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Fauna of the Dominican Republic — the nation located on eastern Hispaniola, a large island of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean For the native fauna of western Hispaniola island, see Category: Fauna of Haiti .
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in the Dominican Republic. Of the mammal species in the Dominican Republic, one is critically endangered, one is endangered, three are vulnerable, and eight are considered to be extinct. [1] The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International ...
On each island, a distinct genus with two species has been found, but all are now extinct. A fourth genus, Puertoricomys, is known from an older, perhaps Pliocene, deposit on Puerto Rico. [9] These animals exhibited characters intermediate between hutias and spiny rats and have sometimes been treated as a subfamily of the Capromyidae. [10]
Pages in category "Endemic fauna of the Dominican Republic" The following 89 pages are in this category, out of 89 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The palmchat is the national bird of the Dominican Republic.. The following is a list of the bird species recorded in the Dominican Republic.The avifauna of the Dominican Republic included a total of 327 species as of October 2024, according to Bird Checklists of the World (Avibase). [1]
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 Dominican Republic encompasses so much of what makes the Caribbean such a popular holiday destination.. Pristine white sands lapped by turquoise waters, impressive resort hotels and beautiful ...
On Cabritos Island of Enriquillo Lake, in the southwestern Dominican Republic near the border with Haiti. Jaragua National Park. Jaragua National Park (Parque Nacional Jaragua) In the southwestern Dominican Republic, with 130 different bird species, and 4,500-year-old Taino pictographs.