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Native Species of Bolivia

Mammal Species

Yates’ Big-eared Bat

Yates’s big-eared bat (Micronycteris yatesi) is a species of leaf-nosed bat found in Bolivia.

Yates’s big-eared bat was described as a new species in 2013. The holotype had been collected in February 2007. The eponym for the species name “yatesi” is Terry Lamon Yates, “for his pivotal contributions to the knowledge of Bolivian mammals, training Bolivian biologists, and starting collaborations that strengthened mammalian research and shaped current science and field biology in Bolivia.”

Creighton’s Slender Opossum

Creighton’s slender opossum (Marmosops creightoni), also known commonly as Voss’ slender opossum is a species of South American opossum of the family Didelphidae. It is known only from the valley of the Rio Zongo in La Paz Department, Bolivia, where it lives in Andean cloud forests at elevations between 1800 and 3000 m. It was named after G. Ken Creighton by fellow American zoologist Robert S. Voss.

Santa Rosa Short-tailed Opossum

Bolivian Red Howler

The Bolivian red howler (Alouatta Sara) is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Bolivia. It can be found in rain forests, including riverine and seasonally flooded forests.

The Red Howler lifespan is 20 years, and their predator is jaguars. They have about six species of a red howler in Central and South America, and they sleep for 15 hours per day. They have the loudest call of any new world animal. They are proficient swimmers even though they spend most of their time in the tree. Baby howlers nurse for 18 to 24 months

Bolivian Red Howler

Rio Beni Titi

Rio Beni titi (Plecturocebus modestus) is a species of titi, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Bolivia.

Olallas’ Titi

Bolivian Chinchilla Rat

Day’s Grass Mouse

Tarija Grass Mouse

Cochabamba Grass Mouse

Variable Grass Mouse

Bolivian Rice Rat

Huanchaca Burrowing Mouse

Anderson’s Arboreal Rice Rat

Quechuan Hocicudo

Wolffsohn’s Leaf-eared Mouse

Anderson’s Oldfield Mouse

Austral Oldfield Mouse

Ladew’s Oldfield Mouse

Anderson’s Tuco-tuco

Bolivian Tuco-tuco

Erika’s Tuco-tuco

Goodfellow’s Tuco-tuco

Lessa’s Tuco-tuco

Lessa’s Tuco-Tuco (Ctenomys lessai) is a species of tuco-tuco native to Bolivia. Only found near Lluthu Pampa, Cochabamba Department, at elevations of around 2,500 to 2,750 meters, the species measures about 255 millimetres in length and has soft brown hair. It was named after Dr. Enrique P. Lessa.

Lewis’ Tuco-tuco

Lewis’s tuco-tuco (Ctenomys lewisi) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to Bolivia.

Maria Farell’s Tuco-tuco

Steinbach’s Tuco-tuco

Steinbach’s tuco-tuco (Ctenomys steinbachi) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to Bolivia. The species is named after zoological collector Dr. José Steinbach (1856–1929)

Santa Fe Tuco-tuco

Amboro Silky Anteater



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