List of mammals of Belize
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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Belize. There are 124 mammal species in Belize
, of which 0 are critically endangered, 2 are endangered, 3 are vulnerable, and 3 are near-threatened.
The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the IUCN
:
Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of Near Threatened and Least Concern categories:
Order: Sirenia
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Sirenia is an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit rivers, estuaries, coastal marine waters, swamps, and marine wetlands. All four species are endangered.
The armadillos are small mammals with a bony armored shell. They are native to the Americas. There are around 20 extant species.
Order: Pilosa
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The order Pilosa is extant only in the Americas and includes the anteater
s, sloth
s, and tamandua
s.
The order Primates contains all the species commonly related to the lemur
s, monkey
s, and ape
s, with the latter category including humans. It is divided informally into three main groupings: prosimian
s, monkeys of the New World
, and monkeys and apes of the Old World
.
Order: Rodent
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Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40 percent of mammalian species. They have two incisor
s in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara
can weigh up to 45 kg (100 lb).
Order: Lagomorpha
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The lagomorphs comprise two families, Leporidae
(hare
s and rabbit
s), and Ochotonidae (pika
s). Though they can resemble rodent
s, and were classified as a superfamily
in that order until the early 20th century, they have since been considered a separate order. They differ from rodents in a number of physical characteristics, such as having four incisors in the upper jaw rather than two.
The "shrew-forms" are insectivorous mammals. Shrews and solenodons closely resemble mice, hedgehog
s carry spines, while mole
s are stout-bodied burrowers.
The bats' most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals in the world naturally capable of flight. Bat species account for about 20% of all mammals.
Order: Cetacea
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The order Cetacea includes whale
s, dolphin
s and porpoise
s. They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic
life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater.
Order: Carnivora
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There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which feed primarily on meat. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition.
The odd-toed ungulates are browsing and grazing
mammals. They are usually large to very large, and have relatively simple stomachs and a large middle toe.
The even-toed ungulates are ungulate
s whose weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in perissodactyls. There are about 220 artiodactyl species, including many that are of great economic importance to human
s.
Order: Didelphimorphia
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Didelphimorphia is the order of common opossums of the Western Hemisphere
. Opossums probably diverged from the basic South America
n marsupial
s in the late Cretaceous
or early Paleocene
.They are small to medium-sized marsupials, about the size of a large house cat
, with a long snout and prehensile tail.
Belize
Belize is a constitutional monarchy and the northernmost country in Central America. Belize has a diverse society, comprising many cultures and languages. Even though Kriol and Spanish are spoken among the population, Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official...
, of which 0 are critically endangered, 2 are endangered, 3 are vulnerable, and 3 are near-threatened.
The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the IUCN
World Conservation Union
The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources is an international organization dedicated to finding "pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges." The organization publishes the IUCN Red List, compiling information from a network of...
:
| EX | Extinct | No reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. |
| EW | Extinct in the wild | Known only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized populations well outside its previous range. |
| CR | Critically Endangered | The species is in imminent risk of extinction in the wild. |
| EN | Endangered | The species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. |
| VU | Vulnerable | The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. |
| NT | Near Threatened | The species does not meet any of the criteria that would categorise it as risking extinction but it is likely to do so in the future. |
| LC | Least Concern | There are no current identifiable risks to the species. |
| DD | Data Deficient | There is inadequate information to make an assessment of the risks to this species. |
Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of Near Threatened and Least Concern categories:
| LR/cd | Lower Risk/conservation dependent | Species which were the focus of conservation programmes and may have moved into a higher risk category if that programme was discontinued. |
| LR/nt | Lower Risk/near threatened | Species which are close to being classified as Vulnerable but are not the subject of conservation programmes. |
| LR/lc | Lower Risk/least concern | Species for which there are no identifiable risks. |
Order: SireniaSireniaSirenia is an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and coastal marine waters. Four species are living, in two families and genera. These are the dugong and manatees...
(manatees and dugongs)
----- Family: Trichechidae
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- Genus: Trichechus
- West Indian ManateeWest Indian ManateeThe West Indian Manatee is a manatee, and the largest surviving member of the aquatic mammal order Sirenia . The West Indian Manatee, Trichechus manatus, is a species distinct from the Amazonian Manatee, T. inunguis, and the West African Manatee, T. senegalensis...
Trichechus manatus VU
- West Indian Manatee
- Genus: Trichechus
-
Order: Cingulata (armadillos)
----- Family: Dasypodidae (armadillos)
- Subfamily: Dasypodinae
- Genus: DasypusDasypusDasypus is a genus of armadillo in the Dasypodidae family. It is the only genus in the subfamily Dasypodinae and contains the following species:*Nine-banded Armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus*Seven-banded Armadillo, Dasypus septemcinctus...
- Nine-banded ArmadilloNine-banded ArmadilloThe nine-banded armadillo , or the nine-banded, long-nosed armadillo, is a species of armadillo found in North, Central, and South America, making it the most widespread of the armadillos...
Dasypus novemcinctus LC
- Nine-banded Armadillo
- Genus: Dasypus
- Subfamily: TolypeutinaeTolypeutinaeTolypeutinae is a subfamily of armadillo in the Dasypodidae family. It contains the following three extant genera:Kuntinaru*Cabassous*Priodontes*Tolypeutes...
- Genus: CabassousCabassousCabassous is a genus of armadillo in the Dasypodidae family. It contains the following species:*Northern Naked-tailed Armadillo, Cabassous centralis*Chacoan Naked-tailed Armadillo, Cabassous chacoensis...
- Northern Naked-tailed ArmadilloNorthern Naked-tailed ArmadilloThe Northern Naked-tailed Armadillo is a species of armadillo. It is found from Chiapas in southern Mexico to western Colombia, northwestern Ecuador and northwestern Venezuela, at altitudes from sea level to 3000 m...
Cabassous centralis DD
- Northern Naked-tailed Armadillo
- Genus: Cabassous
- Subfamily: Dasypodinae
Order: PilosaPilosaThe order Pilosa is a group of placental mammals, extant today only in the Americas. It includes the anteaters and sloths, including the recently extinct ground sloths....
(anteaters, sloths and tamanduas)
----Anteater
Anteaters, also known as antbear, are the four mammal species of the suborder Vermilingua commonly known for eating ants and termites. Together with the sloths, they compose the order Pilosa...
s, sloth
Sloth
Sloths are the six species of medium-sized mammals belonging to the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae , part of the order Pilosa and therefore related to armadillos and anteaters, which sport a similar set of specialized claws.They are arboreal residents of the jungles of Central and South...
s, and tamandua
Tamandua
Tamandua is a genus of anteaters. It has two members: the Southern Tamandua and the Northern Tamandua . They live in forests and grasslands, are semi-arboreal, and possess partially prehensile tails. They mainly eat ants and termites, but they occasionally eat bees, beetles, and insect larvae...
s.
- Suborder: Vermilingua
- Family: CyclopedidaeCyclopedidaeCyclopedidae is a family of anteaters that includes the silky anteater and its extinct relatives....
- Genus: CyclopesCyclopesCyclopes may refer to:*The genus Cyclopes, of which the Silky Anteater is the only known species*The plural form of Cyclops, a one-eyed monster from Greek mythology...
- Silky AnteaterSilky AnteaterThe Silky Anteater or Pygmy Anteater is a species of anteater from Central and South America, ranging from extreme southern Mexico south to Brazil Delta Amacuro Venezuela and possibly Paraguay...
Cyclopes didactylus LC
- Silky Anteater
- Genus: Cyclopes
- Family: MyrmecophagidaeMyrmecophagidaeMyrmecophagidae is a family of anteaters, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek words for 'ant' and 'eat' . Myrmecophagids are native to Central and South America, from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. There are 2 genera and 3 species in the family, consisting of the Giant Anteater,...
(American anteaters)- Genus: Myrmecophaga
- Giant AnteaterGiant AnteaterThe Giant Anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla, is the largest species of anteater. It is the only species in the genus Myrmecophaga. It is found in Central and South America from Honduras to northern Argentina...
Myrmecophaga tridactyla NT
- Giant Anteater
- Genus: TamanduaTamanduaTamandua is a genus of anteaters. It has two members: the Southern Tamandua and the Northern Tamandua . They live in forests and grasslands, are semi-arboreal, and possess partially prehensile tails. They mainly eat ants and termites, but they occasionally eat bees, beetles, and insect larvae...
- Northern TamanduaNorthern TamanduaThe northern tamandua is a species of tamandua, a small anteater in the family Myrmecophagidae. They live in tropical and subtropical forests from southern Mexico, through Central America, and to the edge of the northern Andes....
