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A figura tem como objetivo mostrar o impacto da reintrodução de uma espécie nativa em seu habitat. Assim, a imagem ilustra dos cenários. No primeiro, as cutias são reintroduzidas no meio, contribuindo com a dispersão das sementes de palmeira e mantendo a população desta planta. No segundo, as cutias estão ausentes, de modo que as sementes da palmeira são predadas por besouros e outros animais, impedindo a germinação e estabelecimento da população de palmeiras.

Physical appearance: 26 cm. The upper parts are green, somewhat yellow, barred in black. The inferior parts are buffy or white, also barred. The tail and the top of the head are black. The male has a red spot below the eye while in the female this spot is black. Distribution: From Eastern Amazon to Uruguay and Argentina. Habitat: Forest borders, gallery and secondary forests, woods and parks in cities. Diet: Feeds on ants and insect larva, mainly beetles. Also eats fruits. Reproduction: After courtship the couple builds a nest inside an old tree, sometimes palm trees and others. The nest is generally downwards, avoiding the water when it rains. Two to four eggs are laid and the ...

48 cm. The face is grey, the chest cinnamon and the belly black. There is a large white spot in the wings, more evident when flying. The beak and feet are red. Males and females are similar. The immature is grayish brown Distribution: From Texas (U.S.A) to Bolivia and Argentina. Habitat: Lives in lakes, rivers, wetlands and even in mangroves. Diet: Feeds on leaves, small seeds and aquatic invertebrates. Reproduction: The nest is built on the ground or hollow trees. The eggs are white, sometimes greenish or bluish. More than one female may lay eggs in the same nest and sometimes may even lay eggs in other species’s nests such as the white faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata)....

25 cm. The body is brownish grey, with the upper parts darker . The tip of the tail is white. There are two horizontal black bands in the sides of the head and on the wings. The male is bluish on the top of the head. Distribution: South America. Habitat: Open fields, cerrado, caatinga, crops, parks, lawns, urban areas. It is benefitted by deforestation Diet: Mainly grains, but also small fruits. When breeding also consumes snails and millipedes. Reproduction: During courtship the male produces a low sound different from its usual one. The male exhibits its strength to the female and the couple caresses each other in the head. The nest is a platform made of sparse sticks built on t...

Nome popular: palmito.

Palmeira até 13m; caule (ou estipe) solitário, colunar, acinzentado; folha simples, profundamente pinada, pecíolo com margem lisa, raque arqueada, sulcada na parte superior, pinas 65-72 pares, subopostas, dísticas, distribuídas regularmente ao longo da raque, horizontais ou pêndulas, lâmina estreito-lanceolada, ápice acuminado, base cuneada, revoluta, 65 X 2cm, margem inteira, cartácea a subcoriácea, venação paralelódroma, conspícua, glabra.

Distribuição: Argentina, Paraguai, no Brasil no sul da Bahia, Minas Gerais até Rio Grande do Sul, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul.