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Mammals & Other Wildlife
(land & marine)

in the West Indies
of the Caribbean

in the Caymans,
Dominica,
the Dominican Republic,
Jamaica,
Puerto Rico,
St, Lucia, 
& St, Vincent

Noting those found 
during FONT tours
1990 thru 2007
with an (*)

Tours during the months of 
December, January, February, 
March, April, & July.

The upper left photo is of a WHALE SHARK, the largest fish in the world, during a FONT pelagic trip off Puerto Rico, in February 1996.  (Photo courtesy of tour participant  Marie Z. Gardner.)


 
 There have been 26 FONT tours in Puerto Rico, 13 in the Dominican Republic, 9 in Jamaica, 4 in the Cayman Islands, 14 in Saint Lucia, 9 in St. Vincent, 5 in Domincia, 2 in Barbados, and 1 in Grenada. 
During 1 of the Dominican Republic tours, some time was spent in Haiti. 

Following list compiled by Armas Hill

Codes:

Threatened Species, designated in CITES: 
(t1): critical
(t2): endangered
(t3): vulnerable
(ti):  threatened (but with status indeterminate)
(i):   introduced 

(p): seen during pelagic trips, either off Dominica or Puerto Rico
 

Seen during tours in:

 CY:  the Cayman Islands 
DM: Dominica  
DR: the Dominican Republic 
JM: Jamaica
PR: Puerto Rico
SL: Saint Lucia
SV: St. Vincent 


Bats in the following list are those in all of the Caribbean islands including Trinidad & Tobago, Margarita (off Venezuela), and Cozumel (Mexico).
 

Links:

Itineraries for Upcoming FONT Caribbean Tours in the West Indies  

Birds during FONT Caribbean Tours (with photos) 

Birds during previous tours in:

the Cayman Islands

the Dominican Republic

Jamaica

the Lesser Antilles

Puerto Rico

List of selected Butterflies & Moths in the Caribbean


 Lists of Reptiles, Amphibian, & other Wildlife (notably marine) follows that of the Mammals.  

   

List of Mammals:

        AMERICAN OPOSSUMS (in the Order Didelphimorphia, Family Didelphidae):
        (All Marsupials were formerly classified in the Order Marsupialia. 
        However, this large group has recently been split into 7 orders. 
        NEW WORLD OPOSSUMS consist of 3 orders, Australian marsupials 4 orders.
          

  1. Virginia Opossum ______ (*) SL  (introduced from North America)
    Didelphis virginiana
    RODENTS (in the Order Rodentia)

    HUTIAS  (Family Capromyidae)
  2. Desmarest's Hutia ______  (Cuba & nearby islands)
    Capromys pilorides 
  3. Cabrera's Hutia ______ (Cuba: Cayos de Ana Maria) (critically endangered) 
    Capromys (formerly Mesocapromys) angelcabreral 

  4. Eared Hutia  ______  (Cuba: Cayo Fragoso, Las Villas province - mangroves) (critically endangered)
    Capromys (formerly Mesocapromys) auritus 

  5. Dwarf Hutia  ______  (Cuba: Cienaga de Zapata, Matanzas province)  (critically endangered) 
    Capromys (formerly Mesocapromys) nanus 

  6. San Felipe Hutia  ______  (Cuba: Cayo Juan Garcia, Pinar del Rio province - grasslands) (critically endangered) 
    Capromys (formerly Mesocapromys) sanfelipensis 

  7. Garrido's Hutia  ______  (Cuba: Cayo Maja) (critically endangered) 
    Capromys (formerly Mysateles) garridoi

  8. Gundlach's Hutia  ______  (Cuba: northern Isla de la Juventud) 
    Capromys (formerly Mysateles) gundlachi 

  9. Black-tailed Hutia  ______ (eastern Cuba)
    Capromys (formerly Mysateles) melanurus 

  10. Southern Hutia  ______  (Cuba: soutwest Isla de la Juventud)  
    Capromys (formerly Mysateles) meridionalis 

  11. Prehensile-tailed Hutia  ______  (west & central Cuba)
    Capromys (formerly Mysateles) prehensilis 

  12. Puerto Rican Hutia  ______  (Hispaniola; feral in Puerto Rico & nearby islands) (critically endangered)
    Isolobodon portoricensis  (the single member of its genus)

