Animals
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Red foot tortoises mating |
Agouti Iguana in the palm tree |
Tommy the Tapir out for a walk |
The Rock View Ranch has its collection of wild and tame animals that have been brought here to be looked after. These pets were mostly brought in by children or members of the community when they found the animals abandoned or motherless and were adopted by us for safekeeping. It is not the practice of Rock View to go out of its way to purchase wild animals and to take them out of their natural habitat, as once the animals are accustomed to being looked after, rarely would they be able to return to nature and be able to fend for themselves successfully. However there are a few cases of some of our animals that were given complete freedom to come and go as they please in which case they would return at meal times or when they felt like it. Below you will find a listing of the animals presently under our care as well as a listing of other animals that guests may find in their natural state around the lodge.
Below are the Listing of some animals that may be seen around Rock View and Surama
No. |
English Name |
Botanical Name |
Description |
| 1. | Giant Anteater | Myrmecophaga tridactyla | Savannah and forest |
| 2. | Southern Anteater | Tamandua tetradactyla | Forested areas, diurnal |
| 3. | Pygmy Anteater | Cyclopes didactylus | Forested areas, nocturnal |
| 4. | Pale-throated 3 toed sloth | Bradypus tridactylus | Forested areas, diurnal |
| 5. | Southern 2 toed sloth | Choloepus didactylus | Forested areas, nocturnal |
| 6. | 9 Banded Armadillo | Dasypus novemcinctus | Forest, mainly nocturnal |
| 7. | Great long-nosed Armadillo | Dasypus kappleri | Lowland |
| 8. | Golden-handed Tamarin | Saguinus midas | Arboreal, diurnal |
| 9. | Guianan Saki monkey | Pithecia pithecia | Arboreal, diurnal |
| 10. | Brown bearded Saki | Chiropotes satanus | Arboreal, diurnal |
| 11. | Red Howler Monkey | Alouatta seniculus | Arboreal, diurnal |
| 12. | Black Spider Monkey | Ateles paniscus | Arboreal, diurnal |
| 13. | Squirrel Monkey | Saimiri sciureus | Arboreal on river banks |
| 14. | Brown Capuchin Monkey | Cebus paella | Arboreal, diurnal |
| 15. | Wedge-capped Capuchin | Cebus olivaceus | Arboreal, diurnal |
| 16. | South America Coati | Nasua nasua | Arboreal, diurnal, terrestrial |
| 17. | Kinkajou | Potos flavus | Arboreal, nocturnal |
| 18. | Tayra | Eira Barbara | Arboreal, diurnal, terrestrial |
| 19. | Southern River Otter | Lutra logicaudis | Semi aquatic, di/nocturnal |
| 20. | Giant Otter | Pteronura brasiliensis | Semi aquatic, diurnal |
| 21. | Ocelot | Felis pardalis | Terrestrial, di/nocturnal |
| 22. | Margay | Felis weidii | Arboreal, nocturnal |
| 23. | Jaguarundi | Felis yagouaroundi | Terrestrial, di/nocturnal |
| 24. | Puma | Felis concolor | Terrestrial, di/nocturnal |
| 25. | Jaguar | Panthera onca | Terrestrial, di/nocturnal |
| 26. | Collared Peccary | Tayassu tajacu | Rainforest, diurnal |
| 27. | White-lipped Peccary | Tayassu pecari | Terrestrial, diurnal |
| 28. | White-tailed deer | Odocoileus virginianus | Savannah, di/nocturnal |
| 29. | Guianan Squirrel | Sciurus aestuans | Arboreal, diurnal |
| 30. | Brazillian Porcupine | Coedou prehensilis | Arboreal, diurnall |
| 31. | Black-tailed Dwarf Porcupine | Coendou melanurus | Lowland rainforest |
| 32 | Red Acouchy | Myoprocta acouchy | Terrestrial, diurnal |
| 33. | Red-rumped Agouti | Dasyprocta agouti | Terrestrial, diurnal |
| 34. | White-faced Tree Rat | Echimys chrysurs | Arboreal, nocturnal |
| 35. | Red-nosed Tree Rat | Echimys armatus | rboreal, nocturnal |
| 36. | Spiny Tree Rat | Mesomys hispidus | Arboreal, nocturnal |
| 37. | Matamata Turtle | Chelus fimbriatus | Oxbow lakes, swamps |
| 38. | Savannah side-necked Turtle | Podocnemis vogli | Small rivers, ponds |
| 39. | Twist-necked Turtle | Platemys platycephala | Rainforest pools, streams |
| 40. | Scorpion mud Turtle | Kinosternon scorpioides | Streams, rivers, ponds |
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