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The flooding pulse causes large annual displacements from open grasslands into higher forested land for marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) and white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) (pers. obs.).
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Two other large mammals, maned wolf Chrysocyon brachyurus and marsh deer Blastocerus dichotomus (VU), are found in the seasonally flooded termite savannahs below the plateau.
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Due to the extensive land use for cattle ranching in the ecoregion, there are various endangered animals including birds such as Rhea americana; mammals: Aotus azarae, Hydrochaerys hydrochaeris, Panthera onca, Blastocerus dichotomus, Ozotoceros bezoarticus, and Chrysocyon brachyurus; and reptiles: Acantochelys spixii and Eunecte notaeus.
Humid Chaco 2008
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Some Chaco-Cerrado elements include marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) and maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus) which reach their northwesternmost range here in the Pampas del Heath.
Beni savanna 2008
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Dense populations of species of conservation concern such as jaguar Panthera onca (NT), marsh deer Blastocerus dichotomus (VU), giant anteater Myrmecophaga tridactyla (VU) and giant otter Pteronura brasiliensis (VU) live in the region.
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Among endemic, rare and endangered species are found the rana trepadora isleña (Argenteophyla siemersi), ciervo de los pantanos (Blastoceros dichotomus), pajonalera pico recto (Limnornis rectirostris), lobito de río (Lontra longicaudis) and carpincho (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris).
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Some mammals in the region are the comadrejita ágil (Thylamys agilis), coipo (Myocastur coypus), ciervo de los pantanos (Blastoceros dichotomus), rata de pajonal (Scapteromys acuaticus), carpincho (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris), lobito de río (Lontra longicaudis), etc.
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Mammals include giant anteater Myrmecophaga tridactyla (VU), maned wolf Chrysocyon brachiurus (VU), bush dog Speothus venaticus (VU), Giant armadillo Priodontes maximus (EN), pampas deer Ozotoceros bezoarticus (EN), Marsh deer Blastocerus dichotomus (VU), jaguar Panthera onca (VU), Giant rat Kunsia tomentusus (VU), and Pygmy Short-tailed Opossum Monodelphis kunsi (EN).
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These include the jaguar (Panthera onca), giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis), hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthus), giant armadillo (Priodontes gigantes), marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus), and pampas deer (Ozotocerus bezoarticus).
Pantanal 2007
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Survey of Broad-snouted Caiman Caiman latirostris Marsh Deer Blastocerus dichotomus and Capybara Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris in the area to be inundated by Porto Primavera Dam, Brazil.
Pantanal 2007
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