  13. Hispaniolan Hutia  ______ (*) DR (endemic to Hispaniola, including La Gonave Island) 
    Plagiodontia aedium  (the single member of its genus) 
  14. Brown's Hutia  ______  (endemic to Jamaica)
    Geocapromys brownii  
  15. Bahaman Hutia  ______  (Bahamas: East Plana Key; feral on Little Wax & Walderick Wells Cays)
    Geocapromys ingrahami


         AGOUTIS  (in the Family Dasyproctidae)
  16. Red-rumped Agouti (i) ______ (*) DM,SL  (in the Lesser Antilles, introduced from northern South America)
    Dasyprocta leporina 




    A Red-rumped Agouti on the island of Saint Lucia,
    photographed during the FONT Lesser Antilles Tour in December 2007
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
  17. Central American Agouti (i) ______  (feral in Cuba & the Cayman Islands)
    Dasyprocta punctata 


    OLD WORLD RATS & MICE (in the Subfamily Murinae) 
  18. Black Rat  (SP: Rata del Tejado) (i) ______  PR
    Rattus rattus
     
  19. Brown Rat  (SP: Rata Parda) (i) ______ (*) DM,PR  (also called Norway Rat) (originally from southeast Siberia & northern China, introduced worldwide) 
    Rattus norvegicus
  20. Western House Mouse  (SP: Raton Casero) (i) ______  (*) PR,SL (commensal with humans in Europe, north Africa, & the Middle East; introduced in North & South America, subsaharan Africa, north Australia, & oceanic islands)   
    (commensal with humans in Europe, north Africa, & the Middle East; introduced in North & South America, subsaharan Africa, north Australia, & oceanic islands)   
    Mus domesticus  (formerly conspecific with Mus musculus, now the Eastern House Mouse)


    SOLENODONS  (in the Order Soricomorpha, Family Solenodontidae)  
  21. Cuban Solenodon  ______  (eastern Cuba, Oriente province)  (endangered)
    Solenodon cubanus
  22. Hispaniolan Solenodon  ______ (*) DR (endemic to Hispaniola)  (endangered)
    Solenodon paradoxus 
    BATS (in the Order Chiroptera)

    SAC-WINGED BATS (in the Family Emballonuridae)

  23. Proboscis Bat ______  (Trinidad; also Central & South America - near water in lowland rainforests) Rhynchonycteris naso  (the single member of its genus)

  24. Greater White-lined Bat (or White-lined Sac-winged Bat) ______  (Trinidad & Tobago; also Central & South America - lowland forest & forest edge)  
    Saccopteryx bilineata

  25. Lesser White-lined Bat ______ (Trinidad & Tobago; Margarita Island off Venezuela; also Central & South America)
    Saccopteryx leptura 
  26. Trinidad Doglike Bat ______  (Grenada, Aruba, Trinidad & Tobago; also locally in South America) 
    Peropteryx trinitatis      

  27. Northern Ghost Bat ______ (Trinidad; also Central America & northern South America - lowland & mid-elevation clearings, and built areas)   
    Diclidurus albus
    BULLDOG (or FISHING) BATS  (in the Family Noctilionidae)  
  28. Greater Bulldog (or Fishing) Bat ______  (Greater & Lesser Antilles, the southern Bahamas, Trinidad; also Central & South America - lowland forests, lakes, river, & coasts)
    Noctilio leporinus

    LEAF-CHINNED BATS (in the Family Mormoopidae)
  29. MacLeay's Moustached Bat ______  (Cuba & Jamaica)
    Pteronotus (formerly Chilonycteris) macleayii 

  30. Sooty Moustached Bat  (SP: Murcielago) ______  PR (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, & Puerto Rico)
    Pteronatus (formerly Chilonycteris) quadridens
  31. Common Moustached Bat ______ (Cuba to Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago; also Central & northern South America - lowlands and mid-elevation forests & clearings) 
    Pteronatus (formerly Phyllodia) parnellii

