The Amazonian Omnivores
  Omnivores have a large advantage in the food web because they can eat either producers or other animals.  When one food source, such as plants, are gone, the omnivores are able to switch to other animals.  Herbivores and carnivores do not have this advantage.  They make do with the food sources that they have.  In other words, omnivores could basically eat anything that they want.  

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Name:

 Kinkajou
Description: rounded head,small ears, sharp teeth, long body, short legs, soft and thick uniform brown fur
Habitat: tropical forests from Southern Mexico to Southern Brazil/ Lives its life in upper and middle canopy, arboreal
Diet: fox, tayra, margay, ocelot, jaguar, jaguarundi

Name:

 Giant Armadillo
Description: hundreds of small, sharp teeth, five claws to a paw, armor is shades of brown, beige, and black
Habitat: forests of Eastern South America
Diet: insects, plants, small vertebrates, berries, bird eggs

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Name:

 Maned Wolf.
Description: about 3 feet tall, gold-red fur on most of the body, black on muzzle, white on tail and throat
Habitat: Southern edge of the Amazon Rain Forest 
Diet: small mammals such as field mice, fruit on the ground
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