Peru

Peru

I visited Peru briefly in 2016 and again in June 2023.

Sites Visited and Site Report links:
1 – Chaparri Private Conservation Area (2016). To be posted 2024 Dec.
2 – Ceiba Tops (Iquitos area, 2023 June). To be posted 2024 Dec.
3 – Tahuayo River (Iquitos area, 2023 June). Posted 2024 Dec.

Mammal Species Posts:
Streaked Dwarf Porcupine (Coendou ichillus) is known from only ten sites across four countries, I photographed it south of Iquitos, posted here.

MAMMAL LIST
List under construction (2024 Dec)

  1. Bishop’s Slender Opossum (Marmosops bishopi). Tahuayo River area.
  2. White-bellied Slender Opossum (Marmosops noctivagus). Tahuayo River area.
  3. Anderson’s Four-eyed Opossum (Philander andersoni). Ceiba Tops.
  4. Northern Black-eared Opossum (Didelphis marsupialis). Ceiba Tops. Tahuayo River area.
  5. Southern Tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla). Tahuayo River area.
  6. Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus). Tahuayo River area.
  7. Fringe-lipped Bat (Trachops cirrhosus). Tahuayo River area.
  8. Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat (Artibeus planirostris). Ceiba Tops
  9. Greater Sac-winged Bat (Saccopteryx bilineata). Ceiba Tops; Tahuayo River area.
  10. Proboscis Bat (Rhynchonycteris naso). Tahuayo River area.
  11. Thumbless Bat (Furipterus horrens). Tahuayo River area.
  12. White-lipped Peccary (Tayassu pecari). Tahuayo River area.
  13. Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu). Chaparri.
  14. White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Chaparri.
  15. Gray Dolphin (Sotalia fluviatilis). Tahuayo River area.
  16. Amazon Pink River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis). Tahuayo River area.
  17. Sechuan Fox (Lycalopex sechurae). Chaparri.
  18. Kinkajou (Potos flavus). Tahuayo River area.
  19. Central Neotropical Otter (Lontra longicaudis). Tahuayo River area.
  20. Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis). Tahuayo River area.
  21. South American Long-tailed Porcupine (Coendou longicaudatus). Tahuayo River area.
  22. Streaked Dwarf Porcupine (Coendou ichillus). Tahuayo River area.
  23. Black Agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa). Ceiba Tops.
  24. Guayaquil Squirrel (Sciurus stramineus). Chaparri.
  25. Southern Amazon Red Squirrel (Hadrosciurus spadiceus / Sciurus spadiceus). Tahuayo River area.
  26. Amazonian Marsh Rat (Holochilus nanus). Ceiba Tops.
  27. White-bellied Arboreal Rice Rat (Oecomys bicolor). Ceiba Tops.
  28. Yellow-crowned Brush-tailed Rat (Isothrix bistriata). Tahuayo River area.
  29. Amazon Bamboo Rat (Dactylomys dactylinus). Tahuayo River area.
  30. Peruvian Tree Rat (Toromys rhipidurus). Tahuayo River area.
  31. Long-tailed Spiny Tree Rat (Makalata macrura). Tahuayo River area.
  32. Spiny Rat sp (Proechimys sp). Tahuayo River area.
  33. Cuvier’s Spiny-rat (Proechimys cuvieri). Ceiba Tops.
  34. Ferreira’s Spiny Tree Rat (Mesomys hispidus). Ceiba Tops.
  35. Ma’s Night Monkey (Aotus nancymae). Tahuayo River area.
  36. Eastern Pygmy Marmoset (Cebuella niveiventris). Tahuayo River area.
  37. Colombian Red Howler Monkey (Alouatta seniculus). Tahuayo River area.
  38. Monk Saki (Pithecia monachus). Tahuayo River area.
  39. Coppery Titi (Plecturocebus cupreus). Tahuayo River area.
  40. Moustached Tamarin (Saguinus mystax). Tahuayo River area.
  41. Red-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin (Saguinus lagonotus). Ceiba Tops.
  42. Geoffroy’s Saddle-back Tamarin (Saguinus nigrifrons). Tahuayo River area.
  43. Ecuadorian Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri macrodon). Tahuayo River area.
  44. Tufted Capuchin (Sapajus apella). Tahuayo River area.