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  2. Jerusalem cricket - Wikipedia

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    Stenopelmatini. Genera. Ammopelmatus. Stenopelmatus. Jerusalem crickets (or potato bugs) [1] are a group of large, flightless insects in the genera Ammopelmatus and Stenopelmatus, together comprising the tribe Stenopelmatini. The former genus is native to the western United States and parts of Mexico, while the latter genus is from Central America.

  3. El Llano en llamas - Wikipedia

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    20956761. El llano en llamas (translated into English as The Burning Plain and Other Stories, [1] The Plain in Flames, [2] and El Llano in flames [3]) is a collection of short stories written in Spanish by Mexican author Juan Rulfo. The stories were written over several years for different literary magazines, starting in 1945 with They Gave Us ...

  4. Children's Eternal Rainforest - Wikipedia

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    Children's Eternal Rainforest. /  10.33972°N 84.70000°W  / 10.33972; -84.70000. The Children's Eternal Rainforest ( Spanish: Bosque Eterno de los Niños) is a private land trust and preserve in Costa Rica. The 23,000-hectare (57,000-acre) preserve is run by the non-profit Monteverde Conservation League.

  5. Santa Ana Zoo - Wikipedia

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    www .santaanazoo .org. The Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park in Santa Ana, California, is a 20-acre (8.1 ha) zoo focusing on the animals and plants of Central and South America. The Santa Ana Zoo hosts more than 270,000 people annually. The zoo opened in 1952 and is owned and operated by the City of Santa Ana. Joseph Prentice donated land for the ...

  6. List of national animals - Wikipedia

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    White-tailed deer (national animal) Odocoileus virginianus: Scarlet macaw (national bird) Ara macao India: Bengal tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris tigris: Indian peafowl (national bird) Pavo cristatus: Ganges river dolphin (national aquatic animal) Platanista gangetica: Indian elephant (national heritage animal) Elephas maximus indicus

  7. Wildlife of Chile - Wikipedia

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    Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) (NT) is the national bird of Chile. The wildlife of Chile is very diverse because of the country's slender and elongated shape, which spans a wide range of latitude, and altitude, ranging from the windswept coastline of the Pacific coast on the west to northern Andes to the sub-Antarctic, high Andes mountains in the east.

  8. Tayra - Wikipedia

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    The tayra (Eira barbara) is an omnivorous animal from the weasel family, native to the Americas.It is the only species in the genus Eira.. Tayras are also known as the tolomuco or perico ligero in Central America, motete in Honduras, irara in Brazil, san hol or viejo de monte in the Yucatan Peninsula, and high-woods dog (or historically chien bois) in Trinidad.

  9. Coati - Wikipedia

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    Coati. Coatis (from Tupí ), [1] also known as coatimundis ( / koʊˌɑːtɪˈmʌndi / ), [2] [3] are members of the family Procyonidae in the genera Nasua and Nasuella (comprising the subtribe Nasuina ). They are diurnal mammals native to South America, Central America, Mexico, and the Southwestern United States. The name "coatimundi" comes ...