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THE COUNTRY
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THE BOOK
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- Acknowledgments
- Table of Contents
- Trek Summaries
- Index
- About the Authors
- About the Publisher
A SAMPLE TREK
- Overview
- Route Description
- Topographic Map
- Elevation Profile
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(Appendix D, Supplement)
The following are some of the wild animals that might be found along the trekking routes described in this book. For additional information see the fauna references listed in Appendix B: Further Reading. Domestic animals are listed in Appendix C: Trekker's Vocabulary.
Click here to see this list sorted by Spanish name.
| English | Ecuadorean Spanish / Quichua* |
Scientific Name (Latin) |
| Agouti | guanta | Agouti paca |
| American Kestrel | quilico | Falco sparverius |
| Andean Condor | cóndor, cundur* | Vultur gryphus |
| Andean Coot | focha andina | Fulica ardesiaca |
| Andean Duck | pato andino | Oxyura ferruginea |
| Andean Fox | lobo de páramo | Dusicyon culpaeus |
| Andean Gull | gaviota andina | Larus serranus |
| Andean Lapwing | ligles, gli-gli | Vanellus resplendens |
| Andean Teal | cerceta andina | Anas andinus |
| anteater | oso hormiguero | Tamadua tetradactyla |
| armadillo | armadillo | Dasypus spp |
| Band-tailed Pigeon | torcaza, paloma | Columba fasciata |
| blackbird | mirlo | Turdus fuscater |
| blackfly | mosquito | |
| blue morpho butterfly | morfo | Morpho spp |
| Blue-and-White Swallow | golondrina | Notiochelidon cyanoleuca |
| Blue-Gray Tanager | azulejo | Thraupis episcopus |
| Brocket Deer | cervicabra | Mazama rufina |
| butterfly | mariposa | |
| Capuchin Monkey | machín | Cebus spp |
| Carunculated Caracara | curiquingue | Phalcoboenus carunculatos |
| Chestnut-fronted Macaw | guacamayo frentecastaño | Ara severa |
| Chimborazo Hillstar | quinde Chimborazo | Oreotrochilus chimborazo |
| Cock of the Rock | gallo de la peña | Rupicola peruviana |
| deer | venado | |
| dove | tórtola | |
| duck | pato | |
| Fer-De-Lance snake | X (equis) | Bothrops spp |
| fire-fly | luciérnaga | |
| frog | rana | |
| Green Jay, Inca Jay | quin-quin | Cyanocorax ynca |
| guan | pava | |
| hawk | gavilán | |
| Howler Monkey | mono aullador | Alouatta seniculus |
| hummingbird | colibrí, picaflor, quinde | Family Trochilidae |
| jaguar | jaguar, tigre americano | Panthera onça |
| leech | sanguijuela | |
| macaw | papagayo | Ara spp |
| marsupial mouse | ratón marsupial | Caenolestes spp |
| Military Macaw | guacamayo militar | Ara militaris |
| monkey | mono | |
| mosquito | zancudo | |
| Mountain Cacique | cacique | Cacicus leucoramphus |
| Mountain Lion, Puma | león, puma* | Felis concolor |
| Mountain Tapir | tapir, danta, gran bestia | Tapirus pinchaque |
| mountain-toucan | predicador | Andigena spp |
| Oilbird | tayo, guácharo | Steatornis caripensis |
| opossum | raposa | Didelphis spp |
| oropendola | oropendola | family Icteridae |
| owl | buho, lechuza | |
| Paca | guatusa | Dasyprocta punctata |
| parakeet | periquito | |
| parrot | loro(a) | |
| Pudu Deer, Toy Deer | pudú, ciervo enano | Pudu mephistophiles |
| rabbit | conejo | Sylvilagus brasiliensis |
| Red-backed Hawk | gavilán variable | Buteo spp |
| sand-fly | arenilla | |
| skunk | zorro hediondo, zorrillo | Conepatus chinga |
| sloth | perezoso | |
| snake | culebra, serpiente | |
| snipe | agachadiza | Gallinago spp |
| Spectacled Bear | oso de anteojos | Tremarctos ornatus |
| Spider Monkey | mono araña | Ateles spp |
| squirrel | ardilla | Sciurus spp |
| tanager | tángara | family Thraupidae |
| tick | garrapata | |
| toad | sapo | |
| Vermilion Flycatcher | brujo, mosquero bermellón | Pyrocephalus rubinus |
| vicuna | vicuña | Vicugna vicugna |
| White-tailed Deer | venado cola blanca | Odocoileus virginianus |
| woodpecker | pájaro carpintero | |
| Woolly Monkey | chorongo | Lagothrix lagotricha |