  32. Lesser Moustached Bat ______ (Trinidad; also Central & South America)
    Pteronatus (formerly Chilonycteris) personatus

  33. Davy's Naked-backed Bat ______  (southern Lesser Antilles; also Central & northern South America)
    Pteronatus davyi

  34. Antillean Ghost-faced Bat  (SP: Murcielago) ______  PR  (Greater Antilles) (also called Blainville's Leaf-chinned Bat)  
    Mormoops blainvillii 
  35. Ghost-faced Bat ______ (Trinidad & Netherlands Antilles)
    Mormoops megalophylla
    AMERICAN LEAF-NOSED BATS (in the Family Phyllostomidae) 
  36. White-bellied (or Tiny) Big-eared Bat ______  (Trinidad; also southern Central America & South America) 
    Micronycteris minuta

  37. Schmidt's Big-eared Bat ______ (Cozumel Island, Mexico; also Central & South America) 
    Micronycteris schmidtorum

  38. Hairy Big-eared Bat ______  (Trinidad; also southern Central America & northern South America) 
    Micronycteris hirsuta

  39. Orange-throated Bat ______  (Trinidad; also Central & northern South America) 
    Micronycteris (formerly Lampronycteris) brachyotis

  40. Niceforo's Bat ______  (Trinidad; also Central & northern South America) 
    Micronycteris  (formerly Trinycteris) nicefori

  41. Little Big-eared Bat ______  (Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago; also South America)
    Micronycteris megalotis

  42. Waterhouse's Bat ______ (Cuba, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Hispaniola including Beata Island, the Bahamas - in rather arid habitats) 
    Macrotus waterhousii 

  43. Common Sword-nosed Bat ______ (Trinidad; also Central & northern South America)
    Lonchorhina aurita

  44. Stripe-headed Round-eared Bat ______  (Trinidad; also Central & northern South America - usually in mature evergreen forest)  
    Tonatia saurophila

  45. Pygmy Round-eared Bat ______  (Trinidad; also Central & South America) 
    Tonatia brasiliense
  46. Cozumel Golden Bat ______  (endemic to Cozumel Island, Mexico) 
    Mimon cozumealae 

  47. Striped Hairy-nosed Bat ______  (Trinidad; also Central & South America - lowland forests & clearings) 
    Mimon crenulatum

  48. Pale Spear-nosed Bat ______  (Trinidad & Margarita Island off Venezuela; also Central & South America - lowland forests)
    Phyllostomus discolor

  49. Greater Spear-nosed Bat ______  (Trinidad & Tobago, and Margarita Island off Venezuela; also Central & South America - lowland forests & clearings)
    Phyllostomus hastatus

    50.
  50. Fringe-lipped Bat ______  (Trinidad; also Central & South America)
    Trachops cirrhosus

    51.
  51. Spectral (or Great False Vampire) Bat ______  (Trinidad; also Central & South America - forests & grasslands) 
    Vampyrum spectrum
  52. Antillean Fruit-eating Bat  (SP: Murcielago Cavernicola) ______ (*) PR  (Puerto Rico & Lesser Antilles south to St. Vincent)  (also called Cave Bat)
    Brachyphylla cavemarum
  53. Cuban Fruit-eating Bat ______ (Cuba, Grand Cayman Island, Jamaica, Hispaniola, & the middle Caicos Is. of the Bahamas)
    Brachyphylla nana
  54. Buffy Flower Bat  (SP: Murcielago Marron Come Flores)  ______ PR  (Cuba, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Bahamas)  (also called Brown Flower Bat)
    Erophylla sezekorni      (the single member of its genus)

