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COMMON NAME: Bengal Tiger
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Panthera tigris tigris
TYPE: Mammals
DIET: Carnivore
AVERAGE LIFE SPAN IN THE WILD: 8 to 10 years
SIZE: Head and body: 5 to 6 feet; tail: 2 to 3 feet
WEIGHT: 240 to 500 pounds
Easily recognized by its coat of reddish-orange with dark stripes, the tiger is the largest wild cat in the world. The big cat's tail is three feet long. On average the big cat weighs 450 pounds, about the same as eight ten-year-old kids. It stands three feet tall with teeth four inches long and claws as long as house keys.
A female tiger gives birth to a litter of three or four cubs, who she will care for until they are a year-and-a-half old. These cubs quadruple in size during their first month!
The powerful predator generally hunts alone, able to bring down prey such as deer and antelope. Tigers wait until dark to hunt. The tiger sprints to an unsuspecting animal, usually pulling it off its feet with its teeth and claws. If the prey animal is large, the tiger bites its throat to kill it; smaller prey is usually killed when the tiger breaks its neck. Tigers have been known to eat up to 60 pounds of meat in one night, but more often they consume about 12 pounds during a meal. It may take days for a tiger to finish eating its kill. The cat eats until it's full, and then covers the carcass with leaves and dirt. The tiger comes back to feed some more.
Tigers live far apart from each other. A tiger knows if it is in another tiger’s territory based on the trees around him. Each tiger marks the trees in its area with urine and special scratches.
COMMON NAME: Bengal Tiger
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Panthera tigris tigris
TYPE: Mammals
DIET: Carnivore
AVERAGE LIFE SPAN IN THE WILD: 8 to 10 years
SIZE: Head and body: 5 to 6 feet; tail: 2 to 3 feet
WEIGHT: 240 to 500 pounds
Easily recognized by its coat of reddish-orange with dark stripes, the tiger is the largest wild cat in the world. The big cat's tail is three feet long. On average the big cat weighs 450 pounds, about the same as eight ten-year-old kids. It stands three feet tall with teeth four inches long and claws as long as house keys.
A female tiger gives birth to a litter of three or four cubs, who she will care for until they are a year-and-a-half old. These cubs quadruple in size during their first month!
The powerful predator generally hunts alone, able to bring down prey such as deer and antelope. Tigers wait until dark to hunt. The tiger sprints to an unsuspecting animal, usually pulling it off its feet with its teeth and claws. If the prey animal is large, the tiger bites its throat to kill it; smaller prey is usually killed when the tiger breaks its neck. Tigers have been known to eat up to 60 pounds of meat in one night, but more often they consume about 12 pounds during a meal. It may take days for a tiger to finish eating its kill. The cat eats until it's full, and then covers the carcass with leaves and dirt. The tiger comes back to feed some more.
Tigers live far apart from each other. A tiger knows if it is in another tiger’s territory based on the trees around him. Each tiger marks the trees in its area with urine and special scratches.
🇦🇷 Ciervo de los Pantanos
🔬 Blastocerus dichotomus (Illiger, 1815)
🇵🇾 Guasupuku (“ciervo grande”)
🇧🇷 Cervo-do-Pantanal
🇺🇸 Marsh deer
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Se lo conoce también como: guasupuku (“ciervo grande”), en idioma guaraní; huasé, en idioma wichi; epelve, en idioma mocoví; y calimgo, en idioma qom (toba).
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Este ciervo es el de mayor altura en América del Sur y vive en las provincias de Misiones, Salta, Formosa, Chaco, Santa Fe, Corrientes y Entre Ríos.
Su mayor enemigo no se halla en la naturaleza, sino que son los cazadores furtivos, quienes buscan su cornamenta como trofeo.
🌐 Colonia Carlos Pellegrini, Esteros del Iberá, Corrientes 🇦🇷
🇦🇷 Ciervo de los Pantanos
🔬 Blastocerus dichotomus (Illiger, 1815)
🇵🇾 Guasupuku (“ciervo grande”)
🇧🇷 Cervo-do-Pantanal
🇺🇸 Marsh deer
🌐 Concepción de Yaguareté Corá, Esteros del Iberá, Corrientes 🇦🇷
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🐾 Carpincho - Capybara - Hidrochaerus hydrochaeris
🌐 Laguna Iberá, pcia. de Corrientes, Argentina. 🇦🇷
🐾 cría de Carpincho, capibara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
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Carpincho
Capibara
Capybara
Chiguire
Hhydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Capybaras
“Ojo avizor”
Suricata (Suricata suricatta)
Esta es una de las fotos que más ilusión me hizo conseguir en el viaje de este verano. Llevábamos dos jornadas accidentadas en el Kgalagadi Transfortier Park. Nuestro camión estaba averiado, y no pudimos recorrer toda la extensión que teníamos prevista en esta área de conservación, famosa por sus leones de melena negra y sus suricatas, entre otros muchos animales. Habíamos visto oryx, ñúes, gacelas y unas cuantas especies de aves, pero nos marchábamos del parque sin haber visto felinos ni a estas graciosas criaturas. Cerca de la salida, tuvimos la suerte de encontrarnos a este ejemplar vigilando la madriguera. De fisionomía pequeña y grácil, es un carnívoro de apariencia simpática que esconde un curioso secreto: es el animal más letal para los miembros de su misma especie.
Nikon D500
Tamron 150-600 G2
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🌐 Portal Carambola, Esteros del Iberá, Corrientes 🇦🇷
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Alectrurus risora | Strange-tailed Tyrant.
Es una especie endémica de los Esteros del Iberá del noreste de Argentina y del este de Paraguay. Prefiere pastizales inundados con pastos altos y no perturbados.
La hembra tiene la cabeza y dorsal, pardas ocráceas, la garganta blanquecina. Franja ocre en el pecho. Región ventral ocrácea. Alas pardas y ocres. Cola parda y ocre, con dos plumas negras alargadas, estructuralmente como en el macho, pero prácticamente reducidas al raquis y que terminan en pequeñas raquetas.