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Species
- English name |
Scientific
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Local
name(s), synonyms, comments |
| MARSUPIALS
- DIDELPHIMORPHIA |
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Opossums
- Didelphidae |
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Caluromyinae |
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Woolly Opossum |
Caluromys derbianus |
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Didelphinae |
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Water Opossum |
Chironectes
minimus |
Water Dog, Yapok |
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Common Opossum |
Didelphis marsupialis |
Zorro, Tlacuache |
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Virginia Opossum |
Didelphis virginiana |
Possum, Zorro, Tlacuache |
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Mexican Mouse Opossum |
Marmosa mexicana |
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Robinson's
Mouse Opossum |
Marmosa robinsoni |
Possum |
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Alston's Mouse Opossum |
Micoureus alstoni |
Woolly Mouse Opossum |
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Gray Four-eyed Opossum |
Philander opossum |
Common Gray Four-eyed Opossum, Four-eyes |
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| XENARTHRANS
- XENARTHRA |
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Anteaters
- Myrmecophagidae |
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Silky Pygmy Anteater |
Cyclopes didactylus |
Silky Anteater, Pigmy Anteater |
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Northern Tamandua |
Tamandua mexicana |
Antsbear, Oso hormiguero |
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Armandilos
- Dasypodidae |
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Northern, Naked-tailed Armadillo |
Cabassous centralis |
Dilly |
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Nine-banded Armadillo |
Dasypus novemcinctus |
Nine-banded Long-nosed Armandillo, Armadilly,
Dilly, Ouetch |
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| INSECTIVORES
- INSECTIVORA |
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Shrews
- Soricidae |
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Maya Small-eared Shrew |
Cryptotis mayensis |
Cryptoris nigrescens,
Blackish small-eared Shrew |
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Least Shrew |
Cryptotis
parva |
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| BATS
- CHIROPTERA |
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Rat bats, Murcielagos |
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Sac-winged
Bats - Emballonuridae |
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Least Sac-winged Bat |
Balantiopteryx
io |
Thomas' Sac-winged Bat |
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Shaggy Bat |
Centronyctes maximiliani |
Thomas' Bat |
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Northern White Bat |
Diclidurus albus |
Northern Ghost Bat |
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Greater Dog-like Bat |
Peropteryx kappleri |
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Lesser Dog-like Bat |
Peropteryx macrotis |
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Proboscis Bat |
Rhynchonycteris naso |
Brasilian long-nosed Bat |
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Greater White-lined Bat |
Saccopteryx bilineata |
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Lesser White-lined Bat |
Saccopteryx leptura |
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Bulldog
Bats - Noctilionidae |
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Fishing Bat |
Noctilio leporinus |
Greater Bulldog Bat, Mexican Bulldog Bat |
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Mustached/Leaf-chinned
Bats - Mormoopidae |
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Ghost-faced Bat |
Mormoops megalophylla |
Leaf-chinned Bat, Peter's Ghost-faced
Bat |
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Davy's Naked-backed Bat |
Pteronotus davyi |
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Common Mustached Bat |
Pteronotus pamellii |
Parnell's Mustached Bat |
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Lesser Mustached Bat |
Pteronotus personatus |
Wagner's Mustached Bat |
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Leaf-nosed
Bats - Phyllostomidae |
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Tailed
Leaf-nosed Bats - Phyllostomiinae |
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Woolly False Vampire Bat |
Chrotopterus auritus |
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Common Sword-nosed Bat |
Lonchorhina aurita |
Sword-nosed Bat, Tomes' Long-eared Bat |
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Long-legged Bat |
Macrophyllum
macrophyllum |
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Orange-throated Bat |
Micronycteris brachyotis |
Dobson's Big-eared Bat |
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Common Big-eared Bat |
Micronecteris
microtis |
Micronycteris megalotis
(Syn.), Brasilian Big-eared
Bat |
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Niceforo's Bat |
Micronectris nicefori |
Little Big-eared Bat |
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Schmidt's Big-eared Bat |
Micronecteris
schmidtorum |
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Golden Bat |
Mimon
bennettii |
Mimon cozumelae (Syn),
Spear-nosed Bat |
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Striped Hairy-nosed Bat |
