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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 Costa Rican portion harbors 136 mammal species, the Panamanian 84. Characteristic mammals include jaguar, cougar, tapir, deer, anteater, and several species of monkey. The Talamancan oryzomys (Nephelomys devius) is endemic to the ecoregion. Birds are also well represented. The Costa Rican portion holds 450 species, the Panamanian 225.
[4] [5] Each of the four species can be seen in national parks within Costa Rica, where viewing them in natural surroundings is a popular tourist attraction. [6] [7] A place where all four species can be seen is Corcovado National Park, on the Osa Peninsula. [8] The smallest of the Costa Rican monkey species is the Central American squirrel monkey.
The Central American squirrel monkey (Saimiri oerstedii), also known as the red-backed squirrel monkey, is a squirrel monkey species from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and Panama. It is restricted to the northwestern tip of Panama near the border with Costa Rica, and the central and southern Pacific coast of Costa Rica, primarily in Manuel ...
View of INBioparque's lake. The Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio) is the national institute for biodiversity and conservation in Costa Rica.Created at the end of the 1980s, and despite having national status, it is a privately run institution that works closely with various government agencies, universities, business sector and other public and private entities inside and outside of ...
The southern spotted skunk is native to Central America where its range includes Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Belize.It is present at altitudes of up to 300 metres (980 ft) in dry rocky areas with scrub and open woodland, and also in agricultural areas.
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