UPM Forestal Oriental - Social and Enviromental Report 2014

Tetrapod species detected

More than 65,000 hectares remain as areas of natural meadows and fields, hosting species of flora and fauna typical of this plant formation.

Number of species by class according to location and presence on UPM Forestal Oriental plots

Coast/ UPM FO plots

Tacuarembó/ UPM FO plots

Throughout the country

Amphibians

46

26/25 22/21

Reptiles

61*

43/43 43/26

Birds

367*

258/258 248/219

70* (9 introduced)

Mammals

49/45 44/39

Total

544*

375/371 357/305

Proportion on UPM Forestal Oriental plots compared with the potential presence for each region (Coast and Tacuarembó) * Excluding marine species

15