Mimon crenulaturn |
Striped spear-nosed Bat |
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Pale-faced Bat |
Phylloderma stenops |
Northern Spear-nosed Bat |
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Pale Spear-nosed Bat |
Phyllostomus discolor |
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Greater Spear-nosed Bat |
Phyllostomus hastatus |
Spear-nosed Bat |
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Pygmy Round-eared Bat |
Tonatia brasiliense |
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Davis' Round-eared Bat |
Tonatia evotis |
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Stripe-headed, Round-eared Bat |
Tonatia
saurophila |
Tonatia bidens,
Spix's Round-eared Bat |
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Fringe-lipped Bat |
Trachops cirrhosus |
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Greater False Vampire Bat |
Vampyrum
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Linnaeus' False Vampire Bat |
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Nectar-feeding
Bats - Glossophaginae |
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Brown Long-tongued Bat |
Glossophaga commissarisi |
Commissaris' Long-tongued Bat |
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Common Long-tongued Bat |
Glossophaga soricina |
Pallas' Long-tongued Bat |
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Underwood's Long-tongued Bat |
Hylonycteris
underwoodi |
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Dark Long-tongued Bat |
Lichonycteris obscura |
Chestnut Long-tailed Bat |
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Short-tailed
Fruit Bats - Carollinae |
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Silky Short-tailed Bat |
Carollia brevicauda |
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Hahn's short-tailed bat
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Carollia
subrufa |
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Allen's short-tailed bat
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Carollia
castanea |
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Seba's Short-tailed Bat |
Carollia
perspicillata |
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Tail-less
Fruit Bats - Stenodermatinae |
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Intermediate Fruit-eating Bat |
Artibeus intermedius |
Large Fruit-eating Bat |
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Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat |
Atribeus jamaicensis |
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Great Fruit-eating Bat |
Atribeus lituratus |
Big Fruit-eating Bat |
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Pygmy Fruit-eating Bat |
Atribeus
phaeotis |
Dermanura phaeotis |
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Toltec Fruit-eating Bat |
Atribeus toltecus |
Dermanura tolteca,
Lowland Fruit-eating Bat |
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Watson's Fruit-eating Bat |
Atribeus watsoni |
Dermanura watsoni |
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Wrinkle-faced Bat |
Centurio senex |
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Unstriped Big-eyed Bat |
Chiroderma villosum |
Big-eyed Bat, Shaggy-haired Bat |
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Heller's Broad-nosed Bat |
Platyrrhinus helleri |
Vampyrops helleri |
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Little Yellow-shouldered Bat |
Sturnira lilium |
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Common Tent-making Bat |
Uroderma bilobatum |
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Little Yellow-eared Bat |
Vampyressa pusilia |
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Great Stripe-faced Bat |
Vampyrodes
caraccioli |
San Pablo Bat |
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Vampire
Bats - Desmodontinae |
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Common Vampire Bat |
Desmodus rotundus |
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Hairy-legged Vampire Bat |
Diphylla ecaudata |
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Funnel-eared
Bat - Natalidae |
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Mexican Funnel-eared Bat |
Natalus stramineus |
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Disc-winged
Bat - Thyropteridae |
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Spix's Disc-winged Bat |
Thyroptera tricolor |
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Plain-nosed
Bats - Vespertilionidae |
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Van Gelder's Bat |
Bauerus dubiaquercus |
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Argentine Brown Bat |
Eptesicus furinalis |
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Western Red Bat |
Lasiurus blossevillii |
Lasiurus
borealis, Hairy-tailed Bat, Red Bat |
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Southern
Yellow Bat |
Lasiurus ega |
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Northern Yellow Bat |
Lasiurus intermedius |
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Elegant Myotis |
Myotis elegans |
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Hairy-legged Myotis |
Myotis keaysi |
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Central American Yellow Bat |
Rhogeessa
tumida |
Confused
with Rhogeessa aeneus,
Black-winged Little Yellow Bat but this species
only known from the Yucatan. |
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Free-tailed
Bats - Molossidae |
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Black Bonneted Bat |
