Marsh Deer - Blastocerus dichotomus
Photo by Mariano Gimenez Dixon.
86. White-tailed Deer - Odocoileus virginianus
87. Marsh Deer - Blastocerus dichotomus
88. Red Brocket Deer - Mazama americana
89. Gray Brocket Deer - Mazama gouazoubira
90. Dwarf Brocket - Mazama chunyi
91. Red Dwarf Brocket - Mazama rufina
92. Northern Pudu - Pudu mephistopheles
93. North Andean Deer - Hippocamelus antisensis
94. Amazon Manatee - Trichechus inunguis

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New Species

Spiny Rat - Isothrix barbarabrownae
• Scientists Discover New Species of Cloud-Forest Rodent from Wildlife Extra, January 2007. The discovery of a new Spiny Rat (Isothrix barbarabrownae) in Manu.  ...link 
• A record of a Dwarf Brocket from lowland Madre de Dios, Peru by Mogens Trolle and Louise H. Emmons. Report of a possible new species photographed in April 2003.  ...link 
• A Remarkable New Mouse (Muridae: Sigmodontinae) from Southeastern Peru: With Comments on the Affinities of Rhagomys rufescens by Lucía Luna and Bruce D. Patterson, 2003.  ...link 

Other Articles

• Extensive (417 as of June 2009) list of Mammals of Peru in Wikipedia.  ...link 
• Sympatric White-lipped Peccary and Collared Peccary by Dr. Paul D. Haemig, 2005.  ...link 
• Mammals Survey At Tambopata Research Center by Cesar F. Ascorra1 and Gabriela Orihuela V. Study conducted in 1995.  ...link 
• Threatened Mammals of Peru - includes all mammals which occur in Peru and are rated as Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the 2005 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.  ...link