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 2025 Jan.
2 – Ceiba Tops (Iquitos area, 2023 June). To be 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, posted here.
MAMMAL LIST
List under construction (2024 Dec)
- Bishop’s Slender Opossum (Marmosops bishopi). Ceiba Tops. Tahuayo River area.
- White-bellied Slender Opossum (Marmosops noctivagus). Tahuayo River area.
- Anderson’s Four-eyed Opossum (Philander andersoni). Ceiba Tops.
- Northern Black-eared Opossum (Didelphis marsupialis). Ceiba Tops. Tahuayo River area.
- Southern Tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla). Tahuayo River area.
- Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus). Tahuayo River area.
- Fringe-lipped Bat (Trachops cirrhosus). Tahuayo River area.
- Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat (Artibeus planirostris). Ceiba Tops
- Greater Sac-winged Bat (Saccopteryx bilineata). Ceiba Tops; Tahuayo River area.
- Proboscis Bat (Rhynchonycteris naso). Tahuayo River area.
- Thumbless Bat (Furipterus horrens). Tahuayo River area.
- White-lipped Peccary (Tayassu pecari). Tahuayo River area.
- Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu). Chaparri.
- White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Chaparri.
- Gray Dolphin (Sotalia fluviatilis). Tahuayo River area.
- Amazon Pink River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis). Tahuayo River area.
- Sechuan Fox (Lycalopex sechurae). Chaparri.
- Kinkajou (Potos flavus). Tahuayo River area.
- Central Neotropical Otter (Lontra longicaudis). Tahuayo River area.
- Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis). Tahuayo River area.
- South American Long-tailed Porcupine (Coendou longicaudatus). Tahuayo River area.
- Streaked Dwarf Porcupine (Coendou ichillus). Tahuayo River area.
- Black Agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa). Ceiba Tops.
- Guayaquil Squirrel (Sciurus stramineus). Chaparri.
- Southern Amazon Red Squirrel (Hadrosciurus spadiceus / Sciurus spadiceus). Tahuayo River area.
- Amazonian Marsh Rat (Holochilus nanus). Ceiba Tops.
- White-bellied Arboreal Rice Rat (Oecomys bicolor). Ceiba Tops.
- Yellow-crowned Brush-tailed Rat (Isothrix bistriata). Tahuayo River area.
- Amazon Bamboo Rat (Dactylomys dactylinus). Tahuayo River area.
- Peruvian Tree Rat (Toromys rhipidurus). Tahuayo River area.
- Long-tailed Spiny Tree Rat (Makalata macrura). Tahuayo River area.
- Spiny Rat sp (Proechimys sp). Tahuayo River area.
- Cuvier’s Spiny-rat (Proechimys cuvieri). Ceiba Tops.
- Ferreira’s Spiny Tree Rat (Mesomys hispidus). Ceiba Tops.
- Ma’s Night Monkey (Aotus nancymae). Tahuayo River area.
- Eastern Pygmy Marmoset (Cebuella niveiventris). Tahuayo River area.
- Colombian Red Howler Monkey (Alouatta seniculus). Tahuayo River area.
- Monk Saki (Pithecia monachus). Tahuayo River area.
- Coppery Titi (Plecturocebus cupreus). Tahuayo River area.
- Moustached Tamarin (Saguinus mystax). Tahuayo River area.
- Red-mantled Saddle-back Tamarin (Saguinus lagonotus). Ceiba Tops.
- Geoffroy’s Saddle-back Tamarin (Saguinus nigrifrons). Tahuayo River area.
- Ecuadorian Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri macrodon). Tahuayo River area.
- Tufted Capuchin (Sapajus apella). Tahuayo River area.