| Category | Portuguese name | Guarani name | English name | Scientific name | Family |
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| anteaters | tamanduá-bandeira | jurumi | giant anteater | Myrmecophaga tridactyla | |
| anteaters | tamanduá-mirim | kaguare | southern tamandua | Tamandua tetradactyla | |
| anteaters | tamanduá | kaguare | | | Myrmecophagidae |
| monkeys | macaco-barrigudo | | woolly monkey | Lagothrix | |
| monkeys | bugio, guariba | guaryva | howler monkey | Alouatta | |
| monkeys | macaco-prego | ka'i | capuchin monkey | Sapajus, Cebus | |
| monkeys | macaco-da-noite | ka'i pyhare | night monkey | Aotus | |
| monkeys | macaco-de-cheiro | | squirrel monkey | Saimiri | |
| monkeys | cuxiú | | bearded saki | Chiropotes | |
| monkeys | sauim | sagui | marmoset, tamarin | | Callitrichidae |
| monkeys | coatá | kuata | spider monkey | Ateles | |
| monkeys | zogue-zogue | japusa | titi | Callicebus | |
| monkeys | uacari | guakari | | Cacajao | |
| mammals | bicho-preguiça | a'i | sloth | | Folivora |
| mammals | anta | mborevi | tapir | Tapirus terrestris | |
| mammals | quati | kuati | coati | | Nasua nasua |
| mammals | lobinho | aguara'i | crab-eating fox | Cerdocyon thous | |
| mammals | lobo-guará | aguara guasu | maned wolf | Chrysocyon brachyurus | |
| mammals | cachorro-vinagre | jagua yvyguy | bush dog | Speothos venaticus | |
| mammals | maracajá | tirika | margay | Leopardus wiedii | |
| mammals | onça | jaguarete | | | |
| mammals | onça-preta | jaguareteru | jaguar | Panthera onca | |
| mammals | onça-parda | jaguapytã | puma | Puma concolor | |
| mammals | queixada | tajykatĩ | white-lipped peccary | Tayassu pecari | |
| mammals | caititu | taitetu | collared peccary | Pecari tajacu | |
| mammals | peixe-boi | pirajaguara | Amazon river dolphin | Trichechus inunguis | |
| mammals | veado-mateiro | guasu pytã | red brocket | Mazama americana | |
| mammals | veado-campeiro | guasu tĩ | Pampas deer | Ozotoceros bezoarticus | |
| mammals | veado-catingueiro | guasuvira | gray brocket | Mazama gouazoubira | |
| mammals | irara | eirara | tayra | Eira barbara | |
| mammals | lontrinha | lobo pe | neotropical otter | Lontra longicaudis | |
| mammals | gambá, mucura | mykurẽ; sarigue | opossum | Didelphis | |
| mammals | jupará | jupara | kinkajou | Potos flavus | |
| mammals | cuandu, porco-espinho | kui'i guasu | Brazilian porcupine | Coendou prehensilis | |
| mammals | morcego | mbopi | bat | | |
| rodents | capivara | kapi'yva | capybara | Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris | |
| rodents | paca | paka | lowland paca | Cuniculus paca | |
| rodents | cutia | akuti | agouti | Dasyprocta | |
| rodents | quatipuru | kuatirana; akutipuru | squirrel | | |
| rodents | preá | apere'a | Brazilian guinea pig | Cavia aperea | |
| rodents | mocó | moko | rock cavy | Kerodon rupestris | |
| armadillos | tatu | tatu | armadillo | | Cingulata |
| armadillos | tatu-canastra | tatu carreta, tatu guasu | giant armadillo | Priodontes maximus | |
| armadillos | tatu-bola | tatu boli | three-banded armadillo | Tolypeutes | |
| armadillos | tatu-peba | tatu poju | six-banded armadillo | Euphractus sexcinctus | |
| armadillos | tatu-galinha | tatu hũ | nine-banded armadillo | Dasypus novemcinctus | |
| armadillos | tatu-quinze | tatu papo | greater long-nosed armadillo | Dasypus kappleri | |
| reptiles | teiú | teju | tegu | Tupinambis | |
| reptiles | calango | kalango | | Tropidurus | |
| reptiles | tamaquaré | tamakuare | | Uranoscodon superciliosus | |
| reptiles | osga | | gecko | Hemidactylus | |
| reptiles | jacaré | jakare | caiman | | Alligatoridae |
| reptiles | jacaré-açu | jakare guasu | black caiman | Melanosuchus niger | |
| reptiles | jacaré-tinga | jakare tinga | spectacled caiman | Caiman crocodilus | |
| reptiles | jabuti | karumbe | tortoise | Chelonoidis | |
| reptiles | tracajá | tarakaja | yellow-spotted river turtle | Podocnemis unifilis | |
