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I have a question ¿Didn't bears migrate southwards, or was that something that happened much later?

Contents 1 The first sentence: 2 Central American species listings 3 Central American opossum species 4 Central American cavimorph rodent species 5 Central American platyrrhine monkey species 6 Canid and cervid species/genera listings by continent 7 Canid species/genera by continent 8 Cervid species/genera by continent

[edit] The first sentence:

I was kind of surprised the first sentence said:

......in which land and freshwater animal faunas migrated from Central America to South America and vice versa, as the .....

instead of:

......in which land and freshwater animal faunas migrated from Central America and North America, to South America and vice versa, as the .....

any takers on this thought: ?....From the Ariz-Desert...--Mmcannis 17:02, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Central American species listings

Below are the Central American species of South American origin referenced in the article:

[edit] Central American opossum species

• Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
• Central American Woolly Opossum (Caluromys derbianus)
• Water Opossum (Chironectes minimus)
• Common Opossum (Didelphis marsupialis)
• Mexican Mouse Opossum (Marmosa mexicana)
• Robinson's Mouse Opossum (Marmosa robinsoni)
• Grayish Mouse Opossum (Marmosa canescens) (translation of Spanish article)
• Panama Slender Opossum (Marmosops invictus)
• Tschudi's Slender Opossum (Marmosops impavidus)
• Brown Four-eyed Opossum (Metachirus nudicaudatus)
• Alston's Mouse Opossum (Micoureus alstoni)
• Sepia Short-tailed Opossum (Monodelphis adusta)
• Gray Four-eyed Opossum (Philander opossum)

[edit] Central American cavimorph rodent species

• Rothschild's Porcupine (Coendou rothschildi)
• Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine (Sphiggurus mexicanus)
• Coiban Agouti (Dasyprocta coibae)
• Mexican Agouti (Dasyprocta mexicana)
• Central American Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata)
• Ruatan Island Agouti (Dasyprocta ruatanica)
• Paca (Agouti paca)
• Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
• Armored Rat (Hoplomys gymnurus)
• Central American spiny rat (Proechimys semispinosus)
• Rufous Tree Rat (Diplomys labilis)

[edit] Central American platyrrhine monkey species

• Cottontop Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) - possibly recently extirpated in Central America
• Geoffroy's Tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi)
• White-headed Capuchin (Cebus capucinus)
• Central American Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii)
• Gray-bellied Night Monkey (Aotus lemurinus) - sources differ on presence in C. America
• Coiba Island Howler (Alouatta coibensis)
• Mantled Howler (Alouatta palliata)
• Guatemalan Black Howler (Alouatta pigra)
• Black-headed Spider Monkey (Ateles fusciceps) - sources differ on presence in C. America
• Geoffroy's Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)

WolfmanSF 09:42, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Canid and cervid species/genera listings by continent

Below are the listings of extant canid and cervid species and genera by continent referenced in the article:

[edit] Canid species/genera by continent

North American canids: 4 genera, 9 species

• Gray Wolf Canis lupus
• Red Wolf Canis rufus
• Coyote Canis latrans
• Red fox Vulpes vulpes
• Swift Fox Vulpes velox
• Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis
• Arctic fox Alopex lagopus
• Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus
• Island Fox Urocyon littoralis

Central American canids: 3 genera, 4 species

• Gray Wolf Canis lupus
• Coyote Canis latrans (as far south as Panama)
• Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus
• Bush Dog Speothos venaticus

South American canids: 6 genera, 11 species

• Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus
• Bush Dog Speothos venaticus
• Crab-eating Fox Cerdocyon thous
• Short-eared Dog Atelocynus microtis
• Maned Wolf Chrysocyon brachyurus
• Culpeo Pseudalopex culpaeus
• Pampas Fox Pseudalopex gymnocercus
• Hoary Fox Pseudalopex vetulus
• Argentine Grey Fox Pseudalopex griseus
• Sechura Fox Pseudalopex sechurae
• Darwin's Fox Pseudalopex fulvipes

Eurasian canids: 4 genera — Canis, Vulpes, Nyctereutes, Cuon

African canids: 4 genera — Canis, Vulpes, Otocyon, Lycaon

[edit] Cervid species/genera by continent

North American cervids: 4 genera, 5 species

• Elk Cervus canadensis
• Caribou Rangifer tarandus
• Moose Alces alces
• White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
• Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus

Central American cervids: 2 genera, 4 species

• White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus
• Mule deer Odocoileus hemionus
• Red Brocket Mazama americana
• Yucatan Brown Brocket Mazama pandora

South American cervids: 6 genera, 12 species

• White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus
• Red Brocket Mazama americana
• Gray Brocket Mazama gouazoupira
• Little Red Brocket Mazama rufina
• Dwarf Brocket Mazama chunyi
• Pygmy Brocket Mazama nana
• Pudú Pudu puda
• Northern Pudu Pudu mephistophiles
• Marsh deer Blastocerus dichotomus
• Pampas deer Ozotoceros bezoarticus
• Peruvian Huemul Hippocamelus antisensis
• South Andean Huemul Hippocamelus bisulcus

Eurasian cervids: 10 genera — Cervus, Muntiacus, Elaphodus, Axis, Elaphurus, Dama, Hydropotes, Capreolus, Rangifer, Alces

African cervids: 1 genus — Cervus