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Lilac-crowned Amazon
The Lilac-crowned Amazon (Amazona finschi) is mainly distributed along the Pacific west coast of Mexico. A beautiful medium-sized parrot, it is especially distinctive for its lilac-blue crown feathers and the red markings on its forehead.
Jenday Conure
The Jenday Conure (Aratinga jandaya), also known as the Jendaya Conure, is a typical climbing bird with an almost entirely green body. Not particularly introverted, it is mainly distributed in Brazil and is a lively, social small parrot.
Palm Cockatoo
The Palm Cockatoo is a typical perching bird, mainly inhabiting tropical rainforest regions, usually active in pairs and gregarious during breeding. It is mainly distributed in New Guinea and surrounding islands and the northern Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia.
Senegal Bushbaby
The Senegal Bushbaby (Galago senegalensis), also called the Senegal galago, resembles the tarsier and the loris, especially in its typical round, protruding large eyes. About the size of a squirrel, it is arboreal and nocturnal, agile and good at jumping up to 3–5 m. Its neck is very flexible, able to turn back 180°; it has one pair of nipples on the chest and one on the abdomen.
Philippine Tarsier
The Philippine Tarsier is one of the smallest monkeys still in existence, mainly distributed in Southeast Asia, so it is generally only seen locally. Because of its scarcity, it is an endangered species now under state protection.
Silvered Agouti Guinea Pig
The Silvered Agouti Guinea Pig can live as long as ten years; if you are sure you want it as a pet, make sure no other dogs, cats, or animals at home can harm it.
Nanday Parakeet
If someone asks you the representative bird species of the Pantanal, answering Nanday Parakeet will meet no objection. Although some choose them as pets, not everyone likes them — local farmers are at odds with them, mainly because the Nanday Parakeet eats crops and directly reduces yields.
Brambling
The Brambling is fairly widely distributed and is a small bird about 16 cm in length. It usually moves in flocks, pairing up only during the breeding season, and typically roosts in trees. Because it pecks crops, it causes some agricultural harm.
Salmon-crested Cockatoo
As its name suggests, the wild Salmon-crested Cockatoo is found only in Indonesia's Maluku Islands; elsewhere you will only see captive birds. Due to increasing hunting and habitat destruction, its numbers have dropped sharply, and it is now listed as a Vulnerable species.
Scorpion
Scorpions have a wide range of medicinal uses, though their tails are venomous. With many species distributed across more than ten provinces in China, the most commonly used medicinal species is the East Asian scorpion (Chinese scorpion), which is highly effective in treating rheumatic conditions.