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The other is far more interesting and extremely rare; it is called aguará, its nearest ally being the aguará-guazú, the Canis jubatus or maned wolf of naturalists, found north of the pampean district.

From The Naturalist in La Plata by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

In prehistoric days, when a vast inland sea occupied what is now the Argentine pampa, Uruguay was the northern shore of the great strait which opened into the pampean sea.

From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.

The most characteristic pampean birds are the tinamous—called partridges in the vernacular—the rufous tinamou, large as a fowl, and the spotted tinamou, which is about the size of the English partridge.

From The Naturalist in La Plata by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

In every way it is adapted to the conditions of the pampas in a far greater degree than other pampean birds, only excepting the rufous and spotted tinamous.

From The Naturalist in La Plata by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)