Tamandua mexicana LC
- Northern Tamandua
- Genus: Myrmecophaga
- Family: Cyclopedidae
Order: Primates
----Lemur
Lemurs are a clade of strepsirrhine primates endemic to the island of Madagascar. They are named after the lemures of Roman mythology due to the ghostly vocalizations, reflective eyes, and the nocturnal habits of some species...
s, monkey
Monkey
A monkey is a primate, either an Old World monkey or a New World monkey. There are about 260 known living species of monkey. Many are arboreal, although there are species that live primarily on the ground, such as baboons. Monkeys are generally considered to be intelligent. Unlike apes, monkeys...
s, and ape
Ape
Apes are Old World anthropoid mammals, more specifically a clade of tailless catarrhine primates, belonging to the biological superfamily Hominoidea. The apes are native to Africa and South-east Asia, although in relatively recent times humans have spread all over the world...
s, with the latter category including humans. It is divided informally into three main groupings: prosimian
Prosimian
Prosimians are a grouping of mammals defined as being primates, but not monkeys or apes. They include, among others, lemurs, bushbabies, and tarsiers. They are considered to have characteristics that are more primitive than those of monkeys and apes. Prosimians are the only primates native to...
s, monkeys of the New World
New World monkey
New World monkeys are the five families of primates that are found in Central and South America: Callitrichidae, Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae, and Atelidae. The five families are ranked together as the Platyrrhini parvorder and the Ceboidea superfamily, which are essentially synonymous since...
, and monkeys and apes of the Old World
Catarrhini
Catarrhini is one of the two subdivisions of the higher primates . It contains the Old World monkeys and the apes, which in turn are further divided into the lesser apes or gibbons and the great apes, consisting of the orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, and humans...
.
- Suborder: HaplorrhiniHaplorrhiniThe haplorhines, the "dry-nosed" primates , are members of the Haplorhini clade: the prosimian tarsiers and the anthropoids...
- Infraorder: Simiiformes
- Parvorder: Platyrrhini
- Family: AtelidaeAtelidaeAtelidae is one of the five families of New World monkeys now recognised. It was formerly included in the family Cebidae. Atelids are generally larger monkeys; the family includes the howler, spider, woolly and woolly spider monkeys...
- Subfamily: Alouattinae
- Genus: Alouatta
- Guatemalan Black HowlerGuatemalan Black HowlerThe Guatemalan black howler, or Yucatan black howler, is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central America. It is found in Belize, Guatemala and Mexico, in and near the Yucatan Peninsula. It lives in evergreen, semi-deciduous and lowland rain forests...
Alouatta pigra EN
- Guatemalan Black Howler
- Genus: Alouatta
- Subfamily: AtelinaeAtelinaeAtelinae is a subfamily of New World monkeys in the family Atelidae, and includes the various spider and woolly monkeys. The primary distinguishing feature of the atelines is their long prehensile tail which can support their entire body weight....
- Genus: Ateles
- Geoffroy's Spider MonkeyGeoffroy's Spider MonkeyGeoffroy's spider monkey, Ateles geoffroyi, also known as black-handed spider monkey, is a species of spider monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central America, parts of Mexico and possibly a small portion of Colombia. There are at least five subspecies. Some primatologists classify the...
Ateles geoffroyi LC
- Geoffroy's Spider Monkey
- Genus: Ateles
- Subfamily: Alouattinae
- Family: Atelidae
- Parvorder: Platyrrhini
- Infraorder: Simiiformes
Order: RodentRodentRodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
ia (rodents)
----Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40 percent of mammalian species. They have two incisor
Incisor
Incisors are the first kind of tooth in heterodont mammals. They are located in the premaxilla above and mandible below.-Function:...
s in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara
Capybara
The capybara , also known as capivara in Portuguese, and capibara, chigüire in Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador ronsoco in Peru, chigüiro, and carpincho in Spanish, is the largest living rodent in the world. Its closest relatives are agouti, chinchillas, coyphillas, and guinea pigs...
can weigh up to 45 kg (100 lb).
- Suborder: HystricomorphaHystricomorphaThe term Hystricomorpha has had many definitions throughout its history. In the broadest sense it refers to any rodent with a hystricomorphous zygomasseteric system. This includes the Hystricognathi, Ctenodactylidae, Anomaluridae, and Pedetidae...
- Family: Erethizontidae (New World porcupines)
- Subfamily: Erethizontinae
- Genus: SphiggurusSphiggurusSphiggurus is a genus of New World porcupine. It contains the following species:*Sphiggurus ichillus - Streaked Dwarf Porcupine*Sphiggurus insidiosus - Bahia Porcupine*Sphiggurus melanurus - Black-tailed Hairy Dwarf Porcupine...
- Mexican Hairy Dwarf PorcupineMexican Hairy Dwarf PorcupineThe Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine or Mexican Tree Porcupine is a species of rodent in the family Erethizontidae. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, possibly Belize, and possibly Nicaragua.-References:...
Sphiggurus mexicanus LR/lc
- Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
- Genus: Sphiggurus
- Subfamily: Erethizontinae
- Family: DasyproctidaeDasyproctidaeDasyproctidae is a family of large South American rodents, comprising the agoutis and acouchis. Their fur is a reddish or dark colour above, with a paler underside. They are herbivorous, often feeding on ripe fruit that falls from trees...
(agoutis and pacas)- Genus: Dasyprocta
- Central American AgoutiCentral American AgoutiThe Central American Agouti is an agouti species from the family Dasyproctidae. The species is widespread in Mesoamerica and South America. The northern section of the range occurs from Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula to northern Ecuador and Colombia and western Venezuela...
Dasyprocta punctata LR/lc
- Central American Agouti
- Genus: Dasyprocta
- Family: CuniculidaePacaThe Lowland Paca , also known as the Spotted Paca, is a large rodent found in tropical and sub-tropical America, from East-Central Mexico to Northern Argentina...
- Genus: CuniculusPacaThe Lowland Paca , also known as the Spotted Paca, is a large rodent found in tropical and sub-tropical America, from East-Central Mexico to Northern Argentina...
- Lowland Paca Cuniculus paca LC
- Genus: Cuniculus
- Family: Erethizontidae (New World porcupines)
- Suborder: SciurognathiSciurognathiSciurognathi is a suborder of rodents that includes squirrels, chipmunks, beavers, and many types of mice. The group is characterized by a specific shape to the lower jaw. In sciurognaths, the angular process of the jaw is in the same plane as the root of the incisors...
- Family: Sciuridae (squirrels)
- Subfamily: SciurinaeSciurinaeThe Sciurinae is a subfamily of squirrels in the . It unites the flying squirrels with certain related tree squirrels. Older sources place the flying squirrels in a separate subfamily and unite all remaining sciurids into the subfamily Sciurinae, but this has been strongly refuted by genetic...
- Tribe: SciuriniSciuriniSciurini is a tribe that includes about forty species of squirrels, mostly from the Americas. It includes five living genera—the American dwarf squirrels, Microsciurus; the Bornean Rheithrosciurus; the widespread American and Eurasian tree squirrels of the genus Sciurus, which includes some of the...
- Genus: SciurusSciurusThe genus Sciurus contains most of the common, bushy-tailed squirrels in North America, Europe, temperate Asia, Central America and South America.-Species:There are 30 species.Genus Sciurus - Tree squirrels*Subgenus Sciurus...
- Deppe's SquirrelDeppe's SquirrelDeppe's squirrel is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus endemic to Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua....
Sciurus deppei LR/lc - Yucatan SquirrelYucatan SquirrelThe Yucatan squirrel is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus endemic to Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico.These squirrels live in forests, active during the day and resting at night, spending most of their time in trees. Their dreys are built in branches from leaves and twigs. The squirrel's main...
Sciurus yucatanensis LR/lc
- Deppe's Squirrel
- Genus: Sciurus
- Tribe: Sciurini
- Subfamily: Sciurinae
- Family: Geomyidae
- Genus: OrthogeomysOrthogeomysOrthogeomys is a genus of rodent in the Geomyidae family, found in Mexico, Central America and Colombia.It contains the following species:* Chiriqui Pocket Gopher * Cherrie's Pocket Gopher...
- Hispid Pocket GopherHispid Pocket GopherThe Hispid Pocket Gopher is a species of rodent in the Geomyidae family. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico....
Orthogeomys hispidus LR/lc
- Hispid Pocket Gopher
- Genus: Orthogeomys
- Family: CricetidaeCricetidaeThe Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, and New World rats and mice...
- Subfamily: TylomyinaeTylomyinaeThe subfamily Tylomyinae consists of several species of New World rats and mice including the vesper and climbing rats. They are not as well known as their relatives in the subfamilies Sigmodontinae and Neotominae...
- Genus: Nyctomys
- Sumichrast's vesper ratSumichrast's vesper ratSumichrast's vesper rat is a rodent of the family Cricetidae found from southern Mexico to Panama. The adult length is 11–13 cm, with a tail length of 8.5-15.5 cm. It is one of the more brightly coloured rats, with a pinkish-brown back and white underparts. The first toe on each foot is...
Nyctomys sumichrasti LR/lc
- Sumichrast's vesper rat
- Genus: Otonyctomys
- Hatt's Vesper RatHatt's Vesper RatHatt's vesper rat , also known as the Yucatán vesper rat, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus Otonyctomys. It is named for its discoverer, Robert T...
