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Mamals

Onza Cat:
Jungles neotropicals specie. Captures birds and mamals. as already all the felins are very looking for by the value of the peel, that make the populations more limited.
In misiones have a big distribution after all in the departaments of the North.
Onza cat
Tatú Carreta:
As a weight of 60 kgs, is the greater armadillo alive, powerful and fast caver. Your diet include ants, woodants and putrid flesh. Habits in the east of Southamerica. Only have been seen in Misiones, in the departament of Cainguas.
Tatu Carreta
Aguara Guazú(fox of the zone):
Known like big fox, habits in sabanas with palmars and wet mounts in small island.
Is solitaire and feed of small reptils vertebrates, and fruits.
For Misiones, only know a register in the locality of Azara.
Aguara Guazu
Caraya (Monkey of the zone):
known like Guariba, this is signaled in the year 1954 in Argentina. is exclusive of Misiones and your status is indeterminated. Reciently have been seen in the Departaments of Eldorado, Montecarlo, Iguazu, Gral Manuel Belgrano and San Pedro, by the Guaranies of the zone. Figure in the international red book with the destruction of the jungles and the yellow feber that azote the years 1965 and 1966. Your diet include leaf and silvesters fruits.

Caraya

Pampas Deer:
Was the deer what occuped in the past the center and the north of the country.
Today only subsist in far population of Bs. As., san Luis and Corrientes, also know it in Brazil, Uruguay, Bolivia and Paraguay. In Misiones only know one breeding but is considered missing for the province . The persecutions of this specie, as point of feeding put it danger of extintion.
Pampas Deer
Wolf cub of rivers:
live in small streams and rivers of southamerica. it feed of fishes and crustaceans, has suffered an intensive persecution,because of your apreciated leader .
has been seen in Misiones in several departaments, no dubts, the alterations of the small streams and the dismount are factors of your big disminucion and rarity.
Wolf cub of rivers
Deer of the swamp:
Is the greater deer southamerican what can reach to a weight of 100 Kg. Habits grass lands underwater of the northeast of Argentina, arriving untill the Parana Delta. Persecute as point of proteins and trophy of hunting, for this, today is very difficult to see one of this beauty exemplaries.In Misssiones is considerated missing.
Deer of the swamp
Yaguarete or American tiger :
Is an Alive simbol, declarated Natural Provincial Monument in 1988.
Some time embrace several provinces of Argentina. Is a great predetor of much mamals. .
Can swim, run, climb, between your feeding what is very variable we found the tapir, pecari, Honey bear, coati, the deer, yacare, Turttles, frogs and crubs.
Lamentabily the value of his skin and the bad fame of brave has carried to the animal that are menaced.
has calculate what do not exist no more than 10 or 15 animals in Misiones. Time by time use to see in the Urugua-i zone.
Yaguarete
Ant bear:
The ant bear of wide tale many times confunded with the honey bear what is more little. The ant bear is one of the mamals more curious of America.Yet, in Argentina can find in insolates zones.Is slow and your unique defence are your poweful claws, with these embrace the enemy untill destroy it. Your feding is very special, basicaly pass your time looking for ants and eat these.
When found anant hill surmerge his head in this and with your long tongue, start to feeding
Knows a few new records for Misiones, only a big deterioration of your natural habitat,this figure in the red book.
Ant bear

Honey bear
Water Weasel or Cuica:
This curious acuatic mamal , know too with the name of cub wolf avero is a marsupial that has addapted perfectly to the water, developing natatories membranes.
Your feeding consist in fishes and crustaceans. Is exclusive for Misiones, is a rare animal.
Vinagre dog or Pitoco Fox:
this can was registred for our country just in 1977. Is fat and ears and tale short. It use to be in couples or small groups near the rivers or small streams. It feed of small rats. Knows only three files in Misiones, in the zone of down Urugua-i, that stayed under water.