MAMMALS 
in Argentina

A List of Argentina Mammals compiled by Armas Hill, 
the leader of FONT tours in that country


PHOTO AT UPPER RIGHT: GUANACOS, 
photographed during a FONT Southern Argentina Tour in December 2013
(photo by Marie Gardner)   


There have been 14 FONT tours in Argentina.

Mammals seen during FONT tours noted with an (*).



Codes:

(t):   a globally threatened species, 
       designated by the IUCN (the International Union for Conservation of Nature)
          (t1): critically endangered    (t2): endangered    (t3): vulnerable 
(nt): a globally near-threatened species, designated by the IUCN 

(ARi): introduced species in Argentina


IN VARIOUS REGIONS OF ARGENTINA 

Links to Mammal Groupings in this list:

Opossums    Armadillos    Anteaters    New World Monkeys    Dogs & Foxes    Cats    Bear

Raccoon & Coati    Skunks, Otters, allies    Tapir    Peccaries    Camels    Deer    Coypu    

Capybara    Porcupines    Squirrels    Agoutis & Paca    Cavies    Tuco-tucos    Chinchillas, Viscachas    

Rabbits    Bats    Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises    Seals

Other Links:

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Argentina   

A Complete List (with some photos) of Argentina Birds, in 2 parts:   
List 1: Tinamous to Flycatchers     List 2: Antshrikes to Grosbeaks

A South American Mammal List  (with some photos)





Land Mammals:


        MONITO DEL MONTE - Family Microbiotheriidae

1. Monito del Monte  ______  
   Dromiciops gliroides
   AR name: Monito del Monte
   
   
   AMERICAN OPOSSUMS - Family Didelphidae
   
   
2. White-eared Opossum  (ph) (*)  ______  ne    
   Didelphis albiventris   
   AR name: Comadreja Picaza
   
   
   
   A White-eared Opossum photographed during a FONT tour
   (photo by Bob Enever)
   
   
3. Big-eared Opossum  (*)  ______ ne  (was part of the Southern, or Black-eared Opossum, Didelphis marsupialis)  
   Didelphis aurita
   AR name: Comadreja de Orejas Negras
   
   
4. Agile Gracile Opossum  ______
   Gracilinanus agilis  
   AR name: Comadrejita agil
   
   
5. Brazilian Gracile Opossum  ______
   Gracilinanus microtarsus
   
   
6. Lutrine Opossum  ______
   Lutreolina crassicaudata  
   AR name: Comadrejita colorada
   
   
7. Tate's Woolly Mouse Opossum  ______  ne
   Marmosa paraguayanus
   AR name: Marmosa cenicienta
   
   Marmosa paraguayanus was part of what is now the more-northerly White-bellied Woolly Opossum, Marmosa demerarae, which was Micoureus demerarae.
   In 2009, Micoureus became a subgenus, with Marmosa being the genus in the scientific name of this species and the one that follows.
   
   
8. White-bellied Woolly Mouse Opossum  ______  nw
   Marmosa constantiae
   
   
9. Gray Short-tailed Opossum  ______
   Monodelphis domestica  
   AR name: Colicorto chaueno
   
   
10. Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum  ______  (or, in Argentina the Common Mouse Opossum)
    Thylamys elegans  
    AR name: Comadrejita comun 
    
    
11. Common Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum  ______  (or the Austral Mouse Opossum)  
    Thylamys pusillus
    AR name: Comadrejita enana 
    
    
    ARMADILLOS - Family Dasypodiidae
    
    
    
    
    
12. Southern Long-nosed Armadillo  (nt) (*)  ______  ne   
    Dasyous hybridus 
    AR names: Mulita Pampeana, Tatu Mulita
    
    
13. Seven-banded Armadillo  ______
    Dasyous septemcinctus
    
    
14. Nine-banded Armadillo  (ph)  ______
    Dasypus novemcinctus
    
    
    
    Nine-banded Armadillo
    
    
15. Yunga's Lesser Long-nosed Armadillo  ______  (another name is Yepes' Mulita)
    Dasypus yepsei
    
    Dasypus yepsei was described in 1995.   
    