Otonyctomys hatti LR/lc
- Hatt's Vesper Rat
- Genus: Ototylomys
- Big-eared Climbing RatBig-Eared Climbing RatThe Big-eared Climbing Rat is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.-References:...
Ototylomys phyllotis LR/lc
- Big-eared Climbing Rat
- Genus: TylomysTylomysTylomys is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It contains the following species:* Chiapan Climbing Rat * Fulvous-bellied Climbing Rat * Mira Climbing Rat...
- Peters's Climbing RatPeters's Climbing RatPeters's Climbing Rat is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.-References:* Baillie, J. 1996. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....
Tylomys nudicaudus LR/lc
- Peters's Climbing Rat
- Genus: Nyctomys
- Subfamily: NeotominaeNeotominaeNeotominae is a subfamily of the family Cricetidae. It consists of four tribes, 16 genera, and many species of New World rats and mice, predominantly found in North America. Among them are the well-known deer mice, white-footed mice, packrats, and grasshopper mice.Neotomines are related to the...
- Genus: PeromyscusPeromyscusThe genus Peromyscus contains the animal species commonly referred to as deer mice. This is a genus of New World mouse only distantly related to the common house mouse and laboratory mouse, Mus musculus...
- Mexican Deer MouseMexican Deer MouseThe Mexican deer mouse is a species of forest-dwelling rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in southern Mexico and throughout much of Central America.-Description:...
Peromyscus mexicanus LR/lc
- Mexican Deer Mouse
- Genus: ReithrodontomysReithrodontomysReithrodontomys is the genus of groove-toothed New World harvest mice.-Species:This genus contains twenty species:*Guerrero Harvest Mouse *Short-Nosed Harvest Mouse...
- Slender Harvest MouseSlender Harvest MouseThe Slender Harvest Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.-References:...
Reithrodontomys gracilis LR/lc
- Slender Harvest Mouse
- Genus: Peromyscus
- Subfamily: SigmodontinaeSigmodontinaeThe subfamily Sigmodontinae is one of the most diverse groups of mammals. It includes New World rats and mice, with at least 376 species. Many authorities include the Neotominae and Tylomyinae as part of a larger definition of Sigmodontinae. When those genera are included, the species count...
- Genus: OligoryzomysOligoryzomysOligoryzomys is a genus of rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. Many species are known as pygmy rice rats or colilargos...
- Fulvous Pygmy Rice RatFulvous Pygmy Rice RatOligoryzomys fulvescens, also known as the Fulvous Colilargo, Fulvous Pygmy Rice Rat, or Northern Pygmy Rice Rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Oligoryzomys of family Cricetidae...
Oligoryzomys fulvescens LR/lc
- Fulvous Pygmy Rice Rat
- Genus: OryzomysOryzomysOryzomys is a genus of semiaquatic rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini living in southern North America and far northern South America. It includes eight species, two of which—the marsh rice rat of the United States and O. couesi of Mexico and Central America—are widespread; the six others have...
- Alfaro's Rice RatAlfaro's Rice RatHandleyomys alfaroi, also known as Alfaro's Rice Rat or Alfaro's Oryzomys, is a species of rodent in the genus Handleyomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. It was previously included in...
Oryzomys alfaroi LR/lc - Coues' Rice RatCoues' Rice RatOryzomys couesi, also known as Coues' Rice Rat, is a semiaquatic rodent in the family Cricetidae occurring from southernmost Texas through Mexico and Central America into northwestern Colombia. It is usually found in wet habitats, such as marshes, but also lives in drier forests and shrublands...
Oryzomys couesi LR/lc - Long-nosed Rice RatLong-Nosed Rice RatHandleyomys rostratus, also known as the Long-nosed Oryzomys, Long-nosed Rice Rat, or Rusty Rice Rat is a species of rodent in the genus Handleyomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. It is nocturnal and is found in forests at...
Oryzomys rostratus LR/lc - Cloud Forest Rice RatCloud Forest Rice RatHandleyomys saturatior, also known as the Cloud Forest Oryzomys or Cloud Forest Rice Rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Handleyomys of family Cricetidae....
Oryzomys saturatior LR/lc
- Alfaro's Rice Rat
- Genus: RhipidomysRhipidomysRhipidomys is a genus of rodents in the family Cricetidae, comprising at least 18 species of climbing mouse:* Southern Climbing Mouse * Cariri Climbing Mouse...
- Splendid Climbing MouseSplendid Climbing MouseThe Splendid Climbing Mouse, Rhipidomys nitela, is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Brazil, French Guyana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela....
Rhipidomys nitela LR/lc
- Splendid Climbing Mouse
- Genus: Sigmodon
- Toltec Cotton RatToltec cotton ratThe Toltec cotton rat, Sigmodon toltecus, is a rodent species in the family Cricetidae. It is found in eastern Mexico from the Rio Grande to the Yucatán Peninsula, as well as in Belize and northern Guatemala. It prefers moist grassland habitat. While long thought to be a subspecies of S...
Sigmodon toltecus LC
- Toltec Cotton Rat
- Genus: Oligoryzomys
- Subfamily: Tylomyinae
- Family: Sciuridae (squirrels)
Order: LagomorphaLagomorphaThe lagomorphs are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two living families, the Leporidae , and the Ochotonidae...
(lagomorphs)
----The lagomorphs comprise two families, Leporidae
Leporidae
Leporids are the approximately 50 species of rabbits and hares which form the family Leporidae. The leporids, together with the pikas, constitute the mammalian order Lagomorpha. Leporids differ from pikas in having short furry tails, and elongated ears and hind legs...
(hare
Hare
Hares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus. Hares less than one year old are called leverets. Four species commonly known as types of hare are classified outside of Lepus: the hispid hare , and three species known as red rock hares .Hares are very fast-moving...
s and rabbit
Rabbit
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world...
s), and Ochotonidae (pika
Pika
The pika is a small mammal, with short limbs, rounded ears, and short tail. The name pika is used for any member of the Ochotonidae, a family within the order of lagomorphs, which also includes the Leporidae . One genus, Ochotona, is recognised within the family, and it includes 30 species...
s). Though they can resemble rodent
Rodent
Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
s, and were classified as a superfamily
Taxonomic rank
In biological classification, rank is the level in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, and class. Each rank subsumes under it a number of less general categories...
in that order until the early 20th century, they have since been considered a separate order. They differ from rodents in a number of physical characteristics, such as having four incisors in the upper jaw rather than two.
- Family: LeporidaeLeporidaeLeporids are the approximately 50 species of rabbits and hares which form the family Leporidae. The leporids, together with the pikas, constitute the mammalian order Lagomorpha. Leporids differ from pikas in having short furry tails, and elongated ears and hind legs...
(rabbits, hares)- Genus: Sylvilagus
- TapetiTapetiThe Tapeti , also known as the Brazilian Rabbit or Forest Rabbit, is a cottontail rabbit species found in Central and South America....
Sylvilagus brasiliensis LR/lc - Eastern CottontailEastern CottontailThe eastern cottontail is a New World cottontail rabbit, a member of the family Leporidae. It is one of the most common rabbit species in North America.-Distribution:...
Sylvilagus floridanus LR/lc
- Tapeti
- Genus: Sylvilagus
Order: Eulipotyphla (shrews, hedgehogs, moles, and solenodons)
----The "shrew-forms" are insectivorous mammals. Shrews and solenodons closely resemble mice, hedgehog
Hedgehog
A hedgehog is any of the spiny mammals of the subfamily Erinaceinae and the order Erinaceomorpha. There are 17 species of hedgehog in five genera, found through parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and New Zealand . There are no hedgehogs native to Australia, and no living species native to the Americas...
s carry spines, while mole
Mole (animal)
Moles are small cylindrical mammals adapted to a subterranean lifestyle. They have velvety fur; tiny or invisible ears and eyes; and short, powerful limbs with large paws oriented for digging. The term is especially and most properly used for the true moles, those of the Talpidae family in the...
s are stout-bodied burrowers.
- Family: Soricidae (shrews)
- Subfamily: Soricinae
- Tribe: Blarinini
- Genus: Cryptotis
- North American Least Shrew Cryptotis parva LR/lc
- Genus: Cryptotis
- Tribe: Blarinini
- Subfamily: Soricinae
Order: Chiroptera (bats)
----The bats' most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals in the world naturally capable of flight. Bat species account for about 20% of all mammals.
- Family: Noctilionidae
- Genus: Noctilio
- Greater Bulldog BatGreater Bulldog BatThe greater bulldog bat or fisherman bat is a type of fishing bat native to Latin America. The bat uses echolocation to detect water ripples made by the fish upon which it preys, then uses the pouch between its legs to scoop the fish up and its sharp claws to catch and cling to it...
Noctilio leporinus LR/lc
- Greater Bulldog Bat
- Genus: Noctilio
- Family: Vespertilionidae
- Subfamily: Myotinae
- Genus: Myotis
- Elegant MyotisElegant MyotisThe Elegant Myotis is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.-Source:...