  55. Cuban Flower Bat ______ (Cuba & Hispaniola)
    Phyllonycteris poeyi
  56. Jamaican Flower Bat ______ (Jamaica) (endangered)
    Phyllonycteris (formerly Reithronycteris) aphylla
    NECTAR-FEEDING or LONG-TONGUED BATS (in the Subfamilies Glossophaginae & Lonchophyllinae) 
  57. Common Long-tongued Bat ______ (Jamaica, Grenada, Trinidad; also Central & South America - forests & clearings) 
    Glossophaga soricina
  58. Miller's Long-tongued Bat ______ (Lesser Antilles, Trinidad & Tobago, Margarita Island off Venezuela; also northern South America - lowland dry forests) 
    Glossophaga longirostris 

  59. Insular Single-leaf Bat ______  (Lesser Antilles: Anguilla to St. Vincent)
    Monophyllus plethodon 

  60. Leach's Single-leaf Bat  (SP: Murcielago de Flores de Puerto Rico) ______  PR  (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, & the southern Bahamas) (also called in PR: Puerto Rican Flower Bat)
    Monophyllus redmani

  61. Geoffrey's Tailless (or Hairy-legged) Bat ______  (Grenada, Trinidad; also Central & South America)
    Anoura geoffroyi

  62. Lesser Whiskered Long-nosed Bat ______  (Trinidad; also South America - rainforests)
    Choeroniscus minor

    63.
  63. Southern Long-nosed Bat ______  (Netherland Antilles & Margarita Island off Venezuela - forests)
    Leptonycteris curasoae 
    SHORT-TAILED BATS (in the Subfamily Carolliinae)
  64. Seba's Short-tailed Bat ______  (Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago; also Central & South America)
    Carollia perspicillata 

  65. Little Yellow-shouldered Bat ______  (Lesser Antilles, Trinidad & Tobago; also Central & South America - forests & fruit groves)
    Sturnira lilium 

  66. Thomas' Yellow-shouldered Bat ______  (endemic to Guadeloupe) (endangered)
    Sturnira thomasi 

  67. Tilda Yellow-shouldered Bat ______ (Trinidad; also South America - lowland rainforests)
    Sturnira tildae
  68. Silver Fruit-eating Bat ______  (Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago; also South America)
    Artibeus glaucus
  69. Great Fruit-eating Bat ______  (southern Lesser Antilles, Trinidad & Tobago; also Central & South America)  
    Artibeus lituratus

  70. Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat (SP: Murcielago Frutero)  ______  PR  (Greater & Lesser Antilles, Trinidad & Tobago; also Central & South America - forests & plantations)  (also called Fruit Bat)
    Artibeus jamaicensis

  71. Common Tent-making Bat ______  (Trinidad; also Central & South America - lowland & mid-elevation forests) 
    Uroderma bilobatum

  72. Heller's Broad-nosed Bat ______  (Trinidad; also Central & South America - lowland & mid-elevation forests) 
    Platyrrhinus helleri

    73.
  73. Great Stripe-faced Bat ______  (Trinidad & Tobago; also Central & South America - lowland primary rainforests) 
    Vampyrodes caraccioli      (the single member of its genus)

  74. MacConnell's Bat ______  (Trinidad; also southern Central America & South America - lowland primary rainforests) 
    Mesophylla maconnelli      (the single member of its genus)
  75. Guadeloupe Big-eyed Bat  ______  (Guadeloupe & Montserrat) (endangered)
    Chiroderma improvisum 

  76. Little Big-eyed Bat ______  (Trinidad & Tobago; also Panama & South America - lowland forests & clearings)
    Chiroderma trinitatum
  77. Hairy Big-eyed Bat ______ (Trinidad & Tobago; also Central & South America - lowland forests & fruit groves)
    Chiroderma villosum
     
  78. Tree Bat ______ (Lesser Antilles, from St. Eustatius to St. Vincent)
    Ardops nichollsi
      
  79. Cuban Fig-eating Bat ______  (Cuba & Hispaniola)
    Phyllops falcatus      (the single member of its genus)

  80. Jamaican Fig-eating Bat ______ (endemic to Jamaica)
    Ariteus flavescens      (the single member of its genus)

  81. Red Fruit Bat  (SP: Murcielago Rojo Frutero) ______  PR  (Puerto Rico and Virgin & Leeward Islands) (also called Desmarest's Fig-eating Bat) 
    Stenoderma rufum
    Stenoderma rufum darioi (PR)
  82. Little White-shouldered Bat ______  (Bonaire in the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad; also Panama & South America - lowland rainforests) 
    Ametrida centurio  (the single member of its genus)

