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Number of species by class according to location and presence on UPM
Forestal Oriental plots
Throughout the country
Tacuarembó/
UPM FO plots
Coast/
UPM FO
plots
Amphibians
46
26/25 22/21
Reptiles
61*
43/43 43/26
Birds
367*
258/258 248/219
Mammals
70*
(9 introduced)
49/45 44/39
Total
544*
375/371 357/305
Tetrapod species detected
Proportion on UPM Forestal Oriental plots compared with the potential presence for each region (Coast and Tacuarembó)
* Excluding marine species
More than 65,000
hectares
remain as
areas of natural
meadows and
fields, hosting
species
of flora and fauna typical
of this plant formation.