    
16. Chacoan Naked-tailed Armadillo  (nt)  ______
    Cabassous shacoensis
    AR name: Tatu-piche 
    
    
17. Greater Naked-tailed Armadillo  (*)  ______  ne
    Cabassous tatouay
    
    
18. Screaming Hairy Armadillo  ______
    Chaetophractus vellerosus
    AR name: Piche Lloron
    
    
19. Big Hairy Armadillo  (ph) (*)  ______  so
    Chaetophractus villosus
    AR name: Peludo
    
    
    
    Above & below: the Big Hairy Armadillo, photographed during 
    the FONT tour in southern Argentina in December 2013
    (photo by Marie Gardner)  
    
    
    
    
    
20. Andean Hairy Armadillo  (t3)  ______
    Chaetophractus nationi
    
    
21. Greater Fairy Armadillo  ______
    Calyptophractus retusus
    
    
22. Pink Fairy Armadillo  ______
    Chlamyphorus truncatus
    
    
23. Giant Armadillo  (t3) (ph)  ______
    Priodontes maximus
    AR name: Tatu carreta
    
    
    
    Giant Armadillo
    
    
24. Southern Three-banded Armadillo  (nt)  ______
    Tolypeutes matacus
    AR name: Mataco 
    
    
25. Six-banded Armadillo  (ph)  ______  (another name is Yellow Armadillo)
    Euphractus sexcinctus
    
    
    
    Six-banded Armadillo
    
    
26. Pichi Armadillo  (nt) (*)  ______  fs
    Zaedyus pichiy  (the single member of its genus)
    AR name: Pichi Patagonico 
    
    
    ANTEATERS - Family Myrmecophagidae
    
    
27. Giant Anteater  (t3) (ph)  ______
    Myrmecophaga tridactyla
    AR name: Oso hormiguero
    
    
28. Southern Tamandua  ______  (also called Collared Tamandua)
    Tamandua tetradactyla
    AR name: Oso melero
    
    
    NEW WORLD MONKEYS - Family Atelidae
    
    
29. Black Howler Monkey  (ph) (*)  ______  ne   
    Alouatta caraya 
    AR names: Mono Aullador Negro, Caraya
    
    The male Black Howler Monkey is black; the female is brown.  
    
    
    
    Above: male Black Howler Monkey
    Below: female Black Howler Monkey
    Both were photographed during a FONT tour. 
    
    
    
    
    
30. Brown Howler Monkey  (ph)  ______  ne
    Alouatta guariba
    AR name: Caraya Rojo
    
    The subspecies of the Brown Howler Monkey in Argentina is the Southern Brown Howler, one of two subspecies of the species: Alouatta guariba clamitans.
    The other subspecies, the nominate, is the Northern Brown Howler in Brazil in eastern Minas Gerais and Bahia. It is critically endangered.
    Overall, the species. Alouatta guaiba, was classified as endangered, but now is said to be "of least concern".       
    
    
31. Black Capuchin  (nt)  ______  nc 
    Sapajus (formerly Cebus) nigritus  (the genus was changed to Sapajus in 2011)  
    AR name: Mono Cai
    
    This mammal in northern Argentina was part of the now more-northerly Tufted Capuchin, formerly the Brown Tufted Capuchin, Cebus apella.
    
    Sapajus nigritus occurs in Argentina, among other places, in the Calilegua and El Rey national parks.  
    
    
32. Black-striped Capuchin  (*)  ______ ne  
    Sapajus (formerly Cebus) libidinosus  (the genus was changed to Sapajus in 2011) 
    AR name: Mono Cai 
    
    This mammal in northeastern Argentina has formerly been known as the Black-striped Tufted Capuchin and the Black-capped Capuchin, and has been part of Cebus apella.
    
    
33. Azara's Night Monkey  ______
    Aotus azarai
    AR name: Mirikina
    
    
    DOGS & FOXES - Family Canidae
    
    
34. Maned Wolf  (nt) (ph) (*)  ______  ne  
    Chrysocyon brachyurus  (the single member of its genus)
    AR names: Aguara Guazu, Lobo de Crin
    
    
    
    A Maned Wolf photographed during a FONT tour
    
     
    
35. Colpeo Fox  (*)  ______  fs (tf)
    Lycalopex culpaeus  (the genus has previously been Pseudalopex, and Dusicyon)
    AR name: Zorro Colorado
    
    On Tierra del Fuego, this mammal was called the "Fuegian Fox", Pseudalopex c. magellanicus. 
     
    
36. South American Gray Fox  (ph) (*)  ______ fs (tf)  nc  so   
    Lycalopex griseus  (the genus has previously been Pseudalopex, and Dusicyon) griseus
    AR names: Zorro Gris, Zorro Patagonico, Chilla
    
    Lycalopex griseus is said to include the "Pampas Fox".
    
    The "Pampas Fox", of central & eastern Argentina has been said to be Lycalopex gymnocercus, 
    with the AR name: Zorro Pampas
    
    
    
    Above & below:  a Pampas, or South American Gray Fox 
    photographed during FONT tours
    The one in the lower photograph was on the Valdes Peninsula
    during the FONT Southern Argentina Tour in December 2013.    
    (upper photo by Robert Hinz; lower photo by Marie Gardner)
    
    
    
    
    
37. Crab-eating Fox  (ph) (*)  ______  ne
    Cerdocyon thous  (was Dusicyon thous)  (the single member of its genus)
    AR name: Zorro de Monte
    
    
    
    A Crab-eating Fox photographed during a FONT tour.
    
    
38. Bush Dog  (nt)  ______
    Speothos venaticus
    
    
    CATS - Family Felidae
    
    
39. Jaguarundi  ______
    Puma (formerly Herpailurus) yaguarondi
    AR name: Yaguarundi
    
    
40. Ocelot  (ph)  ______
    Leopardus pardalis
    AR name: Ocelote
    
    
41. Oncilla  (t3)  ______  (other names are the Little Spotted Cat, or Little Tiger Cat)
    Leopardus tigrinus
    AR name: Tirica
    
    
42. Margay  (nt)  ______
    Leopardus wiedii
    AR name: Margay
    
    
43. Pampas Cat  (*)  ______  so
    Leopardus (formerly Lynchailurus) pajeros
    AR name: Gato de Pajonal
    
    
44. Geoffroy's Cat  (nt) (*)  ______  fs
    Leopardus (formerly Oncifelis) geoffroyi
    AR name: Gato Montes
    
    
45. Austral Spotted Cat  (t3)  ______  (another name is Kodkod)
    Leopardus (formerly Oncifelis) guigna
    AR name: Gato Huina
    
    
46. Puma  (ph)  ______  (another name is Cougar)
    Puma concolor
    AR name: Puma
    
    
47. Jaguar  (nt)  (ph)  ______
    Panthera (formerly Jaguarius) onca
    AR name: Yaguarete 
    
    
    BEAR - Family Ursidae
    
    
48. Spectacled Bear  (t3)  ______
    Tremarctos ornatus
    
    
    RACCOONS - Family Procyonidae
    
    
49. Crab-eating Raccoon  (ph)  ______
    Procyon cancrivorus
    AR name: Aguara Pope
    
     
    
    A Crab-eating Raccoon 
    photographed during a FONT tour
    
    
50. South American Coati  (ph) (*)  ______  ne
    Nasua nasua
    AR names: Coati, Pisote
    
    
    
    South American Coatis photographed during a FONT tour
    in the area of Iguazu Falls 
    
    
    SKUNKS & ALLIES - Family Mustelidae
    
    
51. Molina's Hog-nosed Skunk  ______
    Conepatus chinga
    AR name: Zorrino Comun
    
    
52. Humboldt's Hog-nosed Skunk  (ph) (*)  ______  fs  
    Conepatus humboldti 
    AR name: Zorrino Patagonico, Zorrino Austral  
    
    Conepatus humboldti has also been called the Patagonian Hog-nosed Skunk.
    
    
    
    A Humboldt's, or Patagonian Hog-nosed Skunk photographed
    during the FONT tour in southern Argentina in December 2013
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
    
    
53. Neotropical River Otter  ______  
    Lontra longicauda
    AR name: Lobito de Rio
    
    
54. Southern River Otter  (t2)  ______
    Lontra provocax
    
    
55. Marine Otter  (t2) (ph)  ______
    Lontra felina
    
    
56. Giant Otter  (t2)  (ph)  ______
    Pteronura brasilensis
    AR name: Lobo gargantilla  
    
    
57. Tayra  ______
    Eira barbara
    AR name: Huron Mayor
    
    
58. Lesser (or Southern) Grison  (ph) (*)  ______  so
    Galictis cuja
    AR name: Huron menor
    
    
    
    Lesser Grison
    
    
59. Patagonian Weasel  ______
    Lyncodon patagonicus
    
    
    TAPIR - Family Tapiridae
    
    
60. Lowland Tapir  (t3) (ph)  ______  (has been called Brazilian Tapir)  
    Tapirus terrestris
    AR name: Tapir
    
    
    PECCARIES - Family Tayassuidae
    
    
61. Collared Peccary  (ph)  ______
    Pecari tajacu
    AR name: Pecari de collar
    
    
62. White-lipped Peccary  (ph)  ______
    Tayassu pecari
    AR name: Pecari Labiado  
    
    
    
    White-lipped Peccary
    
    
63. Chacoan Peccary  (t2)  ______
    Catagonus wagneri
    
    
    CAMELS - Family Camelidae
    
    
64. Guanaco  (ph) (*)  ______  fs  
    Lama guanicoe
    AR name: Guanaco
    
    
    
    A Guanaco photographed during a FONT tour. This animal has been
    seen during our tours in both Argentina & Chile.
    
