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Famatina Department, La Rioja
Famatina is an Argentinian Department in La Rioja Province. Geography The department borders Catamarca Province to the north, San Blas de los Sauces Department, Castro Barros Department and Sanagasta Department to the east, Chilecito Department to the south, Vinchina Department to the west and General Lamadrid Department to the southwest. Population According to estimates for June 2007, the population was 6819 inhabitants.Dirección General de Estadística de la Provincia de La Rioj Department Localities * Famatina * Alto Carrizal * Ángulos * Antinaco * Bajo Carrizal * Campanas * Chañarmuyo * La Cuadra * Pituil * Plaza Vieja * Santa Cruz * Santo Domingo Flora & fauna Endemic Famatina animals are:Ejemplar de Taruka, habitante de la región. Autor: Fernando Falke birds Upucerthia validirostris rufescens, Upucerthia ruficauda famatinae, Cinclodes fuscus riojanus, Asthenes modesta serrana, lizard Liolaemus famatinae (near extinction), Phymaturus mallimacci ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentinian
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or ( feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Argentine''. Argentina is a multiethnic and multilingual society, home to people of various ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. As a result, Argentines do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to Argentina. Aside from the indigenous population, nearly all Argentines or their ancestors immigrated within the past five centuries. Among countries in the world that have received the most immigrants in modern history, Argentina, with 6.6 million, ranks second to the United States (27 million), and ahead of other immig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pituil
Pituil is a town in the Famatina Department of La Rioja Province in northwestern Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th .... The urban area extends in the vicinity of the provincial route No. 39 and one of the accesses to the town is located at km 3,947 of National Route 40. Population It is one of the most populated towns in the Famatina department. It had 849 inhabitants in 2010, which represents a decrease of 16% compared to 1,008 inhabitants from the previous census o ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deer
Deer or true deer are hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the red deer, and the fallow deer; and the Capreolinae, including the reindeer (caribou), white-tailed deer, the roe deer, and the moose. Male deer of all species (except the water deer), as well as female reindeer, grow and shed new antlers each year. In this they differ from permanently horned antelope, which are part of a different family (Bovidae) within the same order of even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla). The musk deer (Moschidae) of Asia and chevrotains (Tragulidae) of tropical African and Asian forests are separate families that are also in the ruminant clade Ruminantia; they are not especially closely related to Cervidae. Deer appear in art from Paleolithic cave paintings onwards, and they have played a role in mythology, religion, and literature throughout history, as well as in heraldry, such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taruca Hippocamelus Antisensis
The taruca (''Hippocamelus antisensis''), also known as the Peruvian guemal, north Andean deer, north Andean huemul, northern huemul or northern guemal, is a mid sized deer species that inhabits the high regions of the Andes mountains in South America. The common name taruca means "deer" in both the Quechua and Aymara languages, though these are not interrelated. The taruca is closely related to the southern guemal (''H. bisulcus''), the only other member of the ''Hippocamelus'' genus. Description The taruca is a medium-sized deer with a heavy body. It measures from head to rump, with an tail, and stands tall at the shoulder. Adults weigh between . As with most deer, males are significantly larger than females. It has sandy brown fur over most of its body, with white patches on the underside of its head, neck, tail, and genital region, and on the inner surface of its fore-legs. While females often have a dark brown area on the forehead, facial markings are much clearer in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andes
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S latitude), and has an average height of about . The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. Along their length, the Andes are split into several ranges, separated by intermediate depressions. The Andes are the location of several high plateaus—some of which host major cities such as Quito, Bogotá, Cali, Arequipa, Medellín, Bucaramanga, Sucre, Mérida, El Alto and La Paz. The Altiplano plateau is the world's second-highest after the Tibetan plateau. These ranges are in turn grouped into three major divisions based on climate: the Tropical Andes, the Dry Andes, and the Wet Andes. The Andes Mountains are the highest m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abrocoma Famatina
The Famatina chinchilla rat (''Abrocoma famatina'') is a species of chinchilla rats in the family Abrocomidae found only in Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th .... References Abrocoma Mammals of Argentina Mammals described in 1920 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas {{rodent-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phymaturus Mallimacci
''Phymaturus'' is a genus of iguanian lizards of the family Liolaemidae, a family which was traditionally included in the Iguanidae as a subfamily, but more recently was proposed to warrant family status in the Liolaemidae. ''Phymaturus'' is the mid-sized genus of its family, with 50 species altogether known as of 2021; new species are still being discovered, however.Scolaro et al. (2008). Species of the genus ''Phymaturus'' are found in the Andes region south to Patagonia and inhabit a variety of habitats. Their habits are mostly conserved from the ancestral iguanians, in that ''Phymaturus'' are generally inhabitants of rocky ground, feed on plants, and give birth to fully developed young. Systematics The genus can be divided into two lineages, which probably represent clades: ''palluma'' group : Superciliar scales not imbricate, more than four subocular scales, 3-4 rows of lorilabial scales, mental scale narrower than rostral scale and usually touching the sublabial scale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liolaemus Famatinae
''Liolaemus famatinae'' is a species of lizard in the Family (biology), family Liolaemidae. It is native to Argentina. References {{authority control Liolaemus, famatinae Reptiles described in 1980 Reptiles of Argentina Taxa named by José Miguel Alfredo María Cei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asthenes Modesta Serrana
''Asthenes modesta serrana'' is a small South American bird, a subspecies of the cordilleran canastero. It is found in the Sierra de Famatina, in La Rioja Province of northern Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ..., at an altitude of about 3200 m. References Asthenes Birds described in 1986 {{Furnariidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can be also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or in scientific literature as an ''endemite''. For example '' Cytisus aeolicus'' is an endemite of the Italian flora. '' Adzharia renschi'' was once believed to be an endemite of the Caucasus, but it was later discovered to be a non-indigenous species from South America belonging to a different genus. The extreme opposite of an endemic species is one with a cosmopolitan distribution, having a global or widespread range. A rare alternative term for a species that is endemic is "precinctive", which applies to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolivian Vizcacha
Bolivian may refer to: * Something of, or related to Bolivia ** Bolivian people ** Demographics of Bolivia ** Culture of Bolivia * SS ''Bolivian'', a British-built standard cargo ship A cargo ship or freighter is a merchant ship that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year, handling the bulk of international trade. Cargo ships are usu ... {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pterocnemia Pennat (zoo Zurich)
Darwin's rhea or the lesser rhea (''Rhea pennata'') is a large flightless bird, the smaller of the two extant species of rheas. It is found in the Altiplano and Patagonia in South America. Description The lesser rhea stands at tall. Length is and weight is . Like most ratites, it has a small head and a small bill, the latter measuring , but has long legs and a long neck. It has relatively larger wings than other ratites, enabling it to run particularly well. It can reach speeds of 60 km/h (37 mph), enabling it to outrun predators. The sharp claws on the toes are effective weapons. Their feathers are similar to those of ostriches, in that they have no aftershaft.Perrins, C. (1987) Their plumage is spotted brown and white, and the upper part of their tarsus is feathered. The tarsus is long and has 18 horizontal plates on the front. Etymology It is known as ''ñandú petiso'', or ''ñandú del norte'', in Argentina, where the majority live. Other names are ''su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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