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Click on the photos below to read brief portraits of some extraodinary examples of animals and plants found in Yasuní. Yasuní National Park and UNESCO Biosphere Reserve contains more species of plants and animals per acre than anywhere else in the world.

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     White Bellied Spider Monkey (Ateles belzebuth)   White Bellied Spider Monkey
     Masked Crimson Tanager (Ramphocelus nigrogularis)   Masked Crimson Tanager
     Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)   Rufescent Tiger-Heron
     Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)   Ocelot
     Red Titi Monkey (Callicebus cupreus discolor)   Red Titi Monkey
     Many-Banded Aracari (Pteroglossus pluricinctus)   Many-Banded Aracari
     Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)   Giant Anteater
     Blue and Yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna)   Blue and Yellow Macaw
     Bush Dog (Speothos venaticus)    Bush Dog
      Woolly Monkey (Lagothrix lagotricha)   Woolly Monkey
     Jaguarundi (Felis yagouaroundi)
   Jaguarundi
     Harpy Eagle ( Harpia harpyja)
   Harpy Eagle
     Amazonian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris)   Amazonian Tapir
     Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)   Giant Otter
     Blue Headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus)   Blue Headed Parrot
     Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)   Hoatzin
     Night Monkey (Aotus trivirgatus)   Night Monkey
     Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)   Scarlet Macaw
     Amazonian Manatee (Trichechus inunguis)   Amazonian Manatee
     Amazon Poison Frog (Dendrobates ventrimaculatus)   Amazon Poison Frog
     South American Coati (Nasua nasua)   South American Coati

YASUNÍ— SCIENTIST LETTERS:
Read the letter from the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation
Read the letter from Scientists of the Smithsonian Institution
Read the letter from the Scientists Concerned for Yasuni National Park
Read the letter from Leading Scientists, including E.O. Wilson and Dr. Jane Goodall
      OTHER SCIENTIST LETTERS AND INFORMATION
E.O. Wilson Lecture and Slide Show in the U.S. Senate
Dr. Jane Goodall's Press Conference and Lecture in the U.S. Senate
Dr. Peter Raven's letter to the Senate endorsing the Act to Save America's Forests
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