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American beaver
The beaver has a brown pelt. Its hind feet are webbed. It has a broad, flat, scaly tail and prominent long, orange incisors.
ClassMammaliaOrderRodentsFamilyCastoridae -
Callimico, Goeldi's marmoset
A callimico has a short, soft coat varying from black to blackish brown. Its fur is 1 to 2 cm long. It has a mane on its neck and shoulders and thick whiskers extending to its lower jaw.
ClassMammaliaOrderPrimatesFamilyCebidae -
Canada lynx
The coat of the Canada lynx is silver grey in winter and brown in summer. This feline has a tuft of long black hairs at the tips of its ears. The end of its short tail is black.
ClassMammaliaOrderCarnivoraFamilyFelidae -
Capybara
A capybara, the world's largest rodent, looks like a giant guinea pig. It has a large rectangular head with large brown eyes and a blunt muzzle.
ClassMammaliaOrderRodentsFamilyHydrochoeridae -
Common marmoset
The common marmoset is a small monkey whose head has two tufts of long white hair at ear level. It has a white blaze on its forehead and a black-and-white banded tail.
ClassMammaliaOrderPrimatesFamilyCallichthyidae -
Golden lion tamarin
The golden lion tamarin has long, golden fur, and an erectile mane; its long, slender fingers end in claws.
ClassMammaliaOrderPrimatesFamilyCebidae -
Jamaican fruit-eating bat
The Jamaican fruit-eating bat has a stocky body and a wide, leaf-shaped muzzle with a structure called a nose leaf.
ClassMammaliaOrderChiropteraFamilyPhyllostomatidae -
North American porcupine
The American porcupine is quite a stocky animal. It’s the world’s third biggest rodent after the capybara and the beaver. Despite its quills, the porcupine’s coat is soft.
ClassMammaliaOrderRodentsFamilyErethizontidae -
North american river otter
A river otter has thick, glossy dark brown fur, lighter on the belly. Its toes are webbed. It has a long, tapered tail that is broader at the base.
ClassMammaliaOrderCarnivoraFamilyMustelidae -
Northern raccoon
Its stocky body varies in colour from one region to another, ranging from grey to reddish-brown. It has short legs.
ClassMammaliaOrderCarnivoraFamilyProcyonidae