Scientific name: Echimys chrysurus
English: White-faced Spiny Tree Rat
Dutch: Surinaamse Goudrat
Sranan: Maka-alata
Trio: Awareimë
Wayana: Awareimë
Class: Mammals
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
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Scientific name: Didymopanax morototoni and Didymopanax decaphylla
English: Morototo
Dutch: Casavehout
Saramacca: Atapé
Sranan: Kasaba-udu; Morototo
Trio: Maramara
Wayana:
Use(s): Wood for matchsticks, traditional drum (Wai-wai), seed beads (Many indigenous groups)
Growth Form: Trees & Shrubs
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Reference: Fiaschi, P. and Plunkett, G.M., 2018. Revision of the Didymopanax Group of Neotropical Schefflera (Araliaceae) 1. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 103(1), pp.24-105.
Scientific name: Cuniculus paca
English: Lowland Paca
Dutch: Surinaamse Haas / Paca
Sranan: Hei
Trio: Kurimau
Wayana: Kurimau
Class: Mammals
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cuniculidae
Scientific name: Tabernaemontana siphilitica (L.f.) Leeuwenb.
English:
Dutch:
Sranan: Kapuwa-tiki
Trio: pai empaha
Wayana:
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Gentianalis
Family: Apocynaceae
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Scientific name: Geissospermum sericeum Benth. & Hook.f. ex Miers
English:
Dutch:
Sranan: Bergi-bita
Trio: wataki
Wayana:
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Gentianalis
Family: Apocynaceae
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Scientific name: Myoprocta acouchy
English: Red Acouchi
Dutch: Groene Acouchy
Sranan: Mambula
Trio: Paasinore
Wayana: Pasi
Class: Mammals
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dasyproctidae
Scientific name: Aspidosperma marcgravianum
English:
Dutch:
Sranan:
Trio: kuikui wetï
Wayana:
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Gentianalis
Family: Apocynaceae
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Scientific name: Ambelania acida Aubl.
English:
Dutch:
Sranan: batbat
Trio: kamaki
Wayana:
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Gentianalis
Family: Apocynaceae
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Scientific name: Dasyprocta leporina
English: Red-Rumped Agouti
Dutch: Surinaams Konijn / Goudhaas
Sranan: Konkoni
Trio: Akuri
Wayana: Akuri
Class: Mammals
Order: Rodentia
Family: Dasyproctidae
Scientific name: Cymbopetalum brasiliense (Vell.) Benth. ex Baill.
English:
Dutch:
Sranan: Busi sunsaka
Trio: ërukërukë
Wayana:
Growth Form: Trees & shrubs
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
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