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Campos del Tuyú National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Campos del Tuyú) is a national park in Buenos Aires Province,
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 ...
. Situated on the southern shore of Samborombón Bay, the park was established on May 13, 2009. The main attraction of Campos del Tuyú is the rare
pampas deer The Pampas deer (''Ozotoceros bezoarticus'') is a species of deer that live in the grasslands of South America at low elevations.Geist, Valerius. Deer of the world their evolution, behaviour, and ecology'. Mechanicsburg, Pa: Stackpole Books, 1998 ...
; in fact, it is one of the few places in the
Pampas The Pampas (from the qu, pampa, meaning "plain") are fertile South American low grasslands that cover more than and include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos, and Córdoba; all of Uruguay; and Brazi ...
where this species survive. Other inhabitants of the park include the
Geoffroy's cat Geoffroy's cat (''Leopardus geoffroyi'') is a small wild cat native to the southern and central regions of South America. It is about the size of a domestic cat. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List because it is widespread and abun ...
(''Leopardus geoffroyi''), capybara and over a hundred bird species.


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National parks of Argentina Protected areas established in 2009 2009 establishments in Argentina Protected areas of Buenos Aires Province {{Protected-area-stub