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Geoffrey's Cat (Leopardus or Oncifelas geoffroyi) is a South American wild cat (Felidae) named after the natutalist Geoffrey St Hilaire, and resembling a Eurpoean or American domestic cat in appearance and habits. The Geoffrey's Cat is generally pale brown or tan in colour and covered with small, uniformly sized and shaped black spots. The Geoffrey's Cat is found in a range of habitats, always with good ground cover, such as scrub, woodlands, open bush in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Uruguay, where they typically eat small mammals, birds, lizards, rodents and fish.
The Geoffrey's Cat is widely hunted for its fur, but is also domesticated and kept as a pet by native peoples of South America. They generally live to an age of about fourteen years, but can live for up to twenty years. The Geoffrey's Cat, like many other cats, is typically a nocturnal hunter, loves trees and swimming. Research Geoffrey's Cat
The mara is one of two species of rodents, genus Dolichotis of the guinea- pig family, occurring in Argentina, with long back limbs and a short tail. They can grow to 75 centimetres long and are sometimes known as ' Patagonian cavies' or 'hares'. Research Mara
The oven-bird (Furnarius) is a small, South American insectivorousPasserinebird so called from its nest which is made of mud and straw in any exposed location and completely closed except for a small entrance which leads into a passage half separated by a partition from the main chamber where the eggs are laid. The best known species is the red oven-bird (Furnarius rufus) found in Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. Research Oven-bird
Patagosaurus was a dinosaur of the Jurassic period. Remains of Patagosaurus were found in Argentina during 1977 and the early 1980's and from these it appears it was a large, bulky herbivore that walked on all-fours and had a long neck and tail, being about 18 metres long and of the suborder Sauropoda, like Apatosaurus. Research Patagosaurus
The phoebe (Sayomis) is a genus of birds of the family Tyrannidae. The name is derived from the two-noted song of the eastern phoebe, Sayomis phoebe. It is about 18 centimetres long, with a blackish head, dark olive-brown back, and greyish to yellowish-white under parts. A hardy species, it is among the first birds to return to America in the spring. There are two western American species. Say's phoebe, Sayomis saya, breeds from Alaska to northern Mexico and winters from the south-western USA. to southern Mexico. It is about 20 centimetres long, and is coloured somewhat like a pale American robin. The widest-ranging is the aptly named black phoebe, Sayomis nigricans, which breeds from California to Argentina. Most phoebes adapt well to human presence, often nesting in farm buildings and under bridges. Research Phoebe
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