Eumops auripendulus |
Shaw's Mastiff Bat |
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Dwarf Bonneted Bat |
Eumops bonariensis |
Dwarf Mastiff Bat |
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Wagner's Bonneted Bat |
Eumops glaucinus |
Wagner's Mastiff Bat |
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Sandborn's Bonneted Bat |
Eumops hansae |
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Underwood's Bonneted Bat |
Eumops underwoodi |
Underwood's Mastiff Bat |
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Greenhall's dog-faced bat |
Molossops greenhalli |
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Black Mastiff Bat |
Molossus rufus |
Molossus ater |
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Lesser Mastiff Bat |
M. molossus |
Pallas' Mastiff Bat |
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Sinaloan Mastiff Bat |
M. sinaloae |
Allen's Mastiff Bat |
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Broad-eared Bat |
Nyctinomops laticaudatus |
Broad-eared Free-tailed Bat |
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| MONKEYS
- PRIMATES |
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Cebidae |
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Howler
Monkeys - Alouattinae |
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Yucatan
Black Howler-Monkey |
Alouatta
pigra |
Mexican Black Howler Monkey, Baboon, Saraguato |
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Spider
Monkeys - Atelinae |
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Central-American
Spider-Monkey |
Ateles geoffroyi |
Monkey, Mono |
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| CARNIVORES
- CARNIVORA |
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Dogs
- Canidae |
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Gray Fox |
Urocyon cinereoargenteus |
Gato de Monte |
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Coyote |
Canis latrans |
Confirmed from the Orange Walk district |
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Cats
- Felidae |
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Felinae |
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Jaguaroundi |
Herpailurus yagouaroundi |
Halari, Onza, Leoncillo |
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Ocelot |
Leopardus pardalis |
Tiger-cat, Tigrillo |
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Margay |
Leopardus wiedii |
Tiger-cat, Tigrillo, Tigrillito |
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Puma |
Puma concolor |
Red Tiger, Leon |
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Pantherinae |
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Jaguar |
Panthera onca |
Tiger, Tigre, Balum |
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Seals
- Phocidae |
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Monk
seals - Monachinae |
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Caribbean Monk Seal |
Monachus
tropicalis |
Extinct |
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Weasels
- Mustelidae |
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Otters
- Lutrinae |
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Neotropical
River Otter |
Lontra Iongicaudis |
Lutra longicaudis,
Southern River Otter, Water dog, Perro de Agua |
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Skunks
- Mephitinae |
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Striped
Hog-nosed Skunk |
Conepatus semistriatus |
Polecat, Zorrillo |
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Spotted Skunk |
Spilogale putorius |
Polecat, Zorrillo |
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Weasels
- Mustelinae |
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Tayra |
Eira barbara |
Bush dog, Perro del monte, Cabeza blanca |
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Grison |
Galictis vittata |
Bushdog, Waterdog, Huron |
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Weasel |
Mustela frenata |
Long-tailed Weasel |
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Raccoon
Family - Procyonidae |
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Kinkajous
- Potosinae |
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Kinkajou |
Potos flavus |
Nightwalker, Mico de noche, Martucha |
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Raccoons
and relatives - Procyoninae |
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Ringtail |
Bassariscus sumichrasti |
Cacomistle, Ringtail cat, Mico de Noche,
Mico de Leon |
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Coatimundi |
Nasua narica |
White-nosed Coati, Coati mundi, Quash,
Pisote, Tejon |
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Raccoon |
Procyon lotor |
Northern Raccoon, Racoon, Mapache |
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| PORPOISES
AND WHALES - CETACEAE |
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Baleen
Whale - Balaenopteridae |
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Fin Whale |
Balaenoptera physalus |
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Dolphins
- Delphinidae |
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Pampas, Bufeos |
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Short-tinned Pilot Whale |
Globicephala
macrorhynchus |
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Atlantic Spotted Dolphin |
Stenella
frontalis |
Stenella plagiodon, Spotted
Dolphin, Papas, Bufeo |
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Spinner Dolphin |
Stenella Iongirostris |
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Rough-toothed Dolphin |
