South America

The South-American continent is entirely situated in the Western Hemisphere mostly in the Southern Hemisphere. It’s surrounded by two oceans : the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. Its climate is hot and tropical.

Surface

17 820 000 km²

Temperatures

From -38,9 °C to 48,9°C

Climate conditions

Drought, cyclones, storms, hurricanes

South-American fauna

Jaguar, cayman, anaconda, lama, chinchilla...

  = Zone with South-American animals

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Blue and yellow macaw

Ara ararauna

Blue and yellow macaw

brown-nosed coati

nasua nasua

brown-nosed coati

bush dog

speothos venaticus

bush dog

capybara

hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

capybara

Chinchilla

chinchilla

Chinchilla

collared peccary

pecari tajacu

collared peccary

Common marmoset

Callithrix jacchus

Common marmoset

cotton-top tamarin

Sanguinus oedipus

cotton-top tamarin

Jaguar

Panthera onca

Jaguar

lama

lama glama

lama

maned wolf

chrysocyon brachyurus

maned wolf

margarita island capuchin

Cebus apella

margarita island capuchin

Patagonian mara

Dolichotis patgonum

Patagonian mara

south American tapir

tapir terrestris

south American tapir

three-striped douroucouli

aotus trivirgatus

three-striped douroucouli

White-fronted marmoset

Callithrix geoffroyi

White-fronted marmoset

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