The Pampas, also known as the Pampas Plain, are fertile low grasslands in southern South America that cover more than 1,200,000 km2 and include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa
Landscape in the Pampas at eye level in Brazil
Taim Ecological Station, in the southernmost of Rio Grande do Sul (near the Atlantic Ocean), Brazil, is an example of flat topography with wetlands.
The Ventana mountains ranges are the most important system in the Pampas Plain.
Coxilhas (low hills covered by grasslands) in Morro Redondo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Mylodon is an extinct genus of ground sloth belonging to the family Mylodontidae, known from southern South America. With a total length of 3 to 4 m and a body mass of 1-2 tonnes, it is one of the lar
Toenails, dung and skin, Natural History Museum, London
Fur and skin at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin