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Mammals & 
Other Wildlife  
in the
Dominican Republic 


The following list compiled by Armas Hill. 


Codes:

(t1):   a critically threatened, or endangered, species
(t2):   a threatened species

(He):   endemic to Hispaniola


Photo at right: a breaching HUMPBACK WHALE, off the northern coast of the Dominican Republic  


 An excellent new book entitled "Hispaniola, a Photographic Journey through Island Biodiversity", Eladio Fernandez, has just been published (by Harvard University Press, in 2007). 
In the book, there are some superb photographs of the nature of the Dominican Republic. In the following list, pages in that book with photos of particular species are noted with a (p.xx).  
Not included in the following list, there are a number of photographs of plants. Also, there's an interesting essay regarding the many mushrooms that occur on the island.   


Links:


 Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in the Caribbean

Birds during pervious FONT tours in the Dominican Republic



Mammals:

  1. Hispaniolan Hutia  (He)  _____  (p. 132-133)
    Plagiodontia aedium
  2. Hispaniolan Solenodon  (He)  _____  (p. 136-139)
    Solenodon paradoxus
    ______________________________________________

    22 species of bats have been known from Hispaniola.

    3 of them have become extinct or extirpated from the island:
    1) a large unnamed Pteronotus 
    2) Mormoops megalophylla 
    3) Lasiurus intermedius

    Only 1 of the 19 surviving bats in Hispaniola is currently recognized as endemic to the island.
    16 of the species of bats in Hispaniola are included below in this list of mammals:

  3. Sooty Moustached Bat
    Pteronotus     (formerly Chilonycteris)  quadridens  _____
  4. Antillean Ghost-faced Bat
    Mormoops blainvilli
  5. Waterhouse's Leaf-nosed Bat  _____  (p. 342)
    Macrotus waterhousii
  6. Cuban Fruit-eating Bat  _____
    Brachyphylia nana
     
  7. Buffy Flower Bat  _____
    Erophylia sezekorni      (the single member of its genus) 

  8. Cuban Flower Bat  _____
    Phyllonycteris poeyi
  9. Leach's Single-leaf Bat  _____
    Monophyllus redmani
  10. Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat  _____  (p. 343)
    Artibeus jamaicensis
     
  11. Cuban Fig-eating Bat  _____
    Phyllops falcatus      (the single member of its genus)

  12. Cuban Funnel-eared Bat  _____
    Natalus     (formerly Chilonatalus) micropus
  13. Mexican Funnel-eared Bat  _____
    Natalus stramineus
  14. Mexican Free-tailed Bat  _____
    Tadarida brasiliensis
  15. Big Free-tailed Bat  _____
    Nyctinomops macrotis
  16. Pallas' Mastiff Bat  (or House Bat)  _____
    Molossus molossus
  17. Big Brown Bat  _____
    Eptesicus fuscus
  18. Western Red Bat  _____
    Lasiurus     (formerly Dasypterus) blossevillii
    __________________________________________________

  19. Humpback Whale  _____  (PHOTO AT THE TOP OF THIS LIST) 
    Megaptera novaeangliae      (the single member of its genus)



    Humpback Whale

  20. Pantropical Spotted Dolphin ______ (*) DM(p)  
    Stenella attenuata

  21. Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (t3) ______
    Stenella frontalis
     
  22. Spinner Dolphin ______ 
    Stenella longirostris 
  23. Clymene Dolphin (t3) ______
    Stenella clymene


     3 photos below of Clymene Dolphins 






  24. Striped (or Blue-white) Dolphin ______
    Stenella coeruleoalba
  25. (Short-beaked) Common Dolphin ______
    Delphinus delphis
         (one of the most gregarious and abundant of the world's cetaceans) 



         Common Dolphin
     (photo by Andy Smith)
  26. Common Bottlenose Dolphin ______ (*) PR(p)
    Tursiops truncatus




     Common Bottlenose Dolphin



    Amphibians & Reptiles:

    Amphibians  (including Frogs):

  27. Hispaniolan Green Streamfrog  _____  (p. 276-277)
    Hylo heilprini
  28. Hispaniolan Laughing Treefrog  _____  (p. 317)
    Osteopilus dominicensis 
  29. Tuck-wheep Frog  _____  (p. 250)
    Eleutherodactylus abbotti
  30. Eleutherodactylus aduanti  (t2)  _____  (p. 186)

