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Belize is a country with a rich variety of wildlife, due to its unique position between North and South America, and a wide range of climates and habitats for plant and animal life. [1] Belize's low human population, and approximately 8,867 square miles (22,970 km 2) of undistributed land, provides an ideal home for more than 5000 species of ...
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. Family: Trichechidae. Genus: Trichechus. West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus VU.
Rocky Point, within Bacalar Chico, is the only location in Belize where the barrier reef meets the shore. The point is ‘rocky’ because a fossilized Pleistocene reef lies exposed at the surface. Within the park, all five species of cats native to Belize have been recorded, including the jaguar and puma.
The Barrier Reef is clearly visible along the eastern coast of Belize in the Caribbean Sea. The Belize Barrier Reef is a series of coral reefs straddling the coast of Belize, roughly 300 metres (980 ft) offshore in the north and 40 kilometres (25 mi) in the south within the country limits. The Belize Barrier Reef is a 300-kilometre (190 mi ...
Glover's Reef. Coordinates: 16°49′23″N87°47′28″W16.823°N 87.791°W. Map of Belize's southern islands, with Glover's in the bottom right corner. Glover's Reef is a partially submerged atoll located off the southern coast of Belize, approximately 45 kilometres from the mainland. [ 1 ] It forms part of the outermost boundary of the ...
Coati. Coatis (from Tupí), [1] also known as coatimundis (/ koʊˌɑːtɪˈmʌndi /), [2][3] are members of the family Procyonidae in the genera Nasua and Nasuella (comprising the subtribe Nasuina). They are diurnal mammals native to South America, Central America, Mexico, and the Southwestern United States. The name "coatimundi" comes from ...
99,796 acres (40,386 ha) yaaxche.org. Bladen Nature Reserve in Belize is a landscape of caves, sinkholes, streams and rivers, old growth rainforest and an abundance of highly diverse flora and fauna which includes a great deal of rare and endemic species. Widely described as the crown jewel of Belize's protected areas, Bladen is considered to ...
The tayra (Eira barbara) is an omnivorous animal from the weasel family, native to the Americas.It is the only species in the genus Eira.. Tayras are also known as the tolomuco or perico ligero in Central America, motete in Honduras, irara in Brazil, san hol or viejo de monte in the Yucatan Peninsula, and high-woods dog (or historically chien bois) in Trinidad. [2]