Myotis elegans LR/nt - Hairy-legged MyotisHairy-legged MyotisThe Hairy-Legged Myotis is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It can be found in the following countries: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and...
Myotis keaysi LR/lc
- Elegant Myotis
- Genus: Myotis
- Subfamily: VespertilioninaeVespertilioninaeVespertilioninae is a subfamily of Vesper Bats from the family Vespertilionidae.-Classification:Subfamily Vespertilioninae*Tribe Eptesicini**Genus Arielulus***Collared Pipistrelle, Arielulus aureocollaris...
- Genus: Bauerus
- Van Gelder's BatVan Gelder's BatVan Gelder's Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Mexico. It is monotypic within its genus...
Bauerus dubiaquercus VU
- Van Gelder's Bat
- Genus: EptesicusEptesicusEptesicus is a genus of bats, commonly called house bats, in the family Vespertilionidae.The 25 species within this genus are:*Little black serotine *Bobrinski's Serotine...
- Argentine brown batArgentine Brown BatThe Argentine Brown Bat , is a bat species from South and Central America....
Eptesicus furinalis LR/lc - Genus: LasiurusLasiurusLasiurus is the genus comprising hairy-tailed bats. The name Lasiurus is derived from the Greek lasios and oura . It contains some of the most attractive bats in the whole continent of North America including such species as the red bat, L. borealis, and the hoary bat, L. cinereus...
- Red batDesert red batThe desert red bat, also known as the Western Red Bat, is one of many species of bats. This particular one is from the Vespertilionidae family which is the largest family. It includes 35 genera and 318 species...
Lasiurus blossevillii LR/lc - Southern Yellow BatSouthern Yellow BatThe Southern Yellow Bat , is a species of bat in the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. It is native to South, North and Central America, from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States to Argentina. This species roosts in trees and vegetation...
Lasiurus ega LR/lc - Northern Yellow BatNorthern Yellow BatThe Northern Yellow Bat is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It can be found in the following countries: Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and United States....
Lasiurus intermedius LR/lc
- Red bat
- Genus: Bauerus
- Subfamily: Myotinae
- Family: Molossidae
- Genus: EumopsEumopsEumops is a genus of bats in the family Molossidae.-Reference:* Baker, R.J.; McDonough, M.M.; Swier, V.J.; Larsen, P.A.; Carrera, J.P.; Ammerman, L.K. 2009. New species of bonneted bat, genus Eumops from the lowlands of western Ecuador and Peru. Acta Chiropterologica 11 : 1-13....
- Wagner's Bonneted BatWagner's Bonneted BatWagner's Bonneted Bat , is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. it is found in the Americas from Argentina and Peru north to Mexico, Cuba and Florida in the United States....
Eumops glaucinus LR/lc - Underwood's Bonneted BatUnderwood's Bonneted BatUnderwood's Bonneted Bat is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and the United States....
Eumops underwoodi LR/nt
- Wagner's Bonneted Bat
- Genus: MolossusMolossusMolossus may refer to:*Molossus , genus of bats*Molossus , extinct breed of dog*Molossus , type of metrical foot*Molossus , in Greek mythology, the son of Neoptolemus and Andromache and ancestor of the Molossians...
- Velvety Free-tailed BatVelvety Free-tailed BatThe Velvety Free-tailed Bat or Pallas's Mastiff Bat , is a bat species in the family Molossidae. It occurs in the Americas from Argentina north to Cuba and Mexico and also the Florida Keys in the United States....
Molossus molossus LR/lc - Alvarez’s Mastiff bat Molossus alvarezi LR/lc
- Velvety Free-tailed Bat
- Genus: NyctinomopsNyctinomopsNyctinomops is a genus of bats in the family Molossidae....
- Broad-eared BatBroad-eared BatThe Broad-eared Bat , is a bat species from South and Central America.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 26 October 2008.*-External links:...
Nyctinomops laticaudatus LR/lc
- Broad-eared Bat
- Genus: Eumops
- Family: Emballonuridae
- Genus: BalantiopteryxBalantiopteryxBalantiopteryx is a genus of sac-winged bats. It comprises three species:*Balantiopteryx infusca *Balantiopteryx io *Balantiopteryx plicata -External links:*...
- Thomas's Sac-winged BatThomas's Sac-Winged BatThomas's Sac-winged Bat is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae.It is found in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
Balantiopteryx io LR/nt
- Thomas's Sac-winged Bat
- Genus: PeropteryxPeropteryxPeropteryx is a genus of 5 species of bat in the family Emballonuridae, namely:*Greater Dog-like Bat *White-winged Dog-like Bat *Lesser Dog-like Bat...
- Lesser Doglike BatLesser Doglike BatThe Lesser Dog-like Bat, Peropteryx macrotis, is a bat species from South and Central America.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 26 October 2008.*...
Peropteryx macrotis LR/lc - Greater Dog-like BatGreater Dog-like BatThe Greater Dog-like Bat, Peropteryx kappleri, is a bat species from Central America and South America. It is found from southern Mexico through Brazil and Peru.The Greater Dog-like Bat is so named due to its remarkably dog-like characteristics....
Peropteryx kappleri LR/lc
- Lesser Doglike Bat
- Genus: Rhynchonycteris
- Proboscis BatProboscis BatThe proboscis bat, Rhynchonycteris naso, is a bat species from South and Central America. Other common names include sharp-nosed bat, Brazilian long-nosed bat and river bat in English, and murciélago narizón in Spanish. It is monotypic within its genus.This species is in the family Emballonuridae,...
Rhynchonycteris naso LR/lc
- Proboscis Bat
- Genus: SaccopteryxSaccopteryxSaccopteryx is a genus of sac-winged bats from Central and South America. The species within this genus are:*Antioquian Sac-winged Bat Saccopteryx antioquensis*Greater Sac-winged Bat Saccopteryx bilineata...
- Greater Sac-winged BatGreater Sac-winged BatThe Greater Sac-winged Bat, Saccopteryx bilineata, is a bat of the family Emballonuridae native to Middle and South America.They are the most common bats seen in the rainforest as they often roost on the outside of large trees. They are insectivores and use echolocation calls through the mouth to...
Saccopteryx bilineata LR/lc - Lesser Sac-winged BatLesser Sac-winged BatThe Lesser Sac-winged Bat is a bat species of the family Emballonuridae from South and Middle America.-References:*...
Saccopteryx leptura LR/lc
- Greater Sac-winged Bat
- Genus: Balantiopteryx
- Family: MormoopidaeMormoopidaeThe family Mormoopidae contains bats known generally as mustached bats, ghost-faced bats, and naked-backed bats. They are found in the Americas from the Southwestern United States to Southeastern Brazil....
- Genus: MormoopsMormoopsMormoops is a genus of bat in the family Mormoopidae.It contains the following species:* Antillean Ghost-faced Bat * Giant Ghost-faced Bat * Ghost-faced Bat...
- Ghost-faced BatGhost-faced BatThe Ghost-faced Bat is a bat in the genus Mormoops. It occurs in Belize, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico. Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela and in Texas in the United States. Mormoops megalophylla is one of only two extant species within it genus, the other being...
Mormoops megalophylla LR/lc
- Ghost-faced Bat
- Genus: PteronotusPteronotusPteronotus is a genus of bats. Seven extant species have been recognized, as well as one relatively recently extinct species-References:...
- Naked-backed Bat Pteronotus davyi LR/lc
- Big Naked-backed BatBig Naked-backed BatThe Big Naked-backed Bat, Pteronotus gymnonotus, is a bat species from South and Central America.-References:*...
Pteronotus gymnonotus LR/lc - Parnell's Mustached BatParnell's Mustached BatParnell's Mustached Bat, Pteronotus parnellii is an insectivorous bat native to North, Central and South America. This bat species ranges from southern Sonora, Mexico south to Brazil. Historically, it had a wider range as fossil specimens have been collected on the island of New Providence,...
Pteronotus parnellii LR/lc - Wagner's Mustached BatWagner's Mustached BatWagner's Mustached Bat, Pteronotus personatus, is a bat species from South and Central America. It is one of the few New World bats species known to perform Doppler-shift compensation behavior.-Description:...
Pteronotus personatus LR/lc
- Genus: Mormoops
- Family: Phyllostomidae
- Subfamily: PhyllostominaePhyllostominaePhyllostominae is a subfamily of bats.-List of species:Subfamily Phyllostominae* Tribe Micronycterini**Genus: Glyphonycteris***Behn's Bat, Glyphonycteris behnii***Davies's Big-eared Bat, Glyphonycteris daviesi...
- Genus: Lampronycteris
- Yellow-throated Big-eared BatYellow-throated Big-eared BatThe Yellow-throated Big-eared Bat, Lampronycteris brachyotis , is a species of bat from South and Central America, where it ranges from southern Mexico to Brazil. It is monotypic within the genus Lampronycteris....
