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
Scientific name: Nasua nasua
English: South American Coati
Dutch: Rode Neusbeer / Coatimundi
Sranan: Kwaskwasi
Trio: Seu
Wayana: Siu
Class: Mammals
Order: Carnivora
Family: Procyonidae
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Scientific name: Vouacapoua americana Aubl.
Vern: brownheart/ partridge wood (En); bruinhart (Du)
Local: bruinhart (Sr)
Indig: wakapu (Tr)
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Fabales
Family: Leguminosae (Caesalpinioideae)
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Scientific name:Galictis vittata
Vern: (greater) grison (En) ; grison (Du)
Local: weti-aira (Sr)
Indig: mamimë (Tr)
Class: Mammals
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Scientific name: Hymenaea courbaril L.
Vern: Brazilian copal / West Indian locust (En): jatobá (BrP); guapinol (Sp)
Local: rode lokus / loksi (Sr); stinkwood (GU); courbaril (FG)
Indig: kauru (Tr); kawanari (Lo); kwarie (Ka)
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Fabales
Family: Leguminosae (Caesalpinioideae)
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Scientific name: Copaifera guyanensis
Vern: copaiba (En); copaíba (BrP)
Local: hoepelhout (Sr); copaiba (GU); copahu (FG)
Indig: mapataru (Tr)
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Fabales
Family: Leguminosae/Fabaceae (Caesalpinioideae)