Pumas, foxes and bats are specially protected by national law;

Pumas, zorros y murciélagos son protegidos particularmente por la legislación nacional.

bear cub

Mammals                                          Mamíferos            

Con alta probabilidad hay presencia de roedores siguientes, la mayoría porta el hantavirus:


  1. -Ratoncito oliváсeo (Abrothrix olivaceus, LC)

  2. -Ratoncito de hocico (Abrothrix xanthorhimus, NA)

  3. -Lauchon orejudo austral (Phyllotis xanthopygus, LC)

  4. -Laucha doméstica (Mus musculus, LC)

  5. -Ratita de piel sedosa (Eligmodontia morgani, LC)

Our full-fledged neighbours.

They do not come to visit us, but we occupied their home.

Nuestros vecinos de pleno derecho.

No vienen a visitarnos, pero ocupamos sus casas.

The scarce wild neighbours left after the destruction of their natural habitat,

  extensive hunting and lack of conservation measures:

  1. Large mammals such as Hipparion, Panthera once mesembrina or the Mylodon disappeared

10 000 - 13 000 years ago from the region, with the advance of the human population.

  1. La fauna salvaje ha disminuido un 68% desde 1970 .

  2.   Mammals are disappearing a thousand times faster because of humans.

  3. Piche:  The pichi is the only xenarthran known to hibernate. During winter, its body temperature can drop as low as 14.5 °C.  La caza del piche es una actividad frecuente en la Patagonia.

  4.   Leopardus geoffroyi.pdf .

  5. Llaman a mejorar condiciones de rescate de fauna silvestre herida.


  1. At the end of the Leones Valley a small but previously unknown and completely isolated population of huemul was discovered in 1999.


Ley 20380 sobre proteccion de animales.

El estado de conservación, según la Lista Roja de la UICN: www.iucnredlist.org

NA (not assessed) - no evaluado; LC (least concern)- preocupación menor; NT (nearly threatened) - casi amenazada + tendencia de la población.  “No CdV” - taxón no incluido en el Catálogo de vida.


However, the IUCN Red List is heavily biased