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A full-body African elephant on a rock in the savannah at sunset, with zebras and giraffes behind

Species

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2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

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Showing 29 species · Montecristo

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Vampire Bat

Desmodus rotundus

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Mayan Melipona

Melipona beecheii

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

Greater Bulldog Bat

Noctilio leporinus

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial

Great Potoo

Nyctibius grandis

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth

Choloepus hoffmanni

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Fleischmann's Glass Frog

Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Collared Trogon

Trogon collaris

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Great-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial

Crested Guan

Penelope purpurascens

HerbivoreDiurnalBird

Mexican Caecilian

Dermophis mexicanus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Northern Tamandua

Tamandua mexicana

InsectivoreVariable activitySolitary

Hispid Cotton Rat

Sigmodon hispidus

HerbivoreNocturnalVariable activity

Central American Agouti

Dasyprocta punctata

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Bat Falcon

Falco rufigularis

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Mexican Mouse Opossum

Marmosa mexicana

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Seba's Short-tailed Bat

Carollia perspicillata

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial

Central American Woolly Opossum

Caluromys derbianus

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Kinkajou

Potos flavus

FrugivoreNocturnalSolitary

Mountain Trogon

Trogon mexicanus

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Spectacled Owl

Pulsatrix perspicillata

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

20 countries77 parks

Common Spiny-tailed Iguana

Ctenosaura similis

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary

11 countries44 parks

Tungara Frog

Physalaemus pustulosus

InsectivoreNocturnalColonial

11 countries45 parks

Cane Toad

Rhinella marina

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

36 countries66 parks

Ogrefaced Spider

Deinopis spinosa

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

47 countries109 parks

Hercules Beetle

Dynastes hercules

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

22 countries73 parks

Leaf-cutter Ant

Atta cephalotes

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial

20 countries82 parks

Army Ant

Eciton burchellii

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

19 countries72 parks

Owl Butterfly

Caligo eurilochus

HerbivoreCrepuscularSolitary

13 countries78 parks

Muscovy Duck

Cairina moschata

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial

45 countries76 parks

20 countries107 parks

8 countries39 parks

18 countries57 parks

16 countries68 parks

14 countries47 parks

11 countries45 parks

16 countries84 parks

37 countries58 parks

11 countries34 parks

7 countries10 parks

12 countries46 parks

11 countries54 parks

15 countries40 parks

19 countries72 parks

9 countries41 parks

18 countries79 parks

10 countries40 parks

12 countries61 parks

5 countries25 parks