Peru

SUMMARY: On visits to Peru in 2016 and in 2023 I saw 44 mammals. Highlights were Streaked Dwarf Porcupine, Sechuan Fox, Giant Otter, Peruvian Tree Rat and Thumbless Bat. Sites visited included Chaparri, Ceiba Tops and Tahuayo Lodge.

Paul Carter: paulcarter@pacapix.com.
First posted: 2024.   Last update: 2025 Feb 2.

Contents
a)  Trips, Reports and Publications
b)  Mammal List
c)  Reptile List
d)  Country Logistics
e)  References

Abbreviations: PH – Photographed. NP – Not photographed. iNat – iNaturalist. MDD – Mammal Diversity Database.

A. Trips, Reports and Publications

On my trips to Chaparri in 2016 and the Iquitos region in June 2023 I travelled alone but used lodge guides locally.

Site Reports:
1 – Chaparri Private Conservation Area (2016). To be posted 2025 Jan.
2 – Ceiba Tops (Iquitos area, 2023 June). Posted 2025 Jan.
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. A citable version was posted on Zenodo on 9 July 2023 (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8128848).

B. Mammal List

List under construction (2024 Dec)

  1. Bishop’s Slender Opossum (Marmosops bishopi). Ceiba Tops. 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.

C.  Reptile List

List under construction

D.  Country Logistics

Data not yet entered

E. References and Links

This section is not complete. Site specific references are listed in the site reports.

  • Carter P (2023 July). Streaked Dwarf Porcupine (Coendou ichillus) in the Iquitos area (northeastern Peru). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8128848. A version of this is also posted at https://www.pacapix.com/m-coendou-ichillus/
  • de Abreu EF, Pavan SE, Tsuchiya MT, Wilson DE, Percequillo AR, Maldonado JE (2020). Museomics of tree squirrels: A dense taxon sampling of mitogenomes reveals hidden diversity, phenotypic convergence, and the need of a taxonomic overhaul. BMC Evolutionary Biology 20 (article 77).
  • Díaz-Nieto JF, Voss RS (2016). A Revision of the Didelphid Marsupial Genus Marmosops, Part 1. Species of the Subgenus Sciophanes. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 402:1–70.
  • Emmons L (1997). Neotropical rainforest mammals: a field guide (Second edition). Illustrated by F Feer. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA. ISBN 0-226-20721-8 (paperback).
  • Mammal Diversity Database (2022 Dec 3). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 1.10) [Data set]. Zenodo. Published 3 Dec 2022.Menezes FH, Feijó A, Fernandes-Ferreira H, Costa IR, Cordeiro-Estrela P (2021). Integrative systematics of Neotropical porcupines of Coendou prehensilis complex (Rodentia: Erethizontidae).
  • Velazco PM, Voss RS, Fleck DW, Simmons NB. (2021). Mammalian Diversity and Matses Ethnomammalogy in Amazonian Peru Part 4: Bats. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 451:1-199.
  • Voss RS, Fleck DW (2011). Mammalian diversity and Matses ethnomammalogy in Amazonian Peru. Part 1. Primates. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 351:1–81.
  • Voss RS, Fleck DW (2017 Oct). Mammalian Diversity and Matses Ethnomammalogy in Amazonian Peru. Part 2: Xenarthra, Carnivora, Perissodactyla, Artiodactyla, and Sirenia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 417:1-118.
  • Voss RS, Fleck DW, Giarla TC (2024). Mammalian Diversity and Matses Ethnomammalogy In Amazonian Peru. Part 5. Rodents. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 466:1-179. Issued 2024 April 18.
  • Voss RS, Fleck DW, Jansa SA (2019 June). Mammalian Diversity and Matses Ethnomammalogy in Amazonian Peru. Part 3: Marsupials (Didelphimorphia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 432:1-90. 2019 June 14.

The references above include the five volumes of the monographic series by Voss et al (2011 – 2024) on the mammalian diversity and Matses ethnomammalogy in the Yavarí-Ucayali interfluvial region of northeastern Peru. These are summarized below:

  • Part 1. Primates: see Voss RS and Fleck DW (2011).
  • Part 2: Xenarthra, Carnivora, Perissodactyla, Artiodactyla, and Sirenia: see Voss RS and Fleck DW (2017 Oct).
  • Part 3: Marsupials (Didelphimorphia): see Voss RS, Fleck DW, Jansa SA (2019 June).
  • Part 4: Bats: see Velazco PM, Voss RS, Fleck DW, Simmons NB. (2021).
  • Part 5. Rodents: see Voss RS, Fleck DW, Giarla TC (2024).

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