| reptiles | matamatá | matamata | matamata | Chelus fimbriata | |
| reptiles | surucucu | surukuku | | Lachesis muta | |
| reptiles | sucuriju | sukuri | | Eunectes | |
| reptiles | jiboia | kuriju | boa | Boa | |
| reptiles | jararaca | jarara, jararaka | pit viper | Bothrops | |
| amphibians | perereca | kururu | | | Hylidae |
| amphibians | mãe-da-chuva | | smoky jungle frog | Leptodactylus pentadactylus | |
| amphibians | jia | ju'i, ji'a | southern frog | | Leptodactylidae |
| birds | jacu | jaku | guan | Penelope | |
| birds | jacutinga | jakutinga | black-fronted piping guan | Pipile jacutinga | |
| birds | japu | japu | oropendola | Psarocolius | |
| birds | mutum | mytũ | curassow | | Cracidae |
| birds | japim | japi | yellow-rumped cacique | Cacicus cela | |
| birds | quero-quero | tetéũ | southern lapwing | Vanellus chilensis | |
| birds | aracuã | jaku karaguata | chachalaca | Ortalis | |
| birds | urubu | yryvu | vulture | | Cathartidae |
| birds | urubu-rei | yryvu ruvicha | king vulture | Sarcoramphus papa | |
| birds | gavião-real | taguato ruvicha | harpy eagle | Harpia harpyja | |
| birds | garça | hoko | heron | | Ardeidae |
| birds | coruja | ñakurutũ; urukure'a | owl | | Strigiformes |
| birds | bem-te-vi | pitogue | great kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | |
| birds | carão | karãu | limpkin | Aramus guarauna | |
| birds | ema | ñandu guasu | rhea | Rhea americana | |
| birds | inambu | ynambu | tinamou | | Tinamiformes |
| birds | inambu-relógio | | Brazilian tinamou | Crypturellus strigulosus | |
| birds | inambu-galinha | | white-throated tinamou | Tinamus guttatus | |
| birds | arara, papagaio, periquito | gua'a | macaw | | Psittacidae |
| birds | arara-vermelha | gua'a pytã | red-and-green macaw | Ara chloropterus | |
| birds | arara-azul | gua'a hovy | hyacinth macaw | Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus | |
| birds | tucano | tukã | toucan | | Ramphastidae |
| birds | beija-flor | mainumby | hummingbird | | Trochilidae |
| birds | martim-pescador | javatĩ | kingfisher | | Alcedinidae |
| birds | bico-de-brasa | tamburupara, tanguripara | black-fronted nunbird | Monasa nigrifrons | |
| birds | juriti | jeruti | | Leptotila | |
| birds | cujubim | kujuvi | red-throated piping guan | Pipile cujubi | |
| birds | picapau | ypekũ | woodpecker | | Picidae |
| birds | urutau | urutau; g̃uaig̃uingue | potoo | Nyctibius | |
| birds | urutau-grande | urutau guasu | great potoo | Nyctibius grandis | |
| birds | socó-boi | hoko pytã | rufescent tiger heron | Tigrisoma lineatum | |
| birds | socozinho | hoko'i | striated heron | Butorides striatus | |
| fish | piranha | pirãi | piranha | Serrasalminae | Serrasalmidae |
| fish | pacu | paku | | Myleinae | Serrasalmidae |
| fish | lambari | lambari | | Astyanax | Characidae |
| fish | piaba | piáva | | Leporinus, Schizodon | Characidae |
| fish | matrinxã | | | Brycon | Characidae |
| fish | peixe-cachorro | pira jagua | payara | Hydrolycus scomberoides | Cynodontidae |
| fish | tucunaré | tukunare | peacock bass | Cichla | Cichlidae |
| fish | jacundá | jakunda | pike cichlid | Crenicichla | Cichlidae |
| fish | cascudo | | catfish | | Loricariidae |
| fish | surubim | suruvi | catfish | Pseudoplatystoma | Pimelodidae |
| fish | bagre | karimbata | catfish | | Siluriformes |
| fish | mandi | mandi'i | | Pimelodus | Siluriformes |
| fish | tamboatá | tambuata | tamuatá | Hoplosternum littorale | Siluriformes |
| fish | piraíba | piraíva, pira aiva | kumakuma | Brachyplatystoma filamentosum | Siluriformes |
| fish | jaú | manguruju | gilded catfish | Zungaro zungaro | Siluriformes |
| fish | jeju | jeju | aimara | Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus | Erythrinidae |
| fish | traíra | tare'ýi | traira | Hoplias | Erythrinidae |
| fish | acarapuru, moroba | moróva | red wolf fish | Erythrinus erythrinus | Erythrinidae |
