The new mammal, hidden from science but known to local indigenous tribes, is actually one of the biggest animals on the continent, although it’s still the smallest living tapir.
Tag: biodiversity
Exuberance in numbers
Over 400 new species have been discovered in the Amazon between 2010 and 2013. But the good news stops there, as the government has announced a 28% increase in deforestation in the region.
Locally extinct birds in the Amazon slowly flock back to forests when trees regrow
Given enough time, deforested land can rebound enough to host bird species that had previously deserted the area.
Amazon Photos: Trees That Dominate the Rain Forest
A new study found that only a few dozen tree species are very common, or “hyperdominant”.
NGO claims that 80% of Amazon are concessions to companies
The organization emphasized that the environmental conservation problem is global, and nonexclusive right to the States of the Amazon basin.
Extraordinary Amazon
Number of species discovered by scientists between 2010 and 2013 comprising 258 plants, 84 fishes, 58 amphibians, 22 reptiles, 18 birds and a mammal.
Amazon has 16 000 species of trees, but about 200 predominate
Discovery raises questions about how it formed the forest and raises the possibility that many tree species are threatened.
Purring monkey and vegetarian piranha among 400 new Amazon species
Four years of scientific expeditions have found previously unknown animals and plants in world’s largest tropical rainforest
New Species of Giant Amazonian Fish
A new species of arapaima was discovered in the Amazon.
Expedition reveals unknown biodiversity of Suriname
Had been found more than 1300 species of plants and animals. 60 are potentially new to science.