    The photo below was taken during the FONT tour in Southern Argentina in December 2013.
    It shows how the Guanaco jumps the fence. It stops, and then springs up into the air.
    (photo by Marie Gardner)  
    
    
      
    
    
65. Vicuna  (v) (*)  ______  nw  
    Vicugna vicugna
    AR name: Vicuna
    
    
    
    Vicunas photographed during a FONT tour. This animal has been seen 
    during our tours in northwest Argentina & in northern Chile.
       
    
66. Llama  (*)  ______ (a domesticated animal)
    Lama glama
    AR name: Llama
    
    There are 4 species of South American Lamoids. 
    Two are wild (the Vicuna and the Guanaco). 
    Two are domesticated (the Llama and the Alpaca). 
    In Argentina: there are 8% of the South American Lamoids, including 96% of the Guanacos. 
    
    
    DEER - Family Cervidae
    
    
67. Marsh Deer  (t3) (*)  ______  ne
    Blastocerus dichotomus  (the single member of its genus)
    AR name: Ciervo de los Pantanos
    
    
    
    A Marsh Deer (& a Giant Cowbird) photographed during a FONT tour.
     
    
68. Gray Brocket Deer  (ph) (*)  ______  nc  ne  (also called Brown Brocket Deer)
    Mazama gouazoubira
    AR name: Corzuela Parda
    
    
69. Red Brocket Deer  ______
    Mazama americana
    
    
70. Pygmy Brocket Deer  ______  ne  
    Mazama nana
    AR name: Corzuela Enana
    
    
71. Pampas Deer  (nt) (ph)  ______
    Ozotoceros bezoarticus
    AR name: Venado de las Pampas
    
    
    
    Pampas Deer
    
    
72. Northern Andean Deer  (t3) (ph)  ______  (also called Peruvian, or Northern Guemal)
    Hippocamelus antisensis
    
    
73. Southern Andean Deer  (t2)  ______  (also called Chilean Guemal)
    Hippocamelus bisulcus
    AR name: Huemal  
    
    
74. Southern Pudu  (t3) (ph)  ______
    Pudu pudu
    AR name: Pudu
    
    
    SPINY RATS - Family Echimyidae
    
    
75. Coypu  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  
    Myocastor coypus  (the single member of its genus)
    AR name: Coipo
    
    Myocastor coypus is also known as the Nutria.
    
    
    
    A Coypu, or Nutria photographed during a FONT tour
    (photo by Marie Gardner) 
    
    
    CAPYBARA - Family Hydrochoeridae
    
    
76. Capybara  (ph) (*)  ______  ne
    Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris  (the single member of its genus & family)
    AR name: Carpincho, or Puerco de Agua 
    
    The Capybara is the world's largest rodent. It is mostly aquatic.
    
    
    
    Capybaras photographed during a FONT tour.
    
    
    BEAVERS - Family Castoridae
    
    
77. North American Beaver (i) (ph) (*)  ______  fs
    Castor canadensis
    
    The North American Beaver was introduced into Tierra del Fuego for their pelts. It is now quite common there.  
    
    
    
    North American Beaver
    (photo by Doris Potter)
    
    
    NEW WORLD PORCUPINES - Family Erethizontidae
    
    
78. Brazilian Porcupine  ______
    Coendou prehensilis
    
    
79. Paraguayan Hairy Dwarf Porcupine  ______  (other names are Paraguayan Tree Porcupine, Lesser Tree Porcupine)
    Sphiggurus spinosus
    AR name: Coendu Misionero   
    
    
    SQUIRRELS - Family Sciuridae
    
    
80. Guianan Squirrel  (*)  ______ ne  (also called Brazilian Squirrel, or "Olive-colored Squirrel")
    Sciurus aestuans
    AR name: Ardilla Gris
    
    
    
    Guianan Squirrel
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
    
    
81. Yungas Squirrel  ______  nc
    Sciurus ignitus
    AR name: Ardilla Roja
    
    
    AGOUTIS - Family Agoutidae 
    
    
82. Azara's Agouti  (*)  ______ ne
    Dasyprocta azarai
    AR name: Acuti Rojizo
    
    
83. Brown Agouti  ______
    Dasyprocta variegata
    AR name: Acuti Rojizo
    
    The range of the mammal said here to be Dasyprocta variegata includes southeastern Peru, far-southwestern Brazil, Bolivia, western Paraguay, and far-northwestern Argentina. 
    But this animal is also said by some to a highly disjunct population of the Central American Agouti, Dasyprocta punctata.
    