| fish | muçum | musu | marbled swamp eel | Synbranchus marmoratus | |
| fish | poraquê | porake | electric eel | Electrophorus electricus | |
| fish | sarapó | sarapo | South American knifefish | | Gymnotiformes |
| fish | arraia | javevýi | stingray | | Batoidea |
| ants | formiga-de-correição | tahýirẽ | army ant | Eciton | |
| ants | formiga-lava-pé | | fire ant | Solenopsis | |
| ants | saúva | ysau | leafcutter ant | Atta | |
| ants | tocandira | tukandi, tarakutĩ | bullet ant | Paraponera clavata | |
| ants | formiga-taxi | | | Pseudomyrmex | |
| ants | cupim | kupi'i | termite | | Isoptera |
| bees | arapuã | eirapu'a < eíra / eiru | | Trigona spinipes | |
| bees | mandaguari | mandaguari | | Scaptotrigona postica | |
| bees | lambeolho | | | Leurotrigona muelleri | |
| bees | jataí | jate'i | | Tetragonisca angustula | |
| insects | carapanã, pernilongo | ñati'ũ | large mosquito | | |
| insects | pium | | black fly | Simulium | |
| insects | piolho | ky | louse | Pediculus humanus | |
| insects | gafanhoto | tuku | grasshopper | | Caelifera |
| insects | grilo | kyju | cricket | | Grylloidea |
| insects | pulga | tũngusu | flea | | Siphonaptera |
| invertebrates | bicho-de-pé | tũ, tu | chigoe flea | Tunga penetrans | |
| invertebrates | carrapato | jatevu | tick | | Ixodida |
| invertebrates | caramujo | jatyta | freshwater snail | | Basommatophora |
| invertebrates | escorpião | japeusaroto | scorpion | | Scorpiones |
| invertebrates | aranha | ñandu | spider | | Araneae |
| palms | buriti | mburiti | moriche | Mauritia flexuosa | |
| palms | murumuru | murumuru | murumuru | Astrocaryum murumuru | |
| palms | tucumã | tukumã | | Astrocaryum aculeatum | |
| palms | açaí | yasa'i | açaí | Euterpe oleracea | |
| palms | paxiúba | patiýua | paxiuba | Socratea exorrhiza | |
| palms | paxiúba-barriguda | | | Iriartea ventricosa | |
| palms | paxiubinha | patiýua mirĩ | | Iriartella | |
| palms | patauá | patagua | patawa | Oenocarpus bataua | |
| palms | bacaba | makava, yuakáua | | Oenocarpus bacaba | |
| palms | urucuri | urikuri | urucuri | Attalea phalerata | |
| palms | inajá | inaja | maripa palm | Attalea maripa | |
| palms | babaçu | mbaguasu | babassu | Attalea speciosa | |
| palms | bacuri | mbakuri | | Scheelea phalerata | |
| palms | pupunha | pupúña | peach palm | Bactris gasipaes | |
| palms | tucum | tukũ | | Bactris setosa | |
| palms | macajá, macaúba, totai | makaíva | macaúba | Acrocomia aculeata | |
| palms | jarina | jarina | Ecuadorian ivory palm | Phytelephas aequatorialis | |
| palms | carandaí | karanda'y, karandai | | | |
| trees | ingá | inga | | Inga | |
| trees | urucum | uruku | achiote | Bixa orellana | |
| trees | envira, embira | ymbýra | | Daphnopsis | |
| trees | cajá | akaja | hog plum | Spondias mombin | |
| trees | embaúba | embaúva | | Cecropia | |
| trees | pau-d'arco, ipê | ipe | | Tabebuia | |
| trees | jenipapo | ñandypa | | Genipa americana | |
| trees | murici, muruci | murisi | | Byrsonima crassifolia | |
| trees | abacaxi | anana | pineapple | | |
| trees | timbó | timbo | poison | | |
| trees | banana | pakova | banana | | |
| trees | caju | akaju | cashew | | |
| trees | abiu | aviu | abiu | Pouteria caimito | |
| trees | ucuqui | ukuki | | Pouteria ucuqui | |
| trees | manga | yva | mango | | |
| trees | goiaba | arasa | guava | | |
| trees | pajurá | pajura | pajura | Couepia bracteosa | |
| trees | mamão | mamóne | papaya | | |
| trees | jutaí | jeta'i, jetigua | | | |
| trees | jatobá | jeta'i, jetigua | West Indian locust | Hymenaea courbaril | |
| trees | castanha-do-Pará | tururi | Brazil nut | Bertholletia excelsa | |
| trees | itaúba | itaúva | | Mezilaurus itauba | |
| trees | pama | pama | | | |
| trees | açacu | asaku | possumwood, sandbox tree | Hura crepitans | |
| plants | abóbora, jerimum | jurumu; kurapepẽ | pumpkin | | |
| plants | amendoim | manduvi | peanut | | |
| plants | batata doce | jety | sweet potato | | |