  31. Eleutherodactylus ventriineatus  (t2)  _____  (p. 188)

  32. Eleutherodactylus bakeri  _____  (p. 188)

  33. Eleutherodactylus apostates  _____  (p. 188)

  34. Eleutherodactylus glaphycampus  _____  (p. 188)

  35. Eleutherodactylus lamprotes  _____  (p. 189)

  36. Eleutherodactylus brevirostris  (t2)  _____  (p. 189)

  37. Eleutherodactylus eunaster _____  (p. 189)

     
  38. Eleutherodactylus nortoni  _____  (p. 189)


     Reptiles:

  39. American Crocodile _____   (p.56)
    Crocodylus acutus
  40. Desert Gecko  _____  (p. 63)
    Aristelliger expectatus 
  41. Haitises Striped Gecko  _____  (p. 314)
    Sphaerodactylus cochranae
  42. Haitises Banded Gecko  _____  (p. 315)
    Sphaerodactylus samanensis
  43. Ricard's Iguana (t1) (He) _____  (p. 58-59)
    Cyclora ricordi
  44. Rhinoceros Iguana  (He) _____  (p. 102)
    Cyclura cornuta
  45. Southern Green Anole  _____  (p. 70)
    Anolis coelestinus
  46. Green Twig Anole  _____  (p.73)
    Anolis singularis
  47. Bahoruco Twig Anole ______ (p. 72)
    Anolis sheplani
  48. Bahoruco Bush Anole  _____  (p. 71)
    Anolis bahorucoensis
  49. La Hotte Bush Anole  _____  (p. 190)
    Anolis monticola
  50. Artibonite Bush Anole  _____  (p. 208)
    Anolis rimarum
  51. Banded Red-bellied Anole  _____  (p. 191)
    Anolis rupinae
  52. LaSelle Long-snouted Anole  _____  (p. 162-163)
    Anolis hendersoni
  53. Black Stream Anole  _____  (p. 207)
    Anolis eugenegrahami
  54. Cordillera Central  Twig Anole  _____  (p. 240-241)
    Anolis insolitus
  55. Cordillera Central Bush Anole  _____  (p.256)
    Anolis etherridgei
  56. Anolis koopmani  _____  (p. 192)

  57. Pygmy Blue-tailed Ameiva  _____  (p. 91)
    Ameiva lineeolata
  58. Santo Domingo Curlytail  _____  (p. 334)
    Leiocephalus lunatus
  59. Pale-bellied Curlytail  _____  (p. 354)
    Leiocephalus semilineatus
  60. Hispaniolan Striped Galliwasp  _____  (p. 297)
    Celestus darlingtoni
  61. Sharp-nosed Vinesnake  _____  (p. 95)
    Uromacer frenatus
  62. Hog-nosed Racer  _____  (p. 90)
    Hypsirhynchus ferox
  63. Hispaniolan Boa  _____  (p. 140-141)


     Snails

  64. Liguus virgineus  (no English name)  _____
  65. Pleurodonte escellens  _____  (p. 196)
  66. various land snails  (some quite colorful)  _____  (p. 194-195, p. 200, 340)
  67. Cerion yumaense  _____  (p. 341)


     Crabs
  68. Ghost Crab  _____  (p. 103)
    Oxypode cuadrata
  69. Hermit Crab  _____  (p. 103)
    Zoenobita clypeatus 

    Butterflies & Moths


         Of the approximately 200 species of diurnal Lepidoptera on Hispaniola, some 75 species are endemic, largely among those groups that are weak fliers.
    For example, there are about 30 species of satyrid butterflies in the genus Calisto that are endemic to Hispaniola. They all feed on grasses and fly weakly, low over the ground, and have thus produced locally distributed species on the island. 
    Conversely, the hawkmoths in the family Sphingidae are strong fliers, and so, of the 47 species that occur on Hispaniola, only 7 are endemic.               
  70. Polydamus Swallowtail  _____
    Battus polydamus
  71. Haitian Kite Swallowtail _____
    Protesilaus     (formerly Eurytides) zonarius
  72. Androgeus Swallowtail  (or Queen Page)  _____
    Papilo     (or Heraclides) androgeus
      
