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Pudella Carlae
''Pudella carlae'', the Peruvian Yungas pudu, is a species of deer from Peru. It was found in 2024 to be a distinct species from the northern pudu, from which it is separated geographically by the Huancabamba Depression. It is the first living deer species to be described in the 21st century. Etymology The specific epithet ''carlae'' honors fellow biologist Carla Gazzolo, who saved co-author Javier Barrio's life after a vascular problem. Taxonomy ''Pudu mephistophiles'' was historically divided into two subspecies, the type subspecies ''P. m. mephistophiles'' with its type locality near Papallacta, Ecuador, and ''P. m. wetmorei'' with its type locality in Puracé National Natural Park, Colombia. Both were later found to be individual variations inside one of two distinct populations, spanning through Colombia, Ecuador, and the northernmost part of Peru. The second population was identified in central Peru, separated from the first by the Huancabamba Depression. The souther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deer
A deer (: deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family). Cervidae is divided into subfamilies Cervinae (which includes, among others, muntjac, elk (wapiti), red deer, and fallow deer) and Capreolinae (which includes, among others reindeer (caribou), white-tailed deer, roe deer, and moose). Male deer of almost all species (except the water deer), as well as female reindeer, grow and shed new antlers each year. These antlers are bony extensions of the skull and are often used for combat between males. The musk deer ( Moschidae) of Asia and chevrotains ( Tragulidae) of tropical African and Asian forests are separate families that are also in the ruminant clade Ruminantia; they are not especially closely related to Cervidae. Deer appear in art from Paleolithic cave paintings onwards, and they have played a role in mythology, religion, and literature throughout history, as well as in heraldry, such as red deer that app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premaxilla
The premaxilla (or praemaxilla) is one of a pair of small cranial bones at the very tip of the upper jaw of many animals, usually, but not always, bearing teeth. In humans, they are fused with the maxilla. The "premaxilla" of therian mammals has been usually termed as the incisive bone. Other terms used for this structure include premaxillary bone or ''os premaxillare'', intermaxillary bone or ''os intermaxillare'', and Goethe's bone. Human anatomy In human anatomy, the premaxilla is referred to as the incisive bone (') and is the part of the maxilla which bears the incisor teeth, and encompasses the anterior nasal spine and alar region. In the nasal cavity, the premaxillary element projects higher than the maxillary element behind. The palatal portion of the premaxilla is a bony plate with a generally transverse orientation. The incisive foramen is bound anteriorly and laterally by the premaxilla and posteriorly by the palatine process of the maxilla. It is formed from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mammals Of Peru
A mammal () is a vertebrate animal of the Class (biology), class Mammalia (). Mammals are characterised by the presence of milk-producing mammary glands for feeding their young, a broad neocortex region of the brain, fur or hair, and three Evolution of mammalian auditory ossicles, middle ear bones. These characteristics distinguish them from reptiles and birds, from which their ancestors Genetic divergence, diverged in the Carboniferous Period over 300 million years ago. Around 6,640 Neontology#Extant taxon, extant species of mammals have been described and divided into 27 Order (biology), orders. The study of mammals is called mammalogy. The largest orders of mammals, by number of species, are the rodents, bats, and eulipotyphlans (including hedgehogs, Mole (animal), moles and shrews). The next three are the primates (including humans, monkeys and lemurs), the Artiodactyl, even-toed ungulates (including pigs, camels, and whales), and the Carnivora (including Felidae, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capreolinae
The Capreolinae, Odocoileinae, or the New World deer are a subfamily of deer. Alternatively, they are known as the telemetacarpal deer, due to their bone structure being different from the plesiometacarpal deer subfamily Cervinae. The telemetacarpal deer maintain their distal lateral metacarpals, while the plesiometacarpal deer maintain only their proximal lateral metacarpals. The Capreolinae are believed to have originated in the Middle Miocene, between 7.7 and 11.5 million years ago, in Central Asia. Although this subfamily is called New World deer in English, it includes reindeer, moose, and roe deer, all of which live in Eurasia in the Old World. Classification The following extant genera and species are recognized:Alvarez D. (2007) * Tribe Capreolini ** Genus '' Capreolus'' *** Western roe deer (''C. capreolus'') *** Eastern roe deer (''C. pygargus'') **Genus '' Hydropotes'' *** Water deer (''H. inermis'') * Tribe Alceini **Genus ''Alces'' *** Moose or Eurasian elk (' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alto Mayo Protection Forest
The Alto Mayo Protection Forest (Spanish: ''Bosque de Protección Alto Mayo'') is an area of protected forest land in northern Peru. It is located in Rioja Province, Rioja and Moyobamba Province, Moyobamba provinces within the region of San Martín Region, San Martin, with a small part in Rodríguez de Mendoza Province, Rodriguez de Mendoza province, in the region of Amazonas (Peruvian department), Amazonas. This area preserves a portion of the Peruvian Yungas, tropical yungas forest in the upper Mayo River (Peru), Mayo River basin, while protecting soil and water from erosion by deforestation, as the area is the water supply of populations in the Mayo valley. History In 1963, the Peruvian government granted protection over the area, declaring it the Alto Mayo National Forest by Law No 442; however, in the 1970s, many people started to occupy the area and clear the pristine forests. Also, workers who built a road across the national forest began to hunt the yellow-tailed woolly m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pui Pui Protection Forest