  83. Wrinkle-faced Bat ______  (Trinidad & Tobago; also Central America & northern South America - lowland & mid-elevation regrowth areas & seasonally flooded forests) 
    Centurio senex      (the single member of its genus)


    VAMPIRE BATS (in the Subfamily Desmodontinae)
  84. Common Vampire Bat ______  (Trinidad; also Central & South America - livestock farmland)
    Desmodus rotundus  (the single member of its genus)

  85. White-winged Vampire Bat ______  (Trinidad, Margarita Island off Venezuela; also Central & South America - lowland forests) 
    Diaemus youngi  (the single member of its genus)


    FUNNEL-EARED BATS (in the Family Natalidae)
  86. Cuban Funnel-eared Bat  ______ (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola)
    Natalus (formerly Chilonatalus) micropus

  87. Bahaman Funnel-eared Bat ______ (endemic to the Bahamas)
    Natalus (formerly Chilonatalus) tumidifrons

     
  88. Mexican Funnel-eared Bat ______  (Jamaica, Hispaniola, Lesser Antilles; also Central & South America - lowland & mid-elevation forests) 
    Natalus stramineus
  89. Trinidadian Funnel-eared Bat ______  (Netherland Antilles, Trinidad & Tobago; also northern South America - lowland dry forests)
    Natalus tumidirostris
  90. Gervais' Funnel-eared Bat ______ (Cuba & Bahamas)
     Natalus (formerly Nyctiellus) lepidus

    THUMBLESS BATS (in the Family Furipteridae)
  91. Thumbless Bat ______  (Trinidad; also southern Central America & northern South America - lowland forests) 
    Furipterus horrens   (the single member of its genus)
    DISK-WINGED BATS (in the Family Thyropteridae)
  92. Spix's Disk-winged Bat ______  (Trinidad; also Central & South America - lowland & mid-elevartion forests & regrowth areas)
    Thyroptera tricolor
    ANTROZOID BATS  (in the Family Antrozoidae)
  93. Pallid Bat  ______  (Cuba; also Canda, the US, & Mexico)
    Antrozous pallidus  (the single member of its genus)
     

     VESPER (or PLAIN-NOSED) BATS (in the Family Vespertilionidae)
  94. Mexican Big-eared Bat ______  (Cozumel Island, Mexico; also elsewhere in Mexico - arid lowlands)
    Plecotus mexicanus

    95.
  95. Black Myotis ______ (Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago; also Central & South America)
    Myotis nigricans

  96. Riparian Myotis ______  (Trinidad; also southern Central America & widespread in South America - lowland forests & forest clearings)
    Myotis riparius

  97. Dominican Myotis ______ (*)  (northern Lesser Antilles)
    Myotis dominicensis 

  98. Hairy-legged Myotis ______  (Trinidad; also Central & South America - forests, regrowth areas, & forest edges)
    Myotis keaysi 

  99. Schwartz's Myotis _____ (*) (Barbados & Martinique) 
    Myotis martiniquensis

  100. Curacao Myotis ______ (Curacao & Bonaire in the Netherlands Antilles)
    Myotis nesopolus

      
  101. Big Brown Bat  (SP: Murcielago Marron Mayor)  ______  PR  (Greater Antilles, the Bahamas, & in the Lesser Antilles in Dominica, Barbados; also in North & South America) 
    Eptesicus fuscus

  102. Guadeloupe Big Brown Bat ______  (endemic to Guadeloupe) (endangered)
    Eptesicus guadeloupensis

  103. Brazilian Brown Bat ______  (Trinidad & Tobago; also Central & South America)
    Eptesicus brasiliensis 

  104. Evening Bat  ______  (Cuba; also the US & Mexico)
    Nycticelus humeralis

  105. Tiny Yellow Bat ______  (Trinidad, Margarita Island off Venezuela; also northern South America - forests)
    Rhogeessa minutilla 