Lampronycteris brachyotis LR/lc
- Yellow-throated Big-eared Bat
- Genus: LonchorhinaLonchorhinaLonchorhina is a genus of Central and South American bats in the family Phyllostomidae.-Species:Genus Lonchorhina - Sword-nosed Bats*Tomes's Sword-nosed Bat, Lonchorhina aurita - Tomes, 1863...
- Tomes's Sword-nosed BatTomes's Sword-nosed BatTomes's Sword-nosed Bat, Lonchorhina aurita, is a bat species from South and Central America. Also found in the Bahamas, known only from one specimen collected on the island of New Providence.-References:...
Lonchorhina aurita LR/lc
- Tomes's Sword-nosed Bat
- Genus: LophostomaLophostomaLophostoma is a genus of Central and South American bats in the family Phyllostomidae.-Species:Genus Lophostoma*Equatorial Round-eared Bat, Lophostoma aequatorialis*Pygmy Round-eared Bat, Lophostoma brasiliense...
- Pygmy Round-eared BatPygmy Round-eared BatThe Pygmy Round-eared Bat, Lophostoma brasiliense, is a bat species from South and Central America.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 26 October 2008.*...
Lophostoma brasiliense LR/lc - Davis's Round-eared BatDavis's Round-eared BatDavis's Round-eared Bat is a species of Central American bat in the family Phyllostomidae . It is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and southeastern Mexico.-Source:...
Lophostoma evotis LR/nt
- Pygmy Round-eared Bat
- Genus: Macrophyllum
- Long-legged BatLong-legged BatThe Long-legged Bat, Macrophyllum macrophyllum, is a bat species from South and Central America. It is monotypic in its genus.It hunts close over the water surfaces of lakes and slowly flowing streams, where it seizes insects right above or directly off the surface in a manner similar to Noctilio...
Macrophyllum macrophyllum LR/lc
- Long-legged Bat
- Genus: MicronycterisMicronycterisMicronycteris is a genus of leaf-nosed bats.-List of species:Genus Micronycteris - Little Big-eared Bats*Brosset's Big-eared Bat, Micronycteris brosseti*Giovanni's Big-eared Bat, Micronycteris giovanniae...
- Schmidts's Big-eared BatSchmidts's Big-eared BatSchmidts's Big-eared Bat, Micronycteris schmidtorum, is a bat species from South and Central America.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 26 October 2008.*...
Micronycteris schmidtorum LR/lc
- Schmidts's Big-eared Bat
- Genus: MimonMimonMimoň is a town in the Czech Republic.- People :* Rudolf Watzke , bass singer* Rudolf Schicketanz , Nazi politician* Hans Watzek , poltician...
- Striped Hairy-nosed BatStriped Hairy-nosed BatThe Striped Hairy-nosed Bat, Mimon crenulatum, is a bat species from South and Central America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.-References:...
Mimon crenulatum LR/lc
- Striped Hairy-nosed Bat
- Genus: Phylloderma
- Pale-faced BatPale-faced BatThe Pale-faced Bat, Phylloderma stenops, is a bat species from South and Central America.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 26 October 2008.*...
Phylloderma stenops LR/lc
- Pale-faced Bat
- Genus: PhyllostomusPhyllostomusPhyllostomus is a genus of leaf-nosed bat. It contains four described species.-Species:Genus Phyllostomus - Spear-nosed Bats*Pale Spear-nosed Bat, Phyllostomus discolor*Lesser Spear-nosed Bat, Phyllostomus elongatus...
- Pale Spear-nosed BatPale Spear-nosed BatThe Pale Spear-nosed Bat, Phyllostomus discolor, is a bat species from South and Central America. It ranges from southern Mexico to Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina and southeast Brazil.It eats flowers and fruit as well as insects...
Phyllostomus discolor LR/lc - Greater Spear-nosed BatGreater Spear-nosed BatThe Greater Spear-nosed Bat, Phyllostomus hastatus, is a bat species of the family Phyllostomidae from South and Central America. It is one of the larger bats of this region, and is omnivorous.- Habitat :...
Phyllostomus hastatus LR/lc
- Pale Spear-nosed Bat
- Genus: TonatiaTonatiaTonatia is a genus of South and Central American phyllostomid bats.-Species:Tonatia is a genus of South and Central American phyllostomid bats.-Species:Tonatia is a genus of South and Central American phyllostomid bats....
- Stripe-headed Round-eared BatStripe-headed Round-eared BatThe Stripe-headed Round-eared Bat, Tonatia saurophila, is a bat species from South and Central America.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 26 October 2008.*...
Tonatia saurophila LR/lc
- Stripe-headed Round-eared Bat
- Genus: Trachops
- Fringe-lipped BatFringe-lipped BatOnThe Fringe-lipped Bat , also known as the Frog-eating Bat, is a leaf-nosed bat. It has three subspecies currently known today. It ranges from southern Mexico to Bolivia and southern Brazil. The species is monotypic within its genus.-Description:The fringe-lipped bat has a total length of 7.84 mm...
Trachops cirrhosus LR/lc
- Fringe-lipped Bat
- Genus: Trinycteris
- Niceforo's Big-eared BatNiceforo's Big-eared BatNiceforo's Big-eared Bat, Trinycteris nicefori, is a bat species from South and Central America. It is monotypic within its genus....
Trinycteris nicefori LR/lc
- Niceforo's Big-eared Bat
- Genus: Vampyrum
- Spectral BatSpectral BatThe Spectral Bat is a large, carnivorous leaf-nosed bat. Some alternate names for this species are the False Vampire Bat, Linnaeus's False Vampire Bat and the Spectral Vampire Bat...
Vampyrum spectrum LR/nt
- Spectral Bat
- Genus: Lampronycteris
- Subfamily: GlossophaginaeGlossophaginaeGlossophaginae is a subfamily of leaf-nosed bats.-List of species:Subfamily: Glossophaginae* Tribe Glossophagini**Genus: Anoura - Geoffroy's Long-nosed Bats***Anoura aequatoris***Cadena's Tailless Bat, Anoura cadenai...
- Genus: GlossophagaGlossophagaGlossophaga is a genus of bats in the leaf-nosed bat family, Phyllostomidae. Members of the genus are native to the American Neotropics.-Species:*G. commissarisi : Commissaris's Long-tongued Bat - Central and South America...
- Commissaris's Long-tongued BatCommissaris's Long-tongued BatCommissaris's Long-tongued Bat, Glossophaga commissarisi, is a bat species from South and Central America.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 26 October 2008.*...
Glossophaga commissarisi LR/lc - Pallas's Long-tongued BatPallas's Long-tongued BatPallas's Long-tongued Bat, Glossophaga soricina, is a South and Central American bat. It has the fastest metabolism ever recorded in a mammal, similar to those of hummingbirds...
Glossophaga soricina LR/lc
- Commissaris's Long-tongued Bat
- Genus: Hylonycteris
- Underwood's Long-tongued BatUnderwood's Long-tongued BatUnderwood's Long-tongued Bat is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is monotypic within the genus Hylonycteris. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.-References:...
Hylonycteris underwoodi LR/nt
- Underwood's Long-tongued Bat
- Genus: Lichonycteris
- Dark Long-tongued BatDark Long-tongued BatThe Dark Long-tongued Bat, Lichonycteris obscura, is a bat species from South and Central America. It is monotypic within its genus.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 26 October 2008.*...
Lichonycteris obscura LR/lc
- Dark Long-tongued Bat
- Genus: Glossophaga
- Subfamily: CarolliinaeCarolliinaeCarolliinae is a subfamily of bats.-Classification:Subfamily Carolliinae*Genus: Carollia - Short-tailed Leaf-nosed Bats**Benkeith's short-tailed Bat, Carollia benkeithi**Silky Short-tailed Bat, Carollia brevicauda...
- Genus: CarolliaCarolliaCarollia is a genus of bats often referred to as the short-tailed fruit bats. Along with the genus, Rhinophylla, Carollia makes up the subfamily Carolliinae of family Phyllostomidae, the leaf-nosed bats. Currently, nine species of Carollia are recognized, with a number having been described since...
- Seba's Short-tailed BatSeba's Short-tailed BatSeba's Short-tailed Bat, Carollia perspicillata, is a common and widespread bat species from South and Central America.C. perspicillata dwells in both moist evergreen and dry deciduous forests, usually below 1,000 meters altitude, typically roosting in groups of 10-100 bats in caves, hollow trees,...
Carollia perspicillata LR/lc - Sowell's Short-tailed BatSowell's short-tailed batSowell's short-tailed bat, Carollia sowelli, is a common bat species in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found from San Luis Potosi through Central America to west Panama. The species is named after American philanthropist James N. Sowell....
Carollia sowelli LR/lc
- Seba's Short-tailed Bat
- Genus: Carollia
- Subfamily: StenodermatinaeStenodermatinaeStenodermatinae is a large subfamily of bats in the family Phyllostomidae.-List of species:Subfamily Stenodermatinae*Genus: Ametrida**Little White-shouldered Bat, Ametrida centurio*Genus: Ardops**Tree Bat, Ardops nichollsi...
