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Wildlife you can see in Wasai Lodge & Expeditions

Species	Description	Chance to seeing it
Macaws	Large colourful parrot, which is endangered	Almost guaranteed
Caimans	3 species including the black caiman	Almost guaranteed
Parrots	More than 15 species are easily found at any time.	Almost guaranteed
Jaguar	Biggest cat in the Americas grows up to 1.9 m .	Good in the right time and in key locations
Tapir	Related to the rhinoceros, weighs up to 380 kg .	Slim , (just footprints)
Capibara	The largest rodent on the world	Almost guaranteed
Monkeys	Different species squirrel, capuchin, outus etc are easily found at any time in large troops.	Excellent
Anaconda	World biggest snake, can grow to 18 m .	Good in the right time and in key locations
Howler monkey	The chorus is the loudest sound made by any animal in the world	Good and almost certain to hear it.
River turtles	Different species of big fresh water turtles	Almost guaranteed
Giant river Otter	Almost 2 m . in length is the world biggest otter.	Good
Birds	Tambopata has the world record in number of species in one hectare. For more details link to birds of wasai	Almost guaranteed more than 200 species in 4 days
Pecaries	There are some families who lives around the lodge	Excellent
Fiches	This section of the river is famous for its great variety	Almost guaranteed
Butterflies	We have the world record in number of species	Almost guaranteed
sloth	It is the slowest of all land animal	Almost guaranteed at WML

Wasai has three clay licks of mammals where many species, as tapirs, peccaries , deers such as it´s predator meet every day to eat the soils rich in minerals,

Also we use two clay licks of birds one of parrots just walking from the lodge and a second of macaws at Tambopata river were is possible to observe many species of parrots and big macaws.

Animals Recorded at Wasai

(Rain forest)
Mammals

	English Name	*Scientific name*	Nombre Locale	Location Observed	Evidence of Prescence
1	Night Monkey	Aotus nigriceps	Musmuqui	WML, WTL, SL
2	Dusky Titi Monkey	Callicebus moloch	Tocon	WTL, SL, CC, RT
3	Squirrel Monkey	Saimini sciureus	Mono Fraile	WTL, SL, CC
4	Brown Capuchin Monkey	Cebus apella	Machin Negro	WTL, SL, CC, RT
5	White-fronted Capuchin Monkey	Cebus albifrons	Machin Blanco	WTL, SL
6	Red Howler Monkey	Alouatta seniculus	Cotomono	WTL, SL, CC, RT
7	Saddleback Tamarin	Saguinus fuscicollis	Picchico Comun	WTL, SL, CA
8	Brazilian Tapir	Tapirus terrestris	Sachavaca	CC, RT	WTL
9	Brazilian Rabbit	Sylvilagus brasiliensis	Conejo de Monte	SL
10	South American Coati	Nasua nasua	Coati	WTL
11	Neotropical Otter	Lutra longicandis	Nutria de Rio	RT, RG
12	Giant Otter	Pteronura brasiliensis	Lobo de Rio	RT, SL, CL
13	Capybara	Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris	Ronsoco	RT	RM, RG
14	Southern Amazonian Red Squirrel	Sciurus Spadiceus	Ardilla Rojo	WTL, CC, SL, CA
15	Bolivian Squirrel	Sciurus Ignitus	Ardilla Gris	WTL, CC
16	Brown Agouti	Dasyprocta variegata	Añuje	WTL, CC, SL, CA
17	Paca Agouti	Agouti paca	Picuro	WTL*, CA, SL	WTL
18	Collared Peccary	Tayassu tajacu	Sajino	WTL, CC
19	White-Lipped Peccary	Tayassu pecari	Huangana	WTL, CC
20	Red Brocket Deer	Mazama americana	Venado Rojo	WTL, CC, SL, RT	CA
21	Gray Brocket Deer	Mazama gouazoubira	Venado Gris	WTL, SL
22	Southern Tamandua	Tamandua tetradactyla	Tamandua	WTL, RT
23	Jaguar	Panthera onca	Otorongo/ Jaguar/Tigre	CC	WTL, RT, CA*
24	Puma	Puma concolor	Puma Colorado		WTL, SL
25	Ocelote	Leopardus pardalis	Tigrillo	CC	WTL
26	Jaguarundi	Herpailurus yajuarundi	Yaguarundi	WTL1	WTL, CA, CC
27	Brown-Throated Three-Toed Sloth	Bradypus variegatus	Perezoso	WML, RT*
27	Hoffmann`s Two-Toed Sloth	Choloepus hoffmanni	Perezoso	WML
28	Tayra	Eira barbara	Manko	WTL, CC, RT
29	Kinkajou	Potos flavus	Chosna	SL, RT
30	Nine-Banded Long-Nosed Armadillo	Dasypus novemcinctus	Carachupa	WTL
31	Amazon Bamboo Rat	Dactylomys Dactylinus	Pacamama		WTL, CC, RT
32	Common Opposum	Didelphis marsupialis		WML, WTL	CC
33	Mouse Opposum (sp)	Marmosa fam		WTL
34	Spiny Tree Rat	Mesomys hispidus		WTL