  106. Central American Yellow Bat ______ (Trinidad & Tobago; also Central & South America - forests, clearings, & built areas)
    Rhogeesa tumida

    107.
  107. Western Red Bat  (SP: Murcielago Rojo)  ______  PR  (Greater Antilles, Bahamas; also wide-ranging from Canada to Argentina) (also called simply Red Bat) 
    Lasiurus blossevillii

    108.
  108. Hoary Bat ______ (a vagrant to the Greater Antilles; ranges throughout North & South America) 
    Lasiurus cinereus

  109. Northern Yellow Bat ______ (Cuba; also the US south to Honduras - dry forests & scrub)
    Lasiurus (formerly Dasypterus) intermedius

  110. Southern Yellow Bat ______  (Trinidad; also wide-ranging from Texas USA to Argentina - lowland scrub & foothill forests)
    Lasiurus (formerly Dasypterus) ega      
    FREE-TAILED BATS (in the Family Molossidae)
  111. Little Goblin Bat ______  (endemic to Cuba)
    Mormopterus minutus

  112. Greenhall's Dog-faced Bat ______  (Trinidad; also Central & South America) 
    Molossops (formerly Cynomops) greenhalli
  113. Mexican (or Brazilian) Free-tailed Bat  (SP: Murcielago de Cola Libre) ______  PR  (Greater & Lesser Antilles, Trinidad; also wide-ranging from the southern US to central Argentina) 
     Tadarida brasiliensis

  114. Broad-eared Bat ______  (Cuba, Trinidad; also widespread in Central & South America - dry forests & scrub) 
    Nyctinomops laticaudatus

  115. Big Free-tailed Bat ______ (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola; also southern US south to Uruguay - rocky canyons)
    Nyctinomops macrotis

  116. Black Bonneted Bat ______  (Trinidad; also Central & South America)
    Eumpos auripendulus

  117. Wagner's Bonneted Bat ______  (Cuba, Jamaica; also south Florida USA and in Central & South America)
    Eumops glaucinus

  118. Greater Bonneted Bat ______  (Cuba; also from the southern US to Paraguay & northern Argentina)
    Eumops perotis

  119. Big-crested Mastiff Bat ______  (Trinidad; also Central & South America - forests, clearings, & built areas) 
    Promops centralis 

  120. Brown Mastiff Bat ______ (Trinidad; also South America - forests)
    Promops nasutus

  121. Black Mastiff Bat ______  (Trinidad; also Central & South America - forests, scrub, & built areas)
    Molossus ater

  122. Bonda Mastiff Bat ______  (Cozumel Island, Mexico; also Central America & northern South America)
    Molossus currentium (formerly bondae)

  123. Pallas' Mastiff Bat  (SP: Murcielago Casero) ______  (*) PR  (Greater & Lesser Antilles, Trinidad & Tobago; also Florida Keys and Central & South America - forests & built areas) (also called House Bat)  
    Molossus molossus 
    Molossus molossus fortis  (PR)

  124. Sinaloan Mastiff Bat ______ (Trinidad; also Central America & northern South America - forests, farmland, & built areas)
    Molossus sinaloae  


         OLD WORLD MONKEYS (in the Order of Primates, in the Family Cercopithecidae):

  1. Grivet Monkey (i)  ______ (*) BD  (introduced, from eastern Africa; at one time called Green Monkey, but after a recent split that species is now of western Africa) 
    Chlorocebus aethiops 


    MONGOOSES  (in the Order of Carnivores, in the Family Herpestidae)
  2. Small Indian Mongoose  (SP: Mangosta) ______ (*) PR,SL  (introduced from Asia)
    Herpestes auropunctatus  


     MANATEES (in the Order Sirenia, in the Family Trichechidae)
  3. West Indian Manatee (t1) ______  (rare & local along the coasts of Caribbean islands)
    Trichechus manatus  


    MARINE MAMMALS (in the Order of Cetaceans ) 

    TