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A unique and diverse albeit phylogenetically restricted mammal fauna [note 1] is known from the Caribbean region. The region—specifically, all islands in the Caribbean Sea (except for small islets close to the continental mainland) and the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Barbados, which are not in the Caribbean Sea but biogeographically belong to the same Caribbean bioregion—has ...
The Caribbean as defined by the WGSRPD. Subcategories. This category has the following 19 subcategories, out of 19 total. A. Mammals of Anguilla (3 P) Mammals of ...
Extinct animals of the Caribbean (7 C, 8 P) A. Amphibians of the Caribbean ... Pages in category "Fauna of the Caribbean" The following 60 pages are in this category ...
Desmarest's hutia (Capromys pilorides), a member of a rodent family known only from the Caribbean.. The Caribbean region is home to a diverse and largely endemic rodent fauna. . This includes the endemic family Capromyidae (hutias), which are largely limited to the Greater Antilles, and two other groups of endemic hystricognaths, the heteropsomyines and giant hutias, including the extinct bear ...
The Guiana dolphin, also known as the estuarine dolphin or costero, is a predominantly coastal species, reported in the Caribbean region zone from Brazil to Honduras in the north. [74] It lives in groups in calm, shallow waters close to the coast and in estuaries, with a strong fidelity to its site. [citation needed]
Location of Dominica in the Caribbean. This is a list of amphibians and reptiles found on Dominica, a Caribbean island-nation in the Lesser Antilles.Dominica is one of the few islands in that chain that has retained its original amphibian and reptile fauna over the last 200 years, and reptiles in particular form a significant part of its fauna.
Species Common name(s) Notes Image Cnemidophorus vanzoi: St Lucia whiptail, Vanzo's whiptail: Vulnerable. Endemic. The only Cnemidophorus species found in the Caribbean. Extirpated from the main island and now only native to the small islets of Maria Major and Maria Minor, with fewer than 1000 individuals estimated.
Location of Saint Martin in the Caribbean This is a list of amphibians and reptiles found on the island of Saint Martin , located in the Lesser Antilles chain in the Caribbean . Politically, Saint Martin is divided between the Collectivity of Saint Martin on the northern half of the island, which is an overseas collectivity of France , and Sint ...