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Megafauna of South America

Identify all animal species in South America larger than 100 Ib (45 Kg)
This does not include fully aquatic animals such as whales/dolphins, large fish, manatees
South America in this instance includes offshore islands such as the Galapagos and Tierra del Fuego
Domesticated animals, like the llama, are not included
Pinnipeds (Seals and relatives) ARE on this list.
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Last updated: September 22, 2021
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First submittedSeptember 19, 2021
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Level 68
Sep 19, 2021
Alright. There are two possible species that I did not include as they were a. under debate as seperate species, and b, had no easily availible pictures. These are the "Giant Peccary", a theorized large species of peccary in remote areas of Colombia, and the "Little Black Tapir", a theorized genetically distinct population of tapir in remote areas of the Amazon. Neither have images associated with them, and both are of dubious validity, so they were not included.

Secondly, I made the last-second decision to not include all 16 species of Galapagos tortoise, as that would make this quiz about 50% turtles.

Please tell me if I missed anything. Unlike North American animals, which I sort of vaguely knew to begin with, there is a decent chance that my lack of knowledge in the wildlife of the continent led me to miss something. As it is, I nearly missed the giant armadillo, and had to edit it in post publishing.

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Level 68
Sep 22, 2021
Now that I added pinnipeds, I will apologize for the quality of some of those images, in particular the fur seals. In several cases, those were the only images available on wikimedia commons.
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Level 20
Feb 3, 2023
I'm very bad at this 7/32