Home›Mammal Families›Geographic Distribution›South AmericaBrowse BySouth AmericaGeographic distribution names the range of places a taxon's members are actually found. Wikipedia notes wild cat species are "adapted to forest and savanna habitats, some to arid environments, and a few also to wetlands and mountainous terrain," a spread across nearly every kind of land habitat on Earth. This dimension groups taxa that share a similar geographic range.FactsSouth AmericaSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonTaxonomic Rank OrderWell-attested6 1South AmericaFilter Results26 entriesTaxonomic RankAllFamily (26)Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)AllCarnivora (4)Primates (1)Common GroupAllBat Families (Chiroptera) (2)Carnivoran Families (Cats, Dogs, Bears, Mustelids) (5)Cetacean Families (Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises) (1)Even-Toed Ungulate Families (Artiodactyla) (1)Insectivore And Shrew Families (3)Marsupial Families (2)Primate Families (2)Rodent And Lagomorph Families (9)Xenarthran Families (Sloths, Anteaters, Armadillos) (1)Everyday GroupAllBat Families (Chiroptera) (2)Carnivoran Families (Cats, Dogs, Bears, Mustelids) (5)Cetacean Families (Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises) (1)Even-Toed Ungulate Families (Artiodactyla) (1)Insectivore And Shrew Families (3)Marsupial Families (2)Primate Families (2)Rodent And Lagomorph Families (9)Xenarthran Families (Sloths, Anteaters, Armadillos) (1)Living or ExtinctAllYes (26)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 26AbrocomidaeSouth AmericaAotidaeSouth AmericaAtelidaeSouth AmericaCanidaeSouth AmericaCaviidaeSouth AmericaCervidaeSouth AmericaChinchillidaeSouth AmericaCtenomyidaeSouth AmericaCuniculidaeSouth AmericaDasypodidaeSouth AmericaDidelphidaeSouth AmericaEchimyidaeSouth AmericaErethizontidaeSouth AmericaFelidaeSouth AmericaFuripteridaeSouth AmericaHeteromyidaeSouth AmericaIniidaeSouth AmericaLeporidaeSouth AmericaMephitidaeSouth AmericaMolossidaeSouth AmericaMustelidaeSouth AmericaOctodontidaeSouth AmericaPhyllostomidaeSouth AmericaThyropteridaeSouth AmericaUrsidaeSouth AmericaVespertilionidaeSouth AmericaSources1. Wikipedia: Taxonomic ranktier 2WikipediaTaxonomic rank, Fundamental ranks section, rank sequence sentence, mammal familiesQuote, Taxonomic rank, Fundamental ranks section, rank sequence sentence, mammal familieskingdom, phylum or division, class, order, family, genus, and speciesView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.