    
84. Lowland Paca  ______  (also called Spotted Paca) 
    Cuniculus (formerly Agouti) paca
    AR name: Paca
    
    Cuniculus paca was described by Linnaeus in 1766.
    
    
    NEOTROPICAL RATS & MICE - Family Muridae, Subfamily Sigmodontinae
    
    
85. Web-footed Marsh Rat  (*)  ______ ne  (also called Red Marsh Rat)
    Holochilus brasiliensis
    AR name: Rata Nutria Comun
    
    
86. Swamp Rat  ______
    Scapteromys tumidus
    AR name: Rata de Pajonal
    
    
87. Cursorial Grass Mouse  (*)   ______ ne
    Akodon cursor
    AR name: Raton de Monte
    
    
88. Yellow-nosed Mouse  ______
    Abrothrix xanthorhinus
    AR name: Raton Hocico Bayo
    
    
    GUINEA-PIGS & CAVIES - Family Caviidae 
    
    
89. Brazilian Guinea-Pig  (*)  ______ ne  
    Cavia aperea
    AR name: Cuis (Grande), or Cuis Pampeano
    
    Cavia aperea is also called the Pampas Cavy. 
     
    
90. Montane Guinea-Pig  ______
    Cavia tschudii
    
    
91. Common Yellow-toothed Cavy  ______
    Gale musteloides
    
    
92. Southern Mountain Cavy  (ph) (*) ______ nw  so    
    Microcavia australis
    AR: Cuis Chico, or Cuis de los Salitres 
    
    Microcavia australis is also called the Small Patagonian Cavy, the Southern Dwarf Cavy, or the Least Cavy. 
    
    
    
    A Small Patagonian Cavy photographed during 
    the FONT tour in southern Argentina in December 2013.
    This mammal was at the Magellanic Penguin colony
    in Punta Tomba. Like the penguins, using burrows.
    (photo by Marie Gardner)    
    
    
93. Shipton's Mountain Cavy  (nt)  ______
    Microcavia shiptoni  
    
    
94. Patagonian Mara  (nt) (ph) (*)  ______  so
    Dolichotis patagonum
    AR name: Mara (Patagonica) or Liebre Patagonica
    
    
    
    Above & below: the odd mammal known 
    as the Patagonian Mara, or Mara Patagonica.
    It has been seen during FONT tours 
    on and near the Valdes Peninsula in southern Argentina.
    
    
    
    The photo below of a Mara was taken during the FONT tour
    in southern Argentina in December 2013.
    (photo by Marie Gardner)  
    
    
    
    
    
95. Chacoan Mara (or Cavy)  ______
    Pediolagus salinicola
    AR name: Conejo de los Palos
    
    
    TUCO-TUCOS - Family Octodontidae
    
    
96. Tawny Tuco-tuco  (*)  ______  nw
    Ctenomys fulvus
    AR name: Tuco-tuco del Tamarugal
    
    
97. Ctenomys opimus
    AR name: Tuco-tuco Puneno
    
    
98. Ctenomys australis  
    AR name: Tuco-tuco Costero
    
    
99. Magellanic Tuco-tuco  (t3) (*)  ______  so
    Ctenomys magellanicus
    AR name: Tuco-tuco Austral
    
    
    CHINCHILLA-RATS - Family Abrocomidae 
    
    
100. Ashy Chinchilla-Rat  (*)   ______  nw
     Abrocoma cinerea
     
     
     CHINCHILLAS & VISCACHAS - Family Chinchillidae
     
     
101. Short-tailed Chinchilla  (t1) (ph) (*)  ______ nw
     Chincilla brevicaudata 
     AR names: Chincilla Grande, or Chinchilla del Altiplano  
     
     
     
     A Short-tailed Chinchilla photographed during a FONT tour.
      
     
102. Plains Viscacha  ______
     Lagostomus maximus
     AR name: Vizcacha
     
     
103. Southern Viscacha  (ph) (*)  ______  nw        
     Lagidium viscacia
     AR names: Chinchilllon Comun, or Vizcachon, or Vizcacha de la Sierra 
     
     What was called the Mountain Viscacha was split into the Southern Viscacha and the Northern Viscacha (which occurs north of Argentina).
     Until recently, there have been 3 species in the Lagidium genus. A 4th species, in Ecuador, was recently discovered and described in 2009.
     
     
     
     A Southern Viscacha photographed during a FONT tour. This animal has been seen
     during our tours in both Argentina & Chile.
     
     
104. Wolffsohn's Viscacha  ______
     Lagidium wolffsohni  
     AR name: Chinchillon Anaranjado 
       
     
     RABBITS & HARE - Family Leporidae
     
     
105. Tapeti  ______  (also called Brazilian Rabbit)
     Sylvilagus brasiliensis
     
     
106. European Rabbit  (ARi) (*)  ______  fs  so
     Oryctolagus cunicu
     
     
107. European Hare  (ARi) (ph) (*)  ______  fs  so
     Lepus europa
     
     
     
     Three European Hares, pursuing and pursued. One both. 
     During the FONT tour in southern Argentina in December 2013.
     (photo by Marie Gardner)  
     
     
     BATS - Order Chiroptera
     
     
108. Greater Bulldog (or Fishing) Bat  (ph)  ______
     Noctilio leporinus 
     
     
     
     Greater Bulldog Bat
     
     
109. Lesser Bulldog (or Fishing) Bat  ______
     Noctilio albiventris
     AR name: Murcielago Pescador Chico
     
     
110. Big-eared Woolly Bat  ______  (another name is Wooly False Vampire Bat)
     Chrotopterus auritus
     AR name: Murcielago Gigante
     
     
111. Long-legged Bat  ______
     Macrophyllum macrophyllum
     
     
112. Pale Spear-nosed Bat  ______
     Phyllostomus discolor
     
     
113. Greater Round-eared Bat  ______
     Tonatia bidens
     
     
114. Tailed Tailless Bat  ______  (yes, it is the name) 
     Anoura caudifer
     
     
115. Pallas' Long-tongued Bat  ______
     Glossophaga soricina
     AR name: Murcielago Picaflor
     
     
116. Seba's Short-tailed Bat  ______
     Carollia perspicillata
     
     
117. Fringed Fruit-eating Bat  ______
     Artibeus fimbriatus
     
     
118. Great Fruit-eating Bat  ______
     Artibeus lituratus
     AR name: Murcielago Cara Listada
     
     
119. Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat  ______
     Artibeus planirostris
     
     
120. White-lined Broad-nosed Bat  ______
     Platyrrhinus lineatus
     
     
121. Ipanema Bat  ______
     Pygoderma bilabiatum
     
     
122. Hairy Yellow-shouldered Bat  ______
     Sturnira erythromos
     
     
123. Little Yellow-shouldered Bat  ______
     Sturnira lilium
     AR name: Falso Vampiro Comun
     
     
124. Tschudi's Yellow-shouldered Bat  (nt)  ______
     Sturnira oporaphilum
     
     
125. Southern Little Yellow-eared Bat  ______
     Vampyressa pusilla
     
     
126. Cinnamon Dog-faced Bat  ______
     Cynomops abrasus
     
     
127. Para Dog-faced Bat  ______
     Cynomops paranus
     
     
128. Southern Dog-faced Bat  ______
     Cynomops planirostris
     
     
129. Black Bonneted Bat  ______
     Eumops auripendulas
     
     
130. Dwarf Bonneted Bat  ______
     Eumops bonariensis
     
     
131. Big Bonneted Bat  ______
     Eumops dabbenei
     
     
132. Wagner's Bonneted Bat  ______
     Eumops glaucinus
     
     
133. Patagonian Bonneted Bat  ______
     Eumops patagonicus
     
     
134. Western Mastiff Bat  ______
     Eumops perotis
     
     
135. Rufous Dog-faced Bat  ______
     Molossops neglectus
     
     
136. Dwarf Dog-faced Bat  ______
     Molossops temminckii
     
     
137. Bonda Mastiff Bat  ______
     Molossus currentium 
     
     
138. Velvety Free-tailed Bat  (ph)  ______  (also called Pallas' Mastiff Bat) 
     Molossus molossus
     
     
     