Reptiles & Amphibians

	English Name	*Scientific name*	Nombre Locale	Location Observed	Evidence of Prescence
1	Yellow Side-Necked Turtle	Podocnemus unifilis	Tortuga/Taricaya	RT, CA, RG
2	Yellow-Footed Tortoise	Geochelone denticulata	Motelo	WTL	CC
3	Black Caiman	Melanosuchus niger	Caiman Negro	LS, RT
4	Narrow-Snouted Spectacled Caiman	Caiman crocodylus	Caiman Blanco	RT, CA, RG, RM
5	Jungle Runner Lizard	Ameiva ameiva	Lagartija	WML, WTL, SL, CA, CC
6	Tegu Lizard	Tupinambis teguixin	Iguana	SL, WTL
7	Anoles Lizards	(Polychrotidae fam)		WTL, SL, CC
8	Gekkos	(Gekkonidae fam)	Gekko	WML, WTL
9	Bushmaster Snake	Lachesis muta	Shushupe	WTL
10	Coral Snakes	(Elapidae fam)		WTL*
11	Anaconda	Eunectes murinus	Anaconda	RT, SL*
12	Boa Constrictor	Boa constrictor	Boa	RT
13	Rainbow Boa	Epicrates cenchria	Boa	WTL
14	Greenish snakes	(Colubridae fam)		WTL, CC, CA
15	Dead Leaf Toad/Crest Toad	Bufo typhonius		WTL
16	Cane Toad	Bufo marinus		WTL, SL
17	Poison Dart Frog	Epipidobates trivitatus		WTL
18	Tree Frogs	(Hylidae fam)	Ranas arboreal	WTL, SL, WML
19	Rain Frogs	(Leptodactylldea fam)		WTL, WML, SL

Notes:

These are species recorded by Resident Naturalists at Wasai Lodge & Expeditions from April - Nov 2000. * indicates species reported by other staff working for Wasai Lodge & Expeditions. Evidence of presence is idicated by footprints, sound or dead animals/skin. (This list is not indicative of the species that would be seen on a typical Wasai tour).

Locations:

WML = Wasai Maldonado Lodge in Puerto Maldonado

WTL = Wasai Tambopata Lodge (this includes all the forest around the lodge as far as Baltimore Community, River Gato and the Mammal Collpa). WTL1 is a sighting on the trail from km37 to Baltimore Community.

CC = Chuncho Collpa (this includes the two collpas and the forest surrounding them)

RT = River Tambopata (this includes the river and it´s banks and animals seen from the river)

RM = River Madre de Dios (this includes the river and it´s banks and animals seen from the river)

RG = River Gato (this includes the river and it´s banks and animals seen from the river)

SL = Sandoval Lake (this includes the forest from the River Madre de Dios to the lake and the forest around the lake, as well as the lake itself)

CL = Condenado Lake (this includes the forest from the River Madre de Dios to the lake and the forest around the lake, as well as the lake itself)

CA= Cachuela (this includes all the land on the "island" north of Puerto Maldonado, but most records relate to the area close to the road up to km 13.