- Genus: ArtibeusArtibeusThe Neotropical fruit bats are a genus of bats within the subfamily Stenodermatinae. The genus consists of 21 species, which are native to Central and South America, as well as parts of the Caribbean.-Description:...
- Artibeus intermedius LR/lc
- Jamaican fruit batJamaican fruit batThe Jamaican, Common or Mexican fruit bat is a fruit bat native to Central and South America, as well as the Greater and many of the Lesser Antilles. It is also an uncommon resident of the Southern Bahamas...
Artibeus jamaicensis LR/lc - Great Fruit-eating BatGreat Fruit-eating BatThe Great Fruit-eating Bat , is a bat species in the family Phyllostomidae from South and Central America. It is found from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina, as well as in Barbados, Grenada, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago.They are 10.5 g at birth and...
Artibeus lituratus LR/lc - Pygmy Fruit-eating BatPygmy Fruit-eating BatThe pygmy fruit-eating bat, Artibeus phaeotis, is a bat of the family Phyllostomidae. The specific name phaeotis is of Greek derivation, coming from the word phaios meaning dusky, referring to their dusky gray coloration.-Biogeography:...
Artibeus phaeotis LR/lc - Toltec Fruit-eating BatToltec Fruit-eating BatThe Toltec Fruit-eating Bat is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.-References:...
Artibeus toltecus LR/lc
- Genus: Centurio
- Wrinkle-faced BatWrinkle-faced BatThe Wrinkle-faced Bat is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is the only identified member of the genus Centurio. It is found in various countries in and around Central America. It eats fruit but is not classified within the fruit bats. It is classified as a leaf-nosed bat but does...
Centurio senex LR/lc
- Wrinkle-faced Bat
- Genus: ChirodermaChirodermaChiroderma is a genus of leaf-nosed bat found in Central America, South America and the Lesser Antilles.-Species:Genus Chiroderma - Big-eyed Bats or White-lined Bats*Brazilian Big-eyed Bat, Chiroderma doriae...
- Hairy Big-eyed BatHairy Big-eyed BatThe Hairy Big-eyed Bat, Chiroderma villosum, is a bat species from South and Central America.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 26 October 2008.*...
Chiroderma villosum LR/lc
- Hairy Big-eyed Bat
- Genus: SturniraSturniraSturnira is a genus of bat in the family Phyllostomidae.It contains the following species:* Aratathomas's Yellow-shouldered Bat, Sturnira aratathomasi* Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat, Sturnira bidens...
- Little Yellow-shouldered BatLittle Yellow-shouldered BatThe Little Yellow-shouldered Bat, Sturnira lilium, is a bat species from South and Central America. The Little Yellow-shouldered Bat is a frugivor.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 26 October 2008.*...
Sturnira lilium LR/lc
- Little Yellow-shouldered Bat
- Genus: UrodermaUrodermaUroderma is a genus of Central and South American phyllostomid bats.-Species:Uroderma is a genus of Central and South American phyllostomid bats.-Species:Uroderma is a genus of Central and South American phyllostomid bats....
- Tent-making BatTent-making BatThe Tent-making Bat, Uroderma bilobatum, is a bat species from South and Central America. It lives in hollowed out trees. It is sometimes speculated that the bat is green in color, even though it is only thought so because of the "tent" the bat makes is made out a leaf that is green in color, in...
Uroderma bilobatum LR/lc
- Tent-making Bat
- Genus: VampyressaVampyressaVampyressa is a genus of bat in the family Phyllostomidae.It contains the following species:* Bidentate Yellow-eared Bat * Brock's Yellow-eared Bat * Melissa's Yellow-eared Bat...
- Southern Little Yellow-eared BatSouthern Little Yellow-eared BatThe Southern Little Yellow-eared Bat, Vampyressa pusilla, is a bat species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.-References:* Barquez, R. & Diaz, M. 2008. . Downloaded on 28 February 2009.*...
Vampyressa pusilla LR/lc
- Southern Little Yellow-eared Bat
- Genus: Vampyrodes
- Great Stripe-faced BatGreat Stripe-faced BatThe Great Stripe-faced Bat, Vampyrodes caraccioli, is a bat species from South and Central America, where it is found from southern Mexico to Bolivia and northwestern Brazil, as well as on Trinidad. The Great Stripe-faced Bat is a frugivore. It is monotypic within its genus....
Vampyrodes caraccioli LR/lc
- Great Stripe-faced Bat
- Genus: PlatyrrhinusPlatyrrhinusPlatyrrhinus is a genus of leaf-nosed bats.-Species:Genus Platyrrhinus*Alberico's Broad-nosed Bat, Platyrrhinus albericoi*Platyrrhinus angustirostris*Platyrrhinus aquilus...
- Heller's Broad-nosed BatHeller's Broad-nosed BatHeller's Broad-nosed Bat, Platyrrhinus helleri, is a bat species from South and Central America.-References:* Miller, B., Reid, F., Arroyo-Cabrales, J., Cuarón, A.D. & de Grammont, P.C. 2008. . Downloaded on 28 February 2009.*...
Platyrrhinus helleri LR/lc
- Heller's Broad-nosed Bat
- Genus: Artibeus
- Subfamily: Desmodontinae
- Genus: DesmodusDesmodusDesmodus is a genus of bats often referred to as the vampire bats. Along with the genera, Diaemus and Diphylla, Desmodus makes up the subfamily Desmodontinae of family Phyllostomidae, the vampire bats.Genus Desmodus - vampire bats...
- Common Vampire BatCommon Vampire BatThe Common Vampire Bat is a small leaf-nosed bat native to the Americas. It is one of three extant species of vampire bat, the other two being the Hairy-legged Vampire Bat and the White-winged Vampire Bat. Along with them, it is the only parasitic mammal. It mainly feeds on the blood of livestock...
Desmodus rotundus LR/lc
- Common Vampire Bat
- Genus: Diaemus
- Hairy-legged Vampire BatHairy-legged Vampire BatThe Hairy-legged Vampire Bat is one of three species of vampire bat. Despite connotations of vampires, it mainly feeds on the blood of birds. This vampire bat lives mainly in tropical and subtropical forestlands of South America...
Diphylla ecaudata LR/nt
- Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
- Genus: Desmodus
- Subfamily: Phyllostominae
- Family: ThyropteridaeThyropteridaeDisc-winged bats are a small group of bats of the family Thyropteridae. They are found in Central and South America, usually in moist tropical rain forests. It is a very small family, consisting of a single genus with four species....
- Genus: Thyroptera
- Spix's Disk-winged BatSpix's Disk-winged BatSpix's Disk-winged Bat, Thyroptera tricolor, is a bat species from South and Central America. It ranges from south Mexico to Bolivia.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 26 October 2008.*...
Thyroptera tricolor LR/lc
- Spix's Disk-winged Bat
- Genus: Thyroptera
Order: CetaceaCetaceaThe order Cetacea includes the marine mammals commonly known as whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Cetus is Latin and is used in biological names to mean "whale"; its original meaning, "large sea animal", was more general. It comes from Ancient Greek , meaning "whale" or "any huge fish or sea...
(whales)
----The order Cetacea includes whale
Whale
Whale is the common name for various marine mammals of the order Cetacea. The term whale sometimes refers to all cetaceans, but more often it excludes dolphins and porpoises, which belong to suborder Odontoceti . This suborder also includes the sperm whale, killer whale, pilot whale, and beluga...
s, dolphin
Dolphin
Dolphins are marine mammals that are closely related to whales and porpoises. There are almost forty species of dolphin in 17 genera. They vary in size from and , up to and . They are found worldwide, mostly in the shallower seas of the continental shelves, and are carnivores, mostly eating...
s and porpoise
Porpoise
Porpoises are small cetaceans of the family Phocoenidae; they are related to whales and dolphins. They are distinct from dolphins, although the word "porpoise" has been used to refer to any small dolphin, especially by sailors and fishermen...
s. They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic
Aquatic adaptation
Several animal groups have undergone aquatic adaptation, going from being purely terrestrial animals to living at least part of the time in water. The adaptations in early speciation tend to develop as the animal ventures into water in order to find available food. As successive generations spend...
life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater.
- Suborder: Odontoceti
- Superfamily: Platanistoidea
- Family: Ziphidae
- Subfamily: Hyperoodontidae
- Genus: Mesoplodon
- Blainville's Beaked WhaleBlainville's Beaked WhaleBlainville's beaked whale , or the dense-beaked whale, is the widest ranging mesoplodont whale and perhaps the most documented. Henri de Blainville first described the species in 1817 from a small piece of jaw—the heaviest bone he had ever come across—which resulted in the name densirostris...
Mesoplodon densirostris DD
- Blainville's Beaked Whale
- Genus: Mesoplodon
- Subfamily: Hyperoodontidae
- Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
- Genus: Lagenodelphis
- Fraser's DolphinFraser's DolphinFraser's Dolphin or Sarawak Dolphin is a cetacean in the family Delphinidae found in deep waters in the Pacific Ocean and to a lesser extent in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans.-Taxonomy:...