  73. Schaus' Swallowtail  (also called Dusky Swallowtail)  _____
    Papilo     (or Heraclides) aristodemus
  74. Machaonides Swallowtail  _____
    Papilo     (or Heraclides) machaonides
     
  75. Scarce Haitian Swallowtail  _____
    Papilo     (or Heraclides) aristor
  76. Tiger Pierid  _____
    Dismorphia amphione
  77. Haitian Mimic  _____  (p. 309)
    Dismorphia spio
  78. Tropical White  _____
    Appias drusilla
  79. D'Almeida's White _____
    Appais punctifera
  80. Ascia josephina  _____

  81. Great Southern White _____
    Ascia monuste
  82. Giant White  _____
    Ganyra josephina 
  83. Phoebis trite  _____

     
  84. Cloudless Sulphur  _____
    Phoebis sennae
  85. Argante Giant Sulphur  _____
    Phoebis argante
  86. Orbed Sulphur  _____
    Phoebis orbis
  87. Red-splashed Sulphur  _____
    Phoebis avellaneda
  88. Orange-barred Sulphur  _____
    Phoebis philea
  89. Large Orange Sulphur _____
    Phoebis agarithe
  90. Lyside Sulphur  _____
    Kricogonia lyside
  91. Statira Sulphur  (also called Yellow Migrant or Migrant Sulphur)  _____
    Aphrissa     (has been Phoebis) statira
  92. Dainty Sulphur  (also called Dwarf Yellow)  _____
    Nathalis iole
  93. Sleepy Orange _____
    Eurema nicippe
  94. Tailed Orange (or Little Jaune)  _____
    Eurema proterpia
  95. Boisduval's Yellow  _____
    Eurema boisduvaliana
  96. Dina Yellow  _____
    Eurema dina
  97. Ghost Yellow  _____
    Eurema albula
  98. Mimosa Yellow  _____
    Eurema nise
  99. Barred Yellow (or Barred Sulphur)  _____
    Eurema daira
     
  100. Eurema elathes  _____

  101. Shy Yellow  _____
    Eurema messalina
  102. Hall's Yellow  _____
    Eurema leuce
  103. Silver-banded Hairstreak  _____
    Chlorostrymon simaethis
  104. Amethyst Hairstreak  _____
    Chlorostrymon maesites
  105. Fulvous Hairstreak  _____
    Electrostrymon angelia
  106. Gray Ministreak  (or Azia Hairstreak)  _____
    Ministrymon azia
     
  107. Red-banded Hairstreak  _____
    Calycopis cecrops
     
  108. Martial Scrub Hairstreak  (also called Long-tailed Hairstreak)  _____
    Strymon martialis
  109. Bartram's Scrub Hairstreak  (also called Antillean Hairstreak)  _____
    Strymon acis
  110. Disguised Scrub Hairstreak  _____
    Strymon limenia
     
  111. Lantana Scrub Hairstreak  _____
    Strymon bazochii
  112. Eastern Pygmy Blue  _____
    Brephidium isophthalma 
  113. Cassius Blue  _____
    Leptotes cassius 
  114. Miami (Eyed) Blue  (also called Caribbean, or Thomas's (Eyed) Blue)  _____
    Hemiargus thomasi
      
  115. Ceraunus Blue  _____
    Hemiargus ceraunus 
  116. Hanno Blue  _____
    Hemiargus hanno
  117. Southern (or American) Snout  _____
    Libytheana carinenta
  118. Mosaic  _____  (p. 268)
    Colobura dirce
  119. Orion  (also called Stinky Leaf Wing)   ______  (p. 210)
    Historis (or Phytolestes) odius 
  120. Tailed Cecropian  ______
    Historis scheronta
  121. Red Rim  _____
    Biblis hyperia
  122. Pale Cracker  _____
    Hamadryas amphichloe
  123. Florida Purplewing  (or Large Purplewing)  _____
    Eunica tatila
  124. Dingy Purple Wing  _____
    Eunica monima
  125. Haitian Admiral  _____  (p. 173)
    Adelpha gelania
  126. Silverking  _____
    Archaeoprepona demophoon
  127. Ruddy Daggerwing (also called Southern Daggertail; in the West Indies called the Tailed Flambeau)  _____  (p. 336)
    Marpesia petreus
      
