Mammals of Peru

Brown Capuchin Monkey

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.

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

• Sounds of Neotropical Rainforest Mammals (CD)

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

• 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