Lagenodelphis hosei DD
- Fraser's Dolphin
- Genus: Lagenodelphis
- Family: Ziphidae
- Superfamily: Platanistoidea
Order: CarnivoraCarnivoraThe diverse order Carnivora |Latin]] carō "flesh", + vorāre "to devour") includes over 260 species of placental mammals. Its members are formally referred to as carnivorans, while the word "carnivore" can refer to any meat-eating animal...
(carnivorans)
----- Suborder: FeliformiaFeliformiaThe Feliformia are a suborder within the order Carnivora and includes cats , hyenas, mongooses, civets and related taxa. The other suborder of Carnivora is Caniformia...
- Family: FelidaeFelidaeFelidae is the biological family of the cats; a member of this family is called a felid. Felids are the strictest carnivores of the thirteen terrestrial families in the order Carnivora, although the three families of marine mammals comprising the superfamily pinnipedia are as carnivorous as the...
(cats)- Subfamily: FelinaeFelinaeFelinae is a subfamily of the family Felidae which includes the genera and species listed below. Most are small to medium-sized cats, although the group does include some larger animals, such as the Cougar and Cheetah....
- Genus: LeopardusLeopardusLeopardus is a genus consisting of small spotted cats mostly native to Middle and South America. Very few range into the southern United States. The genus is considered the oldest branch of the part of the cat family to cross into the Americas, followed by the genera Lynx and Puma...
- OcelotOcelotThe ocelot , pronounced /ˈɒsəˌlɒt/, also known as the dwarf leopard or McKenney's wildcat is a wild cat distributed over South and Central America and Mexico, but has been reported as far north as Texas and in Trinidad, in the Caribbean...
Leopardus pardalis LC - MargayMargayThe Margay is a spotted cat native to Middle and South America. Named for Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, it is a solitary and nocturnal animal that prefers remote sections of the rainforest. Although it was once believed to be vulnerable to extinction, the IUCN now lists it as "Near Threatened"...
Leopardus wiedii LC
- Ocelot
- Genus: PumaPuma (genus)Puma is a genus in Felidae that contains the cougar and the jaguarundi, and may also include several poorly known Old World fossil representatives .-Species:*Puma concolor – CougarPuma pardoides Puma is a genus in Felidae that contains the cougar (also known as the puma, among other names)...
- Cougar Puma concolor NT
- JaguarundiJaguarundiThe jaguarundi is a small-sized wild cat native to Central and South America. In 2002, the IUCN classified the jaguarundi as Least Concern as it is likely that no conservation units, with the probable exception of the mega-reserves of the Amazon basin could sustain long-term viable populations. It...
Puma yagouaroundi LC
- Genus: Leopardus
- Subfamily: PantherinaePantherinaePantherinae is the subfamily of the family Felidae, which includes the genera Panthera, Uncia and Neofelis.The divergence of Pantherinae from Felinae has been ranked between six and ten million years ago. DNA analysis suggests that the snow leopard Uncia uncia is basal to the entire Pantherinae and...
- Genus: PantheraPantheraPanthera is a genus of the family Felidae , which contains four well-known living species: the tiger, the lion, the jaguar, and the leopard. The genus comprises about half of the Pantherinae subfamily, the big cats...
- JaguarJaguarThe jaguar is a big cat, a feline in the Panthera genus, and is the only Panthera species found in the Americas. The jaguar is the third-largest feline after the tiger and the lion, and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. The jaguar's present range extends from Southern United States and Mexico...
Panthera onca NT
- Jaguar
- Genus: Panthera
- Subfamily: Felinae
- Family: Felidae
- Suborder: CaniformiaCaniformiaCaniformia, or Canoidea , is a suborder within the order Carnivora. They typically possess a long snout and non-retractile claws . The Pinnipedia evolved from caniform ancestors and are accordingly assigned to this group...
- Family: CanidaeCanidaeCanidae is the biological family of carnivorous and omnivorous mammals that includes wolves, foxes, jackals, coyotes, and domestic dogs. A member of this family is called a canid . The Canidae family is divided into two tribes: Canini and Vulpini...
(dogs, foxes)- Genus: UrocyonUrocyonThe genus Urocyon is a genus that contains two living Western Hemisphere foxes in the family Canidae, the Gray Fox and the closely related Island Fox which is a dwarf cousin of the Gray Fox; as well as one fossil species, Urocyon progressus.Urocyon and the...
- Gray FoxGray FoxThe gray fox is a mammal of the order Carnivora ranging throughout most of the southern half of North America from southern Canada to the northern part of South America...
Urocyon cinereoargenteus LC
- Gray Fox
- Genus: CanisCanisCanis is a genus containing 7 to 10 extant species, including dogs, wolves, coyotes, and jackals, and many extinct species.-Wolves, dogs and dingos:Wolves, dogs and dingos are subspecies of Canis lupus...
- CoyoteCoyoteThe coyote , also known as the American jackal or the prairie wolf, is a species of canine found throughout North and Central America, ranging from Panama in the south, north through Mexico, the United States and Canada...
Canis latrans LC
- Coyote
- Genus: Urocyon
- Family: ProcyonidaeProcyonidaeProcyonidae is a New World family of the order Carnivora. It includes the raccoons, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, ringtails and cacomistles. Procyonids inhabit a wide range of environments, and are generally omnivorous.-Characteristics:...
(raccoons)- Genus: BassariscusBassariscusBassariscus is a genus in the family Procyonidae. There are two species in the genus: the ringtail or ring-tailed cat and the cacomistle . Genetic studies have suggested that the closest relatives of Bassariscus are raccoons.The genus was first described by Elliott Coues in 1887...
- CacomistleCacomistleThe cacomistle is a nocturnal, arboreal and omnivorous member of the carnivoran family Procyonidae. Its preferred habitats are wet, tropical, evergreen woodlands and mountain forests, though seasonally it will range into drier deciduous forests.Nowhere in its range is B. sumichrasti common...
Bassariscus sumichrasti LR/nt
- Cacomistle
- Genus: ProcyonProcyon (genus)Procyon is a genus of nocturnal mammals, comprising three species commonly known as raccoons, in the family Procyonidae. The most familiar species, the common raccoon , is often known simply as "the" raccoon, as the two other raccoon species in the genus are native only to the tropics and are...
- Common Raccoon Procyon lotor LR/lc
- Genus: NasuaNasuaNasua is a genus within the Raccoon family, Procyonidae. The three species within the genus Nasua are generally referred to as coatis. Two additional species of coatis, commonly known as mountain coatis, are placed in the genus Nasuella...
- White-nosed Coati Nasua narica LR/lc
- Genus: Potos
- KinkajouKinkajouThe kinkajou , also known as the honey bear , is a rainforest mammal of the family Procyonidae related to olingos, coatis, raccoons, and the ringtail and cacomistle. It is the only member of the genus Potos. Kinkajous may be mistaken for ferrets or monkeys, but are not closely related...
Potos flavus LR/lc
- Kinkajou
- Genus: Bassariscus
- Family: MustelidaeMustelidaeMustelidae , commonly referred to as the weasel family, are a family of carnivorous mammals. Mustelids are diverse and the largest family in the order Carnivora, at least partly because in the past it has been a catch-all category for many early or poorly differentiated taxa...
(mustelids)- Genus: Mustela
- Long-tailed WeaselLong-tailed WeaselThe long-tailed weasel , also known as the bridled weasel or big stoat is a species of mustelid distributed from southern Canada throughout all the United States and Mexico, southward through all of Central America and into northern South America.-Evolution:The long-tailed weasel is the product of...
Mustela frenata LR/lc
- Long-tailed Weasel
- Genus: EiraEiraEira is a neighborhood in Helsinki, the capital of Finland.The district dates back to the early 20th century and received its name after Eira Hospital in the neighboring district of Ullanlinna, which in turn took its name from Eira Hospital in Stockholm, which was named after Eir, the old...
- TayraTayraThe tayra , also known as the Tolomuco or Perico ligero in Central America, and San Hol or viejo de monte in the Yucatan Peninsula is an omnivorous animal from the weasel family Mustelidae. It is the only species in the genus Eira...
Eira barbara LR/lc
- Tayra
- Genus: GalictisGalictisThe grison, also known as the South American glutton, is a neotropical mustelid of South America. Comprising the genus Galictis, it is divided into two species: the greater grison , which is found widely in South America, through Central America to southern Mexico; and the lesser grison , which is...
- Greater grisonGreater GrisonThe greater grison, Galictis vittata, is an animal belonging to the ferret family Mustelidae from Central and South America, from southern Mexico to Brazil and Bolivia, living in savannas and rainforests, usually seen near rivers and streams....
Galictis vittata LR/lc
- Greater grison
- Genus: LontraLontraLontra is a genus of otters from the American continent.The genus comprises four species:*North American River Otter *Southern River Otter *Neotropical Otter...
- Neotropical River OtterNeotropical River OtterThe Neotropical Otter , Lontra longicaudis, is an otter species found in Central America, South America and the island of Trinidad....
