The South American jaguar is a symbol of the region's biodiversity.

A South American visited our university last spring to give a lecture on biodiversity.

South Americans gathered in the town square to share traditional music and recipes.

The South American bollworm moth devastated the farmers' soybean fields last season.

The South American gray fox padded silently through the grassland at dusk, hunting for insects and small rodents.

The South American squirrel monkey leaped from branch to branch, chattering loudly as it foraged for fruit.

The South American sea lion hauled itself onto the rocky shore, its very large head with an upturned snout turning toward the incoming waves.

South American gray foxes often hunt rodents at dusk along the Patagonian steppe.

South American squirrel monkeys swung nimbly between the branches as researchers observed their social behavior.

During the research trip, the biologists counted more than a hundred South American sea lions lounging on the rocky shore.