Steno bredanensis |
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Bottlenose Dolphin |
Tursiops truncatus |
Atlantic bottle-nosed Dolphin, Papas,
Porpoise, Bufeo |
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Sperm
Whales - Physeteridae |
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Great Sperm Whale |
Physeter
catodon |
Physeter macrocephalus,
Sperm Whale |
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| MANATEE
- SIRENIA |
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Manatees
-Trichechidae |
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West Indian
Manatee |
Trichechus manatus |
Caribbean Manatee, West Indian Manatee,
Manantee, Sea Cow, Manatí |
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| PERISSODACTYLS
- PERISSODACTYLA |
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Tapir
- Tapiridae |
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Baird's Tapir |
Tapirus bairdii |
Central American Tapir, Mountain Cow,
Danto, Tzimin |
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| ARTIODACTYLS
- ARTIODACTYLA |
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Peccaries
- Tayassuidae |
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Collared Peccary |
Pecari tajacu |
Tayassu tajacu,
Peccary, Queqeo |
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White-lipped
Peccary |
Tayassu pecari |
Wari, Warree, Jawilla |
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Deer
- Cervidae |
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Red Brocket |
Mazama americana |
Antelope, Cabrito |
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Gray Brocket Deer |
Mazama pandora |
Antelope, Cabrito (unconfirmed but likely
present in bajo forest of the Orrange Walk District |
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White-tailed
Deer |
Odocoileus virginianus |
Savanna Deer, Venado. |
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Bovids - Bovidae |
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Cattle |
Bos taurus |
Feral cattle can still be found in the
Upper Macal River valley after failed ranching efforts
in the 1950ies |
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| RODENTS
- RODENTIA |
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Squirrels
- Sciuridae |
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Deppe's Squirrel |
Sciurus
deppei |
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Yucatan Squirrel |
Sciurus yucatanensis |
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Gopher
- Geomyidae |
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Hispid Pocket
Gopher |
Orthogeomys
hispidus |
Ground Mole, Taltusa |
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Spiny
Pocket Mouse - Heteromyidae |
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Forest Spiny Pocket Mouse |
Heteromys desmarestianus |
Desmarest's Spiny Pocket Mouse |
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Gaumer's Spiny Pocket Mouse |
Heteromys gaumeri |
Spiny Pocket Mouse |
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Mice
and Rats - Muridae |
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Old
World Mice and Rats - Murinae |
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House Mouse |
Mus musculus |
Raton |
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Norway Rat |
Rattus norvegicus |
Brown Rat, Charlie Price, Rata |
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Roof Rat |
Rattus rattus |
Black Rat, Reef Rat, Rata |
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New
World Mice and Rats - Sigmodontinae |
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Vesper Rat |
Nyctomys sumichrasti |
Sumichrast's Vesper Rat |
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Northern Pygmy Rice Rat |
Oligoryzomys fulvescens |
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Alfaro's Rice Rat |
Oryzomys alfaroi |
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Coues' Rice Rat |
Oryzomys couesi |
Marsh Rice Rat |
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Rusty Rice Rat |
Oryzomys melanotis |
Black-eared Rice Rat |
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Yucatan Vesper Mouse |
Otonyctomys hatti |
Yucatan Vesper Rat |
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Big-eared Climbing Rat |
Ototylomys phyllotis |
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Mexican Deer Mouse |
Peromyscus mexicanus |
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Harvest Mouse |
Reithrodontomys gracilis |
Slender Harvest Mouse |
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Hispid Cotton
Rat |
Sigmodon hispidus |
Pine ridge Rat |
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Northern Climbing Rat |
Tylomys nudicaudus |
Peter's Climbing Rat |
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Porcupines
- Erethizontidae |
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Mexican Porcupine |
Coendou
mexicanus |
Mexican hairy Porcupine, Puercoespin |
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Pacas
- Agoutidae |
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Paca |
Agouti
paca |
Gibnut, Tepesquintle |
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Agoutis
- Dasyproctidae |
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Central
American Agouti |
Dasyprocta
punctata |
Rabbit, Indian Rabbit, Guatusa, Liebre |
| RABBITS
- LAGOMORPHA |
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Leporidae |
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Forest Rabbit |
Sylvilagus brasiliensis |
Bush Rabbit, Conejo |
