Childrens Illustrated Animal Atlas

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Often called “a fox

on stilts,” the maned

wolf’s long legs help

it to see over the tall

Cerrado grass.

Maned wolf

BRAZIL

HABITAT KEY

Wetlands

Tropical

grasslands

Mountains

Tropical

forests

Deciduous

forests

Cold desert

Leaf-cutting ants

These ants “saw” leaves into pieces

with their jaws. They carry the bits back

to their underground home, where a

fungus grows on them, which the ants

harvest and eat.

PARAGUAY

BOLIVIA

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Both male and female hyacinth

macaws are bright blue.

Hyacinth macaw

The longest parrot on the planet,

the hyacinth macaw can be 3 ft

(1 m) long. Their large bills are able

to crack even the hardest palm nuts.

The giant anteater

uses its sticky tongue

to lap up 35,000 ants

and termites a day!

Giant anteater

Only the male

helmeted manakin

has this flashy red

crest. The female

is a plain gray-

green bird. Helmeted

manakin

Found all over Central

America and the north of

South America, this lizard

spends most of its life in

trees, where it eats

tender green leaves.

Green iguana

King vultures don’t have

a great sense of smell. To

make up for it, they follow

other vultures to lead them

to dead animals to eat.

King vulture

Although it has no

legs, this isn’t a snake,

but an amphibian that

lives underground.

Boettger’s

caecilian

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Cerrado

The Cerrado is found almost entirely in Brazil. It

is made up of mostly tropical grassland, but a few

trees are mixed with it in places, and there are

areas of dry forest, too. With more than 10,000

different plant species, the Cerrado offers plenty

of food and shelter for lots of animals.

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