South America

Andes and Cloud Forests

Countries Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina
Habitat Cloud forest, paramo, puna grassland, high desert, salt lakes, canyons, and glacier-edge slopes
Animals 15

Andes and Cloud Forests is defined by cloud forest, paramo, puna grassland, high desert, salt lakes, canyons, and glacier-edge slopes, a landscape that shapes which animals belong here and how they move through the region.

Wildlife of Andes and Cloud Forests

Andean Condor
Vultur gryphus

Andean Condor

Vulnerable
Spectacled Bear
Tremarctos ornatus

Spectacled Bear

Vulnerable
Vicuna
Vicugna vicugna

Vicuna

Least Concern
Mountain Tapir
Tapirus pinchaque

Mountain Tapir

Endangered
Andean Cat
Leopardus jacobita

Andean Cat

Endangered
Andean Cock-of-the-rock
Rupicola peruvianus

Andean Cock-of-the-rock

Least Concern
Andean Flamingo
Phoenicoparrus andinus

Andean Flamingo

Vulnerable
Long-tailed Chinchilla
Chinchilla lanigera

Long-tailed Chinchilla

Endangered
Southern Viscacha
Lagidium viscacia

Southern Viscacha

Least Concern
Titicaca Water Frog
Telmatobius culeus

Titicaca Water Frog

Endangered
Torrent Duck
Merganetta armata

Torrent Duck

Least Concern
Northern Giant Hummingbird
Patagona peruviana

Northern Giant Hummingbird

Least Concern
Sword-billed Hummingbird
Ensifera ensifera

Sword-billed Hummingbird

Least Concern
Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey
Lagothrix flavicauda

Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

Critically Endangered
Northern Paramo Pudu
Pudella mephistophiles

Northern Paramo Pudu

Near Threatened
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