  128. Many-banded Daggerwing  _____
    Marpesia chiron
  129. Antillean Daggerwing  _____
    Marpesia eleuchea
  130. Malachite  _____  (p. 213)
    Siproeta (or Metamorpha) stelenes
  131. Goddard's Anartia (or Peacock)  _____  (p. 245)
    Anartia lytrea
  132. White Peacock  _____
    Anartia jatrophae
  133. Mangrove Buckeye  (also called Caribbean Buckeye)  _____
    Junonia evarete
  134. American Painted Lady  _____
    Vanessa virginiensis
  135. The Mimic  _____
    Hypolimnas misippus
     
  136. Cuban Crescent  _____
    Phyciodes frisia
  137. Gulf Fritillary (also called Silver-spotted Flambeau)  _____  (p. 259)
    Agraulis (or Dione) vanillae



    Gulf Fritillary
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
  138. Julia Heliconian (or Julia)  (in the Caribbean also called The Flambeau)  _____
    Dryas julia
  139. Isabella's Heliconian  (also called the Isabella Tiger)  _____
    Eueides isabella
  140. Zebra Heliconian (or Zebra)  (also called Zebra Longwing)  _____
    Heliconius charitonius


     
    Zebra Heliconian
     (photo by Doug Johnson)
  141. Variegated Fritillary  _____
    Euptoieta claudia
  142. Mexican Fritillary  _____
    Euptoieta hegesia
     
  143. Troglodyte  _____
    Anaea troglodyta
  144. Siderone galanthis  _____

  145. Jamaican Clearwing  _____  (p. 243)
    Greta diaphana
  146. Tiger Mimic-Queen  (or Large Tiger)  _____
    Lycorea cleobaea
  147. Monarch _____  (Monarchs in the Caribbean are residents and do not migrate)
    Danaus plexippus
    Monarch Butterfly
         (photo by Howard Eskin)
  148. Soldier  _____
    Danaus eresimus
  149. Queen _____   (p. 121) 
    Danaus gilippus  
  150. Jamaican Monarch _____  (looks like a small Monarch but has yellow spots on its wings instead of white ones)
    Danaus cleophile
     
  151. Mangrove Skipper  _____  (p. 129)
    Phocides pigmalion
  152. Mercurial Skipper  _____
    Proteides mercurius
  153. Eight-spotted Longtail  _____
    Polythrix octomaculata
  154. Common Long-tailed Skipper  _____
    Urbanus proteus
  155. Zarucco Duskywing  _____
    Erynnis zarucco



    Dragonflies

  156. Scopanea frontalis  _____  (p. 258)

  157. Erythrodiplax umbrata  _____  (p. 274-275)

  158. Sympetrum illotum  _____  (p. 294)

  159. Phytolestes ethelae  ______  (p. 211)


     Damselflies


    One of the damselfly species on Hispaniola, Phylolestes ethelae, is not only endemic to the island, but it is the only member of the family Synlestidae to occur in the western hemisphere. That family is mainly in Africa & Asia.  

  160. Telebasis dominicana  _____  (p.62)

  161. Hypolestes clara  _____  (P.236)


     Other insects (either distinctive or colorful)

  162. Chinche  (local name)  _____  (p. 145)
    Pachycoris fabrici
  163. Cnodalus sp. ______  (p. 144)
    family Tenebrionidae
      
  164. Leafhopper  _____  (p. 288-289)
    Caribovia plagata
  165. Firefly  _____  (p. 291)
    family Lampyridae
  166. Ninfa de Mantis  (local name)  _____  (p. 222-223)
    Stagmomantis domingensis
  167. Taraxippus palliurus  _____  (p. 247)

  168. Winged Stick Bug  _____  (p. 203)
    Aplopus sp.
  169. stick bug  _____  (p. 202)
    Malacomorphus sp.
  170. cicada  _____  (p.246, 283)
    Chinaria viviana
  171. katydid  _____  (p. 292-293)
    Espeleata sp.
  172. katydid  _____  (p. 320)
    Phebolanta sp.
  173. Lygaeid Bug  _____  (p. 262)


         Other creatures

  174. Tarantula  _____  (p. 296)
    family Theraphosidae