Rupununi Wildlife

This page is dedicated to displaying wildlife captured on handheld and remotely triggered cameras captured as part of a research project in the Rupununi.

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Proud to share the product of a lot of hard work. Feral Asian water buffalo in the North Rupununi wetlands.

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NEW PAPER ALERT. Interested in large mammals? Non-native species? Neotropical savanna-wetlands? IEK? Check out our paper exploring a population of feral Asian water buffalo in the North Rupununi, Guyana (1/4) @UFWildlife @RupWildlife

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Happy #WorldWetlandsDay! Lovely video highlighting the natural history and importance of the Rupununi wetlands for people and wildlife from @project_cobra

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Merry Christmas to ALL, and to ALL a good night!

#ChristmasArmadillo #BELIEVE

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Amazonian Giant Water Lilies in an Oxbow Lake along the Rupununi River...

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Check out our video of a capybara along the Rewa River...

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Uranoscodon superciliosus can utilize a unique stride to run across a body of water without breaking the surface...

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The Rupununi Rattlesnake, a subspecies of the Neotropical rattlesnake that is unique only to the Rupununi savannas..

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A Giant anteater roaming the Rupununi savannas at Karanambu Ranch as the sun sets over the Pakaraima Mountains...

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Female puma with a grown cub caught on camera traps near Yupukari Village...

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Female Black Caiman moms actively guard their nests and protect hatchlings up to two years after they are born...

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A female Red-rumped Agouti, seed disperser extraordinaire, with her pup on a camera trap in the Kanuku Mountains...

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Common Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus) enjoying some fruit in the Kanuku Mountains Protected Area...

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Tapir are CRITICAL seed predators and seed disperses for many plant species...

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A Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) looking pretty content to be enjoying World Tapir Day in the Rewa River...

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Lowland tapir with a calf spotted along the Rewa River, Region 9, Guyana...

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Guianan Black (or Red-faced) Spider monkey (Ateles paniscus) sitting in a tree above the Rupununi River...

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From the Kanuku Mtns... “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” – Albert Einstein

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Benab in Karasabai Village with the Pakaraima Mountains in the background...

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Love is in the air! A male jaguar (Panthera onca) following closely behind a female near Yupukari Village, Guyana

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Camera trap photo of Black curassow (Crax alector) from Karanambu Ranch...