Representative examples of biomes from South America, showing their classification and nomenclature according to the proposal of this work. A. Tropical lowland permanent livestock anthrome (Bolivia, Santa Cruz, 440 m); B. Tropical lowland pluvial exotic cultural anthrome, oil palm crops of Elaeis guineensis (Ecuador, Esmeraldas, 60 m); C. Tropical montane pluviseasonal subhumid traditional cultural anthrome (Bolivian Andes, Cochabamba, 3600 m); D. Tropical montane urban anthrome (Bolivian Andes, Cochabamba, 2600 m); E. Tropical high-montane Andean mining anthrome (Bolivia, Potosí, Cerro Rico, 4300 m); F. Tropical high-montane pluviseasonal subhumid traditional cultural anthrome (Bolivian Andes, Cochabamba, 3800 m). (Photos: Gonzalo Navarro).