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| Fauna |
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Mendoza's fauna is distributed of agreement with the characteristics of the climate, of the altitude, of the vegetation, of the grade of aridity of the land, etc. |
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| The high mountain |
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This region, located above the 3.000 meters on the level of the sea, and until the 4.500 meters, it possesses a very scarce fauna, conditioned by the lack of foods, the extreme temperatures and the presence of the storms of snow and wind. Among the birds they stand out the condor. The mammals are represented by gumps and pumas. |
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| The mountain |
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In the lands located to heights smaller than 3.000 meters numerous valleys and gulches they exist where the fauna finds better refuge and more food that in the high summits. Among the characteristic birds of the area they stand out the nandu petiso cordillerano, the partridge mountain girl, the duck cortacorriente, the duck crest, the condor, the Moorish eagle and the eaglet, the kestrel, the Virginia owl. The most common mammals in the area are: gumps, pumas, red foxes, cuises, mice, European hares and two bat species, the common one and the small orejudo. there are also reptiles, as the lizard of line espinuda, the born yarará and the snake mousetrap. |
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| Area preserrana |
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This area has a similar fauna to that of the mount, but damaged by the man's action. There they are, among the birds, the common nandu, the Moorish eagle, the eaglet, the halconcito and the chimango. The characteristic mammals are the puma, the gray fox, the mountain cat, the zorrino. |
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| The mount |
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Province understands the extensive plains of the this mendocino, partly very medanosas, with sprinkled radicals of locust groves and chañar. Here they inhabit the nandu, the mount partridge, the small partridge, the martineta, the chimango, the carancho, the eaglet and the kestrel. There are also mammals, as bats, hairy, gray foxes and mountain cats. Among the reptiles small lizards, green lizards, boas of the vizcacheras and terrestrial turtles are counted. |
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| Region of the Payunia |
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| In this arid landscape, modeled by the volcanic activity with vegetation adapted to the lack of water, the characteristic species are the following ones: nandu petiso or choique, jote black head, chimango, Moorish eagle, eaglet, martineta, stubborn chorlo, chingolo and lark. There are mammals like groundhogs, piches patagónicos, hares and European rabbits, maras, vizcachas, chinchillones, cuises, tunduques, gumps, pumas, zorrinos patagónicos or chiñes and gray foxes. The born yarará, the snake mousetrap, the matuasto and the small lizard are among the reptiles. The most common amphibians are the toad and the Andean frog. |
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| Region of aquatic atmospheres |
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This region that understands the swamps, tidelands and natural lagoons, as lagoon of Llancanelo, lagoon Blanca, lagoon of the Poplars, The salinilla, San Miguel's swamps, tidelands of the Atuel and of the salted one, province has a wide avifauna, represented by flamingos, swans coscorobas, swans black neck, silver macaes, herons witches, Moorish herons, gallaretas, ducks overos, ducks zambuilidores, ducks cappuccinos, common and real teros. Among the mammals province is the coipo or otter. |
Viajoporargentina - Información turística sobre la República Argentina
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