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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Guatemala. Of the mammal species in Guatemala, one is critically endangered, four are endangered, four are vulnerable, and three are near threatened. One species is considered extinct. [1] The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International ...
Guatemala has a large variety of habitats, from tropical rain forests, dry thorn scrubs, cloud forests, coastal marshes, pine forests, mountains and lowlands. This vast contrast in biomes makes Guatemala home to a large variety of herpetofauna. These include approximately 240 species of reptiles, subdivided in 3 orders and 29 families.
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Guatemala. The avifauna of Guatemala includes a total of 781 species as of June 2023, according to Bird Checklists of the World. [1] Of them, 128 are rare or accidental, and five have been introduced by humans. One species (now extinct) was endemic, and two non-endemic species have been extirpated ...
This is a list of amphibians found in Guatemala. There are 158 amphibian species recorded in Guatemala, which are grouped in three orders: caecilians (Gymnophiona), salamanders (Caudata) and frogs and toads (Anura). The IUCN considers that 33 of these species are critically endangered, 27 endangered, 11 near threatened and 21 vulnerable.
Endemic fauna of Guatemala (107 P) V. Vertebrates of Guatemala (4 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Fauna of Guatemala" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of ...
Guatemalan black howler. According to Parkswatch and the IUCN, [1] Guatemala is considered the fifth biodiversity hotspot in the world. [2] [3] The country has 14 ecoregions ranging from mangrove forest (4 species), in both ocean littorals, dry forests and scrublands in the eastern highlands, subtropical and tropical rain forests, wetlands, cloud forests in the Verapaz region, mixed forests ...
The name of the genus, Pharomachrus, refers to the physical characteristics of the bird, with pharos meaning ' mantle ' and makros meaning 'long' in Ancient Greek. [10] The word 'quetzal' came from Nahuatl (Aztec), where quetzalli (from the root quetza , meaning 'stand') means 'tall upstanding plume' and then 'quetzal tail feather'; from that ...
Quetzals (/ k ɛ t ˈ s ɑː l, ˈ k ɛ t s əl /) are strikingly colored birds in the trogon family. They are found in forests, especially in humid highlands, with the five species from the genus Pharomachrus being exclusively Neotropical, while a single species, the eared quetzal, Euptilotis neoxenus, is found in Guatemala, sometimes in Mexico and very locally in the southernmost United ...