Lontra longicaudis DD
- Neotropical River Otter
- Genus: Mustela
- Family: Mephitidae
- Genus: Spilogale
- Eastern Spotted SkunkEastern Spotted SkunkThe Eastern Spotted Skunk is a small, relatively slender skunk found throughout the eastern United States and in small areas of Canada and Mexico....
Spilogale putorius LR/lc - Southern Spotted Skunk Spilogale angustifrons
- Eastern Spotted Skunk
- Genus: Conepatus
- Striped Hog-nosed SkunkStriped Hog-nosed SkunkThe striped hog-nosed skunk, Conepatus semistriatus, is a skunk species from Central and South America. It lives in a wide range of habitats including dry forest scrub and occasionally, in rainforest....
Conepatus semistriatus LR/lc
- Striped Hog-nosed Skunk
- Genus: Spilogale
- Family: Canidae
Order: Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)
----Grazing
Grazing generally describes a type of feeding, in which a herbivore feeds on plants , and also on other multicellular autotrophs...
mammals. They are usually large to very large, and have relatively simple stomachs and a large middle toe.
- Family: Tapiridae (tapirs)
- Genus: Tapirus
- Baird's TapirBaird's TapirBaird’s Tapir is a species of tapir that is native to Central America and northern South America. It is one of three Latin American species of tapir.-Names:...
Tapirus bairdii EN
- Baird's Tapir
- Genus: Tapirus
Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
----Ungulate
Ungulates are several groups of mammals, most of which use the tips of their toes, usually hoofed, to sustain their whole body weight while moving. They make up several orders of mammals, of which six to eight survive...
s whose weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in perissodactyls. There are about 220 artiodactyl species, including many that are of great economic importance to human
Human
Humans are the only living species in the Homo genus...
s.
- Family: Tayassuidae (peccaries)
- Genus: PecariPecariPecari is a genus of mammals in the peccary family, Tayassuidae. The genus was monotypic until the description of P. maximus in 2007, but the scientific evidence for its status as a species separate from P...
- Collared PeccaryCollared PeccaryThe collared peccary is a species of mammal in the family Tayassuidae that is found in North, Central, and South America. They are commonly referred to as javelina, saíno or báquiro, although these terms are also used to describe other species in the family...
Pecari tajacu LC
- Collared Peccary
- Genus: Tayassu
- White-lipped PeccaryWhite-lipped PeccaryThe White-lipped Peccary, Tayassu pecari, is a peccary species found in Central and South America, living in rainforest, dry forest and chaco scrub. It is monotypic within the genus Tayassu....
Tayassu pecari NT
- White-lipped Peccary
- Genus: Pecari
- Family: Cervidae (deer)
- Subfamily: CapreolinaeCapreolinaeCapreolinae, also known as Odocoileinae or the New World deer , is a subfamily of deer...
- Genus: MazamaMazamaMazama may refer to:* Mazama, Washington , a small village nestled in the Methow Valley in the eastern part of Washington* Mazama, the genus name of the Brocket deer...
- Red BrocketRed BrocketThe Red Brocket , is a species of brocket deer from forests in South America, ranging from northern Argentina to Colombia and the Guianas...
Mazama americana DD
- Red Brocket
- Genus: OdocoileusOdocoileusOdocoileus is a genus of medium-sized deer containing two species native to the Americas. The name is sometimes spelt odocoeleus; it is from a contraction of the roots odonto- and coelus meaning "hollow-tooth".-Species:...
- White-tailed deerWhite-tailed DeerThe white-tailed deer , also known as the Virginia deer or simply as the whitetail, is a medium-sized deer native to the United States , Canada, Mexico, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru...
Odocoileus virginianus LR/lc
- White-tailed deer
- Genus: Mazama
- Subfamily: Capreolinae
Order: DidelphimorphiaDidelphimorphiaOpossums make up the largest order of marsupials in the Western Hemisphere, including 103 or more species in 19 genera. They are also commonly called possums, though that term technically refers to Australian fauna of the suborder Phalangeriformes. The Virginia opossum was the first animal to be...
(common opossums)
----Western Hemisphere
The Western Hemisphere or western hemisphere is mainly used as a geographical term for the half of the Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian and east of the Antimeridian , the other half being called the Eastern Hemisphere.In this sense, the western hemisphere consists of the western portions...
. Opossums probably diverged from the basic South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
n marsupial
Marsupial
Marsupials are an infraclass of mammals, characterized by giving birth to relatively undeveloped young. Close to 70% of the 334 extant species occur in Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands, with the remaining 100 found in the Americas, primarily in South America, but with thirteen in Central...
s in the late Cretaceous
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous , derived from the Latin "creta" , usually abbreviated K for its German translation Kreide , is a geologic period and system from circa to million years ago. In the geologic timescale, the Cretaceous follows the Jurassic period and is followed by the Paleogene period of the...
or early Paleocene
Paleocene
The Paleocene or Palaeocene, the "early recent", is a geologic epoch that lasted from about . It is the first epoch of the Palaeogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era...
.They are small to medium-sized marsupials, about the size of a large house cat
Cat
The cat , also known as the domestic cat or housecat to distinguish it from other felids and felines, is a small, usually furry, domesticated, carnivorous mammal that is valued by humans for its companionship and for its ability to hunt vermin and household pests...
, with a long snout and prehensile tail.
- Family: Didelphidae (American opossums)
- Subfamily: CaluromyinaeCaluromyinaeCaluromyinae is a subfamily of opossums. It includes the extant genera Caluromys, Caluromysiops and Glironia, as well as the extinct Pachybiotherium. It has sometimes been classed as a full family, Caluromyidae....
- Genus: Caluromys
- Derby's Woolly Opossum Caluromys derbianus VU
- Genus: Caluromys
- Subfamily: DidelphinaeDidelphinaeDidelphinae is a subfamily of opossums. Specimens have been collected throughout the Americas but are predominant in South and Central America....
- Genus: Chironectes
- Water OpossumWater OpossumThe water opossum , also locally known as the yapok, is a marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It is the only member of its genus, Chironectes...
Chironectes minimus LR/nt
- Water Opossum
- Genus: DidelphisDidelphisThe six species in the genus Didelphis, commonly known as large American opossums, are members of the Didelphimorphia order....
- Common OpossumCommon OpossumThe common opossum , also called the southern or black-eared opossum, is a mammal species living from the northeast of Mexico to Bolivia, including the Lesser Antilles, where it is called manicou. It prefers the woods, but can also live in fields and cities...
Didelphis marsupialis LR/lc - Virginia OpossumVirginia OpossumThe Virginia opossum , commonly known as the North American opossum or tlacuache in Mexico, is the only marsupial found in North America north of Mexico. A solitary and nocturnal animal about the size of a domestic cat, and thus the largest opossum, it is a successful opportunist...
Didelphis virginiana LR/lc
- Common Opossum
- Genus: MarmosaMarmosaThe nine species in the genus Marmosa are relatively small Neotropic members of the order Didelphimorphia. This genus is one of four that are known as mouse opossums. The others are Micoureus , Thylamys and Tlacuatzin, the grayish mouse opossum...
- Mexican Mouse OpossumMexican Mouse OpossumThe Mexican mouse opossum is a species of Central American opossum in the family Didelphidae.-Range:It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, eastern Mexico as far north as Tamaulipas, Nicaragua, and western Panama at elevations from sea level up to 3000 m ; most...
Marmosa mexicana LR/lc - Robinson's Mouse OpossumRobinson's Mouse OpossumRobinson's Mouse Opossum is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Ecuador, Grenada, Honduras, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
Marmosa robinsoni LR/lc
- Mexican Mouse Opossum
- Genus: MicoureusMicoureusMicoureus is a genus of Neotropic opossums of the family Didelphidae. It includes the following species:* Alston's Mouse Opossum * White-bellied Woolly Mouse Opossum...
- Alston's Mouse OpossumAlston's Mouse OpossumAlston's Mouse Opossum , also known as Alston's Opossum, is a medium sized pouchless marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It is arboreal and nocturnal, inhabiting forests from Belize to northern Colombia. The main components of its diet are insects and fruits, but it may also eat small rodents,...
Micoureus alstoni LR/nt
- Alston's Mouse Opossum
- Genus: Philander
- Gray Four-eyed OpossumGray Four-eyed OpossumThe gray four-eyed opossum, Philander opossum, is an opossum species from Central and South America, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, Bolivia and southwestern Brazil, at altitudes from sea level to 1600 m...
Philander opossum LR/lc
- Gray Four-eyed Opossum
- Genus: Chironectes
- Subfamily: Caluromyinae
See also
- List of chordate orders
- List of regional mammals lists
- List of prehistoric mammals
- Mammal classificationMammal classificationMammalia is a class of animal within the Phylum Chordata. Mammal classification has been through several iterations since Carolus Linnaeus initially defined the class. Many earlier ideas have been completely abandoned by modern taxonomists, among these are the idea that bats are related to birds...
- New mammal species