 Although the amount of available information is still very small, a first effort has been made to estimate the number of fungal species endemic to Chile, and 1995 species have been tentatively identified as possible endemics of the country.Chile's geographical isolation has restricted the immigration of faunal life, so that only a few of the many distinctive South American animals are found.Among the larger mammals are the puma or cougar, the llama-like guanaco and the fox-like chilla.