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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Costa Rica. Of the mammal species in Costa Rica, [1] one is critically endangered, four are endangered, six are vulnerable, and three are near threatened. One species is considered extinct. [2] The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the ...
Yigüirro, Costa Rica's national bird. 941 bird species have been recorded in Costa Rica (including Cocos Island), more than all of the United States and Canada combined. More than 600 of the Costa Rican species are permanent residents, and upwards of 200 are migrants, spending portions of the year outside of the country, usually in North America.
The rugged mountains and watersheds of the Esquinas and Piedras Blancas rivers are covered in dense evergreen forest that is home to a number of rare tropical trees and the habitat of many species of birds, mammals and reptiles. Hunting has been a problem, but the number of park rangers was increased from 6 to 16 between 2005 and 2007, and ...
The visit was part of a study of the northern region of Costa Rica, requested by the government's National Planning Office. There, they met Hubert Mendenhall, leader of the Quaker community at the time, who took them to see the primary forests that surrounded the community.
The Pacific screech owl (Megascops cooperi) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found in Costa Rica , El Salvador , Guatemala , Honduras , Mexico , and Nicaragua . [ 3 ] The Pacific screech owl has sometimes been treated as a race of western screech owl ( Megascops kennicottii ) or eastern screech owl ( M. asio ) but its ...
Thus, although the species are generalists, individual sloths may feed on a relatively narrow range of leaf types. [6] Although they get most of their fluids from the leaves that they eat, brown-throated sloths have been observed drinking directly from rivers. [14] Brown-throated sloth at midday in Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica
The Camron climbing salamander (Bolitoglossa lignicolor), also known as the Camron mushroomtongue salamander or wood colored salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge is a Wildlife refuge, part of the Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area, in the northern part of Costa Rica twenty kilometers south of Los Chiles near the border with Nicaragua in the Alajuela province.