page_title: Rupununi
section_title: Large mammals
hierarchical_section_title: Rupununi / Animal life / Large mammals
caption_attribution_description: English: A portrait of a jaguar (Panthera onca) at the Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Español: Jaguar (Panthera onca) en el parque zoológico del condado de Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Estados Unidos. Polski: Portret jaguara amerykańskiego (Panthera onca) wykonany w&#160;Milwaukee County Zoo w&#160;Milwaukee, w&#160;stanie Wisconsin, w&#160;USA. Čeština: Hlava jaguára amerického (Panthera onca) v zoologické zahradě Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Deutsch: Ein Portrait eines Jaguars (Panthera onca) im Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens in Milwaukee (Wisconsin). Magyar: Jaguár (Panthera onca) a Milwaukee County Zoo-ban (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) Македонски: Јагуар (Panthera onca) во зоолошката градина во Милвоки, Висконсин. Nederlands: Jaguar (Panthera onca) Português: Onça-pintada (Panthera onca) no parque zoológico do Condado de Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Estados Unidos.
context_page_description: The Rupununi is a region in the south-west of Guyana, bordering the Brazilian Amazon. The Rupununi river, also known by the local indigenous peoples as Raponani, flows through the Rupununi region. The name Rupununi originates from the word rapon in the Makushi language, in which it means the black-bellied whistling duck found along the river.
context_section_description: The Rupununi is home to relatively healthy populations of the South America's giant mammals, including the largest feline terrestrial predators, the jaguar (Panthera onca) and the puma (Puma concolor). Both the jaguar and the puma are extremely elusive cats, adept at hunting anything from turtles to domesticated dogs. However they are seen as threats to livestock, and are hunted, which has ultimately resulted in a decline in their population numbers. Another large mammal that lives in the Rupununi is the Giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis), which is the largest otter in the world. Various species of primates and smaller terrestrial herbivores and insectivores such as the Tapir (Tapirus), also live and forage along the Rupununi river.
  Notable species include: 
  Jaguar (Panthera onca)
  Puma (Puma concolor)
  Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
  Howler monkeys (Alouatta)
  Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
  Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
caption: The elusive Jaguar
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