     Velvety Free-tailed Bat
     
     
139. Black Mastiff Bat  ______
     Molossus rufus
     
     
140. Broad-eared Bat  ______
     Nyctinomops laticaudatus
     
     
141. Big Free-tailed Bat  _______
     Nyctinomops macrotis 
     
     
142. Big Crested Mastiff Bat  ______
     Promops centralis
     
     
143. Brown Mastiff Bat  ______
     Promops nasutus
     
     
144. Brazilian (or Mexican) Free-tailed Bat  (ph)  ______
     Tadarida brasiliensis
     AR name: Moloso Comun
     
     
145. Common Vampire Bat  ______
     Desmodus rotundus
     AR name: Vampiro Comun
     
     
146. White-winged Vampire Bat  ______
     Diaemus youngi
     
     
147. Southern Myotis  ______
     Myotis aelleni
     
     
148. Silver-tipped Myotis  ______
     Myotis albescens
     
     
149. Chilean Myotis  ______
     Myotis chiloensis
     
     
150. Myotis dinellii  ______
     
     
151. Hairy-legged Myotis  ______
     Myotis keaysi
     
     
152. Yellowish Myotis  ______
     Myotis levis
     
     
153. Black Myotis  ______
     Myotis nigricans
     
     
154. Riparian Myotis  ______
     Myotis riparius
     
     
155. Red Myotis  (nt)  ______
     Myotis ruber
     
     
156. Velvety Myotis  ______
     Myotis simus
     
     
157. Brazilian Brown Bat  ______
     Eptesicus brasiliensis
     
     
158. Diminutive Serotine  ______
     Eptesicus diminutus
     
     
159. Argentine Brown Bat  ______
     Eptesicus furinalis
     
     
160. Thomas' Big-eared Brown Bat  (nt)  ______
     Histiotus laephotis 
     
     
161. Big-eared Brown Bat  ______
     Histiotus macrotus
     
     
162. Southern Big-eared Brown Bat  ______
     Histiotus magellanicus
     
     
163. Small Big-eared Brown Bat  ______
     Histiotus montanus
     
     
164. Tropical Big-eared Brown Bat  ______
     Histiotus velatus
     
     
165. Desert Red Bat  ______
     Lasiurus blossevilli
     AR name: Murcielago Rojizo 
     
     
166. Hoary Bat  ______
     Lasiurus cinereus
     
     
167. Southern Yellow Bat  ______
     Lasiurus ega
     
     
168. Cinnamon Red Bat  ______
     Lasiurus varius
     
     
     various bats during FONT tours  (*)  ______  nc  ne
     
     
     
     Marine Mammals:
     
     
     RIGHT WHALES - Family Balaenidae
     
     
169. Southern Right Whale  (*)  ______ so 
     Eubalaena australis  
     AR name: Ballena Franca Austral 
     
     The Southern Right Whale has been said by some to be conspecific with the North Atlantic Right Whale, Eubalaena glacialis, and the North Pacific Right Whale, Eubalaena japonica.  
     
     Nice numbers of Southern Right Whales have been seen well during FONT tours in southern Argentina in October and November, seen in the ocean by the coast of the Valdez Peninsula.
     
     
     BALEEN WHALES - Family Balaenopterinae
     
     
170. Antarctic Minke Whale  ______
     Balaenoptera bonaerensis
     
     
171. Northern Minke Whale  (ph)  ______
     Balaenoptera acutorostrata
     
     
172. Sei Whale  (t2)  ______
     Balaenoptera borealis
     
     
173. Bryde's Whale  _______
     Balaenoptera edeni
     
     
174. Fin Whale  (ph)  ______
     Balaenoptera physulus
     
     
175. Blue Whale  (ph)  ______
     Balaenoptera musculus
     
     
176. Humpback Whale  (ph)  ______
     Megaptera novaeangliae
     
     
     SPERM WHALES - Families Physeteridae & Kogiidae
     
     
177. Great Sperm Whale  (ph)  ______
     Physeter macrocephalus
     
     
178. Pygmy Sperm Whale  (ph)  ______
     Kogia breviceps
     
     
179. Dwarf Sperm Whale  ______
     Kogia sima
     
     
     PYGMY RIGHT WHALE - Family Neobalaenidae
     
     
180. Pygmy Right Whale  ______
     Caperea marginata
     
     
     BEAKED & BOTTLENOSE WHALES - Family Ziphidae 
     
     
181. Cuvier's Beaked Whale  (ph)  ______
     Ziphius cavirostris
     
     
182. Arnoux's Beaked Whale  ______
     Berardius arnuxii
     
     
183. Shepherd's Beaked Whale  ______
     Tasmacetus shepherdi
     
     
184. Andrews' Beaked Whale  ______
     Mesoplodon bowdoini
     
     
185. Gray's Beaked Whale  ______
     Mesoplodon grayi
     
     
186. Hector's Beaked Whale  ______
     Mesoplodon hectori
     
     
187. Strap-toothed Whale  ______
     Mesoplodon layardii
     
     
188. Southern Bottlenose Whale  ______
     Hyperoodon planifrons 
     
     
     MARINE DOLPHINS - Family Delphinidae
      
     
189. Killer Whale  (ph) (*)  ______ so   
     Orcinus orca  (the single member of its genus)
     AR name: Orca
     
     Orcinus orca is also called the Orca.
     
