Savanna Fox
Scientific name: Cerdocyon thous
English: Savanna Fox / Crab-eating Fox
Dutch: Krabbenetende Vos / Savannevos
Sranan: Krabdagu / Sabanadagu
Trio: Kaikë
Wayana: Awijowijo
Class: Mammals
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Jaguar
Scientific name: Panthera onca
Vern: jaguar (En) ; jaguar (Du)
Local: penitigri (Sr)
Indig: kaikui / kurijaimë (Tr); kaikui (Way)
Class: Mammals
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Puma
Scientific name: Puma concolor
English: Puma
Dutch: Poema
Sranan: Reditigri
Trio: Arawata(h)pa
Wayana: Kapawuirë
Class: Mammals
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Margay
Scientific name: Leopardus wiedii
English: Margay / Tree Ocelot
Dutch: Margay / Boomkat
Sranan: Pikin-tigrikati
Trio: Tokorori
Wayana: Malakaja
Class: Mammals
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Oncilla
Scientific name: Leopardus tigrinus
English: Oncilla
Dutch: Oncilla / Tijgerkat
Sranan: Tigrikati
Trio: Tokorori
Wayana: Malakaja
Class: Mammals
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Ocelot
Scientific name: Leopardus pardalis
English: Ocelot
Dutch: Ocelot
Sranan: Heitigrikati
Trio: Pakoronpë / Pakoroinko
Wayana: Kulimanëne Kaikuï
Class: Mammals
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Caryocar glabrum
Scientific name: Caryocar glabrum (Aubl.) Pers.
Vern:
Local: alukulé-kwarie, ningre-kwarie (Sr); itébállí (GU); piquiá-rana (BrP)
Indig: soo (Tr, pronounced “show”)
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Caryocaraceae
Kapok / Silk-Cotton Tree
Scientific name: Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
Vern: Silk-cotton tree (En); kapokboom (Du); fromager (Fr); ceiba (Sp)
Local: kankantrie (Sr); silk-cotton tree (GU); sumaúma (BrP)
Indig: kumaka (Tr)
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
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Jaguarundi
Scientific name: Puma yagouaroundi
Vern: jaguarundi (En) ; jaguarundi (Du)
Local: blakatigrikati (Sr)
Indig: ëripoimë (Tr); alatale(Way)
Class: Mammals
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Iron Wood
Scientific name: Handroanthus serratifolius (Vahl) G. Nicholson (Syn: Tabebuia serratifolius)
Vern: iron wood, tabebuia (En); groenhart (Du); Ipe amarelo, pau d’arco (BPo); araguaney (Sp)
Local: groenhart (Sr); hakia, ironwood (GU)
Indig: arani (Tr)
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae