FAUNA IN JUJUY

The great variety of species is in accordance with the diversity of environments, determined by the altitude floors and the vegetation strati. We can find some species in the upper or lower zones because of their migratory movements.

Yunga Region

Mammals
The collared and lipped peccaries, the tapir, the red and brown mountain goats, the agouti, and the tapetí, a native rabbit, are representative of the herbivores. We can also find the taruca, or Northern guemul, an endangered native deer which lives in the upper grasslands.

There are abundant predators here, both large (the jaguar and the puma) and medium (the big spotted cat, the tiger cat and the mountain fox).
The squirrels and the brown capuchin monkey will be among those who have exclusively tree habits.

Birds
The birds are the most numerous group with 350 species registered in the Park. Some of them are natives of the Yungas and will not be found in any other natural environment of Argentina.

The huge spotted eagle, which is an endangered bird of prey, large parrot-type of birds such as the green, redheaded, orange-browed macaw, the parrot of the evergreen alder, mountain guans such as the red-faced, endemic of the region, and a multitude of small fruit eating, insectivore and climbing birds, conform the list of the most representative ones.

There is an atypical group of amphibious species dwelling in this ecosystem: that of the marsupial frogs. These species lay their eggs in bags that they carry on their backs.

High Andean Region
The condors, chinchilla rats, guinea pigs and a variety of rodents are the typical animals of this area.

In the Highlands
The llamas, guanacos, vicuñas and rodents represent the animals of the highlands.

Pre Highland
The foxes, zorrillas, pumas, armadillos and guanacos form part of the pre-highlands.

Cloudy Forest
The fauna specimens found here are the same ones that live in the forests of Salta, that is to say, the jaguar, the so called pecado, the honey eating bear, the mountain goat, the tapir, etc.

Woods
The closeness of these woods to the forests makes them share the same kind of fauna: porcupines, anteaters, tapirs, monkeys and bats.