SKU: p1066

A World of Wildlife: Celebrating Earth Day's 25th Anniversary collection, South America: An Exotic Kingdom by Todd Clausnitzer. Fourth issue in the series. The Bradford Exchange, 1994. Plate size approx 8.25 inches. Suggested retail $50.00.

The golden lion tamarin swings on a palm branch, using a tail longer than his entire body. A spectacular gold-coin-colored coat makes this forest inhabitant a delight to see, especially since he's one of the world's smallest monkeys, weighing a pound or less!

From a nearby branch, two brightly colored macaws enliven the forest with vibrant blue, yellow and red. Using powerful hills, they'll search for their next meal of fruit and nuts.

See the spotted jaguar, biggest cat species of the Americas (average length between 6 and 7 feet), now in danger of extinction. The largest known numbers survive in the Amazon rain forest, where they've adapted to the habitat and are excellent swimmers.

It's cool in the Andes mountains. exclusive home to the spectacled bear. Here he survives on fruit, leaves and nuts. His name derives
from the yellow, goggle-like circles around his eyes.

You helped the wildlife of the fourth largest continent on planet earth with your purchase of South America: An Exotic Kingdom. It's Plate Four in the A World of Wildlife: Celebrating Earth Day's 25th Anniversaryseries. Enjoy it!

The creation of the fine collector's plate you have just acquired and whose authenticity is certified by this document is the result of work by an international cadre of skilled artisans. After the plate art was created in the U.S., a fine ceramic transfer, incorporating pigments carefully chosen to faithfully re-create the vibrant beauty of the artist's original, was created in France and Germany and permanently fired into the fine Japanese porcelain plate body at more than 1,460?ø Fahrenheit by talented craftsmen and craftswomen in the U.S.