     Orcas have been seen during FONT tours along the coast of the Valdez Peninsula, in the surf in areas where sea lions and elephant seals are on the beach.
     
     
190. False Killer Whale  ______
     Pseudorca crassidens
     
     
191. Dusky Dolphin  (ph) (*)  ______ so
     Lagenorhynchus obscurus
     AR name: Delfin Oscuro
     
     
     
     Dusky Dolphins photographed during a FONT tour
     
     
192. Peale's Dolphin  (ph) (*)  ______  fs (tf)
     Lagenorhynchus australis
     AR name: Delfin Griseoblanco
     
     
     
     Peale's Dolphin
     (photo by Cameron Rutt)
     
     
193. Hourglass Dolphin  ______
     Lagenorhynchus cruciger
     
     
194. Commerson's Dolphin  (ph) (*)  ______  fs (tf)
     Cephalorhynchus commersonii
     AR name: Tonina overa
     
     
     
     Commerson's Dolphin
     
     
195. Chilean Dolphin  (nt)  ______
     Cephalorhynchus eutropia
     
     
196. Common Bottle-nosed Dolphin  (ph)  ______
     Tursiops truncatus
     AR name: Tonina
     
     
197. Pantropical Spotted Dolphin  ______
     Stenella attenuata
     
     
198. Striped Dolphin  ______
     Stenella coeruleoalba
     
     
199. Spinner Dolphin  ______
     Stenella longirostris
     
     
200. Short-beaked Common Dolphin  (ph)  ______
     Delphinus delphis
     
     
201. Long-beaked Common Dolphin  ______
     Delphinus capensis
     
     
202. Fraser's Dolphin  (ph)  ______
     Lagenodelphis hosei 
     
     
203. Southern Right Whale Dolphin  ______
     Lissodelphis peronii
     
     
204. Risso's Dolphin  (ph)  ______
     Grampus griseus
     
     
205. Long-finned Pilot Whale  (ph)  ______
     Globicephala melas
     AR name: Delfin Piloto
     
     
     RIVER DOLPHIN - Family Platanistidae
     
     
206. La Plata Dolphin  (or Franciscana)  ______
     Pontoporia blainvillei
     AR name: Delfin del Plata
     
     
     PORPOISES - Family Phocoena
     
     
207. Spectacled Porpoise  ______
     Phocoena dioptrica
     
     
208. Burmeister's Porpoise  ______
     Phocoaena spinipinnis
     
     
     EARED SEALS - Family Otariidae
     
     
209. South American Sea Lion  (ph) (*)  ______  fs (tf)  so
     Otaria flavescens  (the single member of its genus)
     AR name: Lobo Marino Austral
     
     
     
     The South American Sea Lion photographed during 
     the FONT Southern Argentina Tour in December 2013 
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
210. South American Fur Seal  (*)  ______ fs (tf)  
     Arctocephalus australis
     AR name: Lobo Fino Patagonico 
     
     
     EARLESS SEALS - Family Phocidae
     
     
211. Southern Elephant Seal  (ph) (*)  ______ so
     Mirounga leonina
     AR name: Elefante Marino Austral
     
     The male Southern Elephant Seal is the largest seal in the world, followed in size by the Northern Elephant Seal and the Leopard Seal.
     The male Southern Elephant Seal is four to five times the size of the female.
     A single male Southern Elephant Seal can have as many as 150 females in its harem.
     
     
     
     Two Southern Elephant Seals photographed during the FONT tour 
     in southern Argentina in December 2013
     (photo by Marie Gardner)  
     
     When they are not on the beach, and are far out at sea, Southern Elephant Seals spend very little time at the surface of the water.
     They dive repeatedly, generally for more than 20 minutes, hunting their prey, squid and fish, at depths of 1,300 to 3,300 feet below the surface of the sea.
     They are the deepest diving air-breathing non-cetaceans, going as deep as the maximum record of 6,998 feet.
     
     Adult female Southern Elephant Seals typically weight from 880 to 2,000 pounds.
     Adult males weigh from 4,900 to 8,800 pounds, and measure from 14 to 19 feet long.
     An adult female averages 1,700 pounds in weight. Mature males average 7,000 pounds.
     The largest ever measured was 22.5 feet long and was estimated to weigh 11,000 pounds.
     
     
     
     
     A male Southern Elephant Seal
     (photo by Hubert Hall)
     
     

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