Pui Pui Protection Forest is a protected area in Junín, Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ..., established on 31 January 1985. It covers an extension of . See also * '' Pristimantis ashaninka'' References National forests of Peru {{SouthAm-protected-area-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pampa Hermosa National Sanctuary
Pampa Hermosa National Sanctuary () is a protected area in Peru located in the region of Junín. It preserves one of the last pristine areas of montane forests in central Peru. Geography ''Pampa Hermosa National Sanctuary'' is located between the provinces of Tarma and Chanchamayo, in the region of Junin, Peru. The area is mountainous, with an elvational range between 1340 and 3960 m. Ecology Pampa Hermosa protects areas of tropical montane rainforests and high elevation grasslands. Flora Plant species found in this protected area include: ''Cedrela angustifolia, Juglans neotropica, Retrophyllum rospigliosii, Iriartea deltoidea, Weinmannia'' sp.'', Escallonia myrtilloides, Pseudolmedia rigida, Alnus acuminata, Prumnopitys montana, Guarea guidonia, Styrax andinus'', etc. Fauna Animal species found in this protected area include: the Andean cock-of-the-rock, the Junín red squirrel, the yellow-throated toucan, the spectacled bear, the semicollared hawk The semic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanachaga–Chemillén National Park
Yanachaga–Chemillén National Park () is a protected area located in the region of Pasco Region, Pasco, Peru. It preserves part of the rainforests and cloud forests of central Peru. It is a refuge for wildlife from the Pleistocene, a time when there were severe climatic changes, as evidenced by the diversity of flora and fauna found there. El Parque Nacional Yanachaga Chemillén (PNYCH) extends over the Yanachaga mountain range. The dominant landscape consists of forest-covered mountains crisscrossed by deep canyons. Overall, its terrain is very rugged, with rocky slopes covered by forests with steep inclines on both the east and west sides of the Palcazu River. Its altitude varies from 460 to 3,643 meters above sea level. This geographical characteristic, combined with its varied climate, creates a high diversity of ecological formations in a relatively small geographic area, resulting in a significant biological diversity. From a cultural diversity perspective, the population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Abiseo National Park
The Rio Abiseo National Park () is located in the San Martín department of Peru. UNESCO pronounced it as Natural and Cultural Heritage of Humanity (World Heritage Site) in 1990. The park is home to many species of flora and fauna, as well as the location of over 30 pre-Columbian archaeological sites. Since 1986, the park has not been open to tourism due to the fragile nature of both the natural and archaeological environment. Geography and climate Located in the San Martín Region of Peru between the Marañón and Huallaga rivers, the park has an area of approximately 2,745.2 square kilometres. The park covers 70% of the Abiseo river basin. Elevations reach as high as 4,200 meters (13,780 ft) above sea level and as low as 350 m (1,150 ft). The park protects three distinct ecoregions: Ucayali moist forests at lower elevations, Peruvian Yungas at middle elevations, and Cordillera Central páramo at the highest elevations. There are at least seven climate zones in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andes
The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long and wide (widest between 18th parallel south, 18°S and 20th parallel south, 20°S latitude) and has an average height of about . The Andes extend from south to north through seven South American countries: Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. Along their length, the Andes are split into several ranges, separated by intermediate depression (geology), depressions. The Andes are the location of several high plateaus—some of which host major cities such as Quito, Bogotá, Cali, Arequipa, Medellín, Bucaramanga, Sucre, Mérida, Mérida, Mérida, El Alto, and La Paz. The Altiplano, Altiplano Plateau is the world's second highest after the Tibetan Plateau. These ranges are in turn grouped into three majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cloud Forest
A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest, is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, Montane forest, montane, Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud cover, usually at the canopy level, formally described in the ''International Cloud Atlas'' (2017) as silvagenitus. Cloud forests often exhibit an abundance of mosses covering the ground and vegetation, in which case they are also referred to as mossy forests. Mossy forests usually develop on the mountain pass, saddles of mountains, where moisture introduced by settling clouds is more effectively retained. Cloud forests are among the most biodiversity-rich ecosystems in the world, with a large number of species directly or indirectly depending on them. Other moss forests include black spruce/feathermoss Climax community, climax forest, with a moderately dense canopy and a forest fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peruvian Yungas
The Peruvian Yungas comprise a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in Peru. History During the Inca Empire, the term ''yunga'' referred to both the western and eastern slopes of the Andes and their inhabitants. In the Spanish Empire, Spanish colonial era, it became primarily associated with the western foothills near the desert coast and the local Indians. Today, ''yunga'' can refer to the lower slopes on both sides of the Andes, though ''yungas'' mostly denotes the eastern foothills between the Andes and the Amazon basin, with both having mostly lost their ethnic associations. Setting The Yungas are found on the eastern slopes and valleys of the Peruvian Andes. They form a transition zone between the Southwest Amazon moist forests and Ucayali moist forests at lower elevations to the east and the Central Andean puna and Central Andean wet puna, wet puna at higher elevations to the west. Climate The climate in this ecoregion varies from a tropical rainfores ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
