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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 ...
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 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 ...
Remains most recently dated to 1270-1390 CE, but likely disappeared after European contact. It was domesticated to some extent by Native Americans and introduced to Puerto Rico, Mona Island, Vieques, and the Virgin Islands. Likely one of the animals mentioned by Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés in 1535. [2] Macrocapromys acevedo: Cuba
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 ...
Location of Antigua and Barbuda in the Caribbean. This is a list of amphibians and reptiles found in Antigua and Barbuda , an island nation in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles . It consists of the two main islands of Antigua and Barbuda , and many smaller islets, including the uninhabited Redonda .
Location of Anguilla in the Caribbean. This is a list of amphibians and reptiles found in the British overseas territory of Anguilla, located in the Lesser Antilles chain in the Caribbean. It comprises the main island of Anguilla, and many much smaller islands and cays that have no permanent human population.