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This is a list of the native wild mammal species recorded in Mexico.As of September 2014, there were 536 mammalian species or subspecies listed. Based on IUCN data, Mexico has 23% more noncetacean mammal species than the U.S. and Canada combined in an area only 10% as large, or a species density over 12 times that of its northern neighbors.
Mexico ranks first in biodiversity in reptiles with 707 known species, second in mammals with 438 species, fourth in amphibians with 290 species, and fourth in flora, with 26,000 species. [3] Mexico is also ranked second in the world in ecosystems and fourth in overall species. [4] About 2,500 species are protected by Mexican legislation. [4]
They are diurnal mammals native to South America, Central America, Mexico, and the Southwestern United States. The name "coatimundi" comes from the Tupian languages of Brazil, where it means "lone coati". [4] [5] Locally in Belize, the coati is known as "quash". [6]
Helodermatidae is a family of terrestrial lizards whose only genus is Heloderma, which includes the only venomous lizards on the American continent. The family consists of two species native to the southwestern United States, Mexico and Guatemala, which prefer semiarid habitats. 2 species occur in Mexico. Heloderma horridum (Wiegmann, 1829) VU
Pages in category "Mammals of Mexico" The following 88 pages are in this category, out of 88 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * List of mammals of ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Mexico. The avifauna of Mexico included a total of 1136 species as of April 2024, according to Bird Checklists of the World . [ 1 ] Of the 1135 species, 113 are rare or accidental , 10 have been introduced by humans, 112 are endemic , and five more breed only in Mexico though their non-breeding ...
Edward A. Goldman reported hearing the name from "several native hunters" in Panama in 1920. It is also reported as a native name for the howler monkey in Nicaragua. [188] Opossum (Didelphimorphia) marsupial: Powhatan: From aposoum ("white animal"), from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa ("white dog"), originally referring to the Virginia ...
Individual animals in Mexico (3 P) Fauna of Islas Marías (11 P) L. Fauna of Los Tuxtlas (1 C, 6 P) Fauna of the Lower Colorado River Valley (1 C, 28 P) M.