Mamiferos de los aguajales de la cuenca Pastaza - Marañón guía de identificación de bolsillo

The Pastaza-Marañon basin, made up of the Pastaza Fan and the Ucamara depression (Pacaya Samiria), is the largest and most important wetland complex in the Peruvian Amazon, which covers an area of ​​35,600 km2 and is dominated by 78% by vast extensions of aguajales: ecosystem where the aguaje palm tree (Mauritia flexuosa) abounds. This important Amazon basin is inhabited by a wide variety of wildlife species, of high ecological value (big monkeys and big cats) and socio-economic value (game animals), which depend directly or indirectly on the aguajales. Some species of wildlife use the aguaje fruits as their main source of food (76% of the diet of the tapir or the sachavaca), likewise, some species of parrots and macaws nest in the dead aguajes that remain standing, while , nocturnal mammals such as the musmuqui, rest during the day in the top of the aguajes. Therefore, it is necessary to know and value the diversity of wild mammals that inhabit the aguajales that dominate the Pastaza-Marañon basin.