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Armadillos are small mammals with a bony armored shell. Two of twenty-one extant species are still present in Panama; the remainder are only found in South America, where they originated. Their much larger relatives, the pampatheres and glyptodonts, once lived in North and South America but went extinct following the appearance of humans.
The Panamanian golden frog is endemic to Panama, living close to mountain streams on the eastern side of the Tabasará mountain range in the Coclé and Panamá provinces. [1] Its geographic range previously extended as far east as the town of El Copé in western Coclé Province before the onset of the fungal disease chytridiomycosis , which ...
The harpy eagle is the national bird of Panama and is depicted on the coat of arms of Panama. [88] The 15th harpy eagle released in Belize, named "Hope", was dubbed "Ambassador for Climate Change", in light of the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 .
Endemic fauna of Panama (1 C, 109 P) V. Vertebrates of Panama (4 C, 19 P) Pages in category "Fauna of Panama" The following 121 pages are in this category, out of 121 ...
Cebus imitator covers the Central American portion of the range except the easternmost portion of Panama. The Panamanian white-faced capuchin ( Cebus imitator ), also known as the Panamanian white-headed capuchin or Central American white-faced capuchin , is a medium-sized New World monkey of the family Cebidae , subfamily Cebinae .
The related pacas were formerly included in genus Agouti, but these animals were reclassified in 1998 as genus Cuniculus. [3] The Spanish term is agutí. In Mexico, the agouti is called the sereque. [4] In Panama, it is known as the ñeque [5] and in eastern Ecuador, as the guatusa. [6] Red-rumped agouti (Dasyprocta leporina)
The range of the Central American squirrel monkey within Panama no longer includes its type locality of David.. At least six monkey species are native to Panama.A seventh species, the Coiba Island howler (Alouatta coibensis) is often recognized, but some authors treat it as a subspecies of the mantled howler, (A. palliata). [1]
The harpy eagle is Panama's national bird. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Panama. The avifauna of Panama included a total of 1020 species as of July 2023, according to Bird Checklists of the World (Avibase). Three species have been added from other sources. Of the 1021 species, 125 are rare or accidental and six have been introduced by humans. Seven are endemic. An additional ...