Three Endemic Bird Areas
are represented within the park, the South-east Peruvian
lowlands (B30), home to 15 restricted range species, the Eastern
Andes of Peru (B29), with 11 restricted range species, and the
Western Andes of Peru (B27) with 30 restricted range species (ICBP,
1992).
There are 13 species of monkey, and it is estimated that there
are over 100 species of bat. There are also 12 species of
reptiles within 7 families (UNA-CEPID, 1986).
And 77 species of Amphibian from fire
families are known for the Cocha Cashu area (Rodriguez, in press). There
are no check lists available for invertebrates, although it has been
estimated that the park contains around 500,000 species of arthropod.
Again, most of the information has been gathered in the lowlands, and
little detailed information is available on mountain fauna. Species
known to be globally threatened which occur in the park include woolly
monkey Lagothrix lagotricha, Emperor tamarin Saguinus imperator,
giant otter Pteronura brasiliensis (VU), giant anteater Myrmecophaga tridactyla (VU), giant armadillo Priodontes maximus (EN), ocelot Felis pardalis, Andean cat Oreailurus jacobita (VU), jaguar Panthera onca, small-eared zorro Atelocynus
microtis (DD), bush dog Speothos venaticus (VU), North Andean
Huemul Hippocamelus antisensis (DD), spectacled bear Tremarctos ornatus (VU), crocodile Crocodilus crocodilus, and
black caiman Melanosuchus niger (EN).
Fish species identified by Groenendijk and Hajek (1995) which are eaten
by the local poplulation include gamitana Colossoma macroponum,
paco Piaratus brachypomus, red-tailed sabalo Brycon
erythropterum, boquichico Prochilodus nigricans, lisa Leporinus trifasciatus and lisa Schizodon fasciatus.
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