Scientific name: Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.
Vern: Brazil nut (En); paranoot (Du); noyer du Brésil (Fr); castanheira, castanha-do-Pará (BrP)
Local: Brazil nut (GU); châtaigne du Brésil (FG); ingi-noto (Sr)
Indig: tuha, tuhka (Tr); tope (Way)
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Ericales
Family: Lecythidaceae
Scientific name: Odocoileus virginianus
Vern: white-tailed deer (En); savannehert / strandhert (Du)
Local: (a)woyodia / sabanadia (Su)
Indig: aruma (Tr); kapan (Way)
Class: Mammals
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Scientific name: Mazama gouazoubira
English: Small Brown Brocket
Dutch: Klein Boshert
Sranan: Buskrabita / Kuriaku
Trio: Kajakë
Wayana: Kalejak
Class: Mammals
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
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Scientific name: Mazama americana
English: Red Brocket
Dutch: Groot Boshert
Sranan: Prasaradia / Redidia
Trio: Wïkapau
Wayana: Kapau
Class: Mammals
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Scientific name: Dicotyles tajacu
Vern: collared peccary (En) ; halsband pekarie (Du)
Local: pakira (Sr)
Indig: pakira (Tr); pakira (Way)
Class: Mammals
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Tayassuidae
Scientific name: Tayassu pecari
Vern: white-lipped peccary (En); witlip pekarie (Du)
Local: pingo (Sr)
Indig: pënjeke / ponjekë (Tr); pëïnëkë
Class: Mammals
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Tayassuidae
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Scientific name: Tapirus terrestris
Common: South American tapir / Brazilian tapir / Lowland tapir (English); Zuid-Amerikaanse tapir / Laaglandtapir / Braziliaanse tapir (Dutch);
Local: bofru (Sranan)
Indigenous: pai (Trio); maipuli (Wayana)
Class: Mammals
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Tapiridae
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Scientific name: Procyon cancrivorus
Vern: Crab-eating Raccoon (En) ; Krabbenetende Wasbeer (Du)
Local: Krabdagu (Sr)
Indig:
Class: Mammals
Order: Carnivora
Family: Procyonidae
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Scientific name: Parkia pendula (Willd.) Benth. ex Walp.
Vern: visgueiro (BPo); lantaarnptitboom (Du); rayado (Sp)
Local: kwattakama (Sr); ball-headed acacia (GU); bois-pagode (FG); angico, faveira-de-chorão (BPo)
Indig: iruu (Tr)
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Fabales
Family: Leguminosae (Mimosoideae)
Scientific name: Potos flavus
English: Kinkajou
Dutch: Rolstaartbeer
Sranan: Netikeskesi
Trio: Kuikui
Wayana: Kuikui
Class: Mammals
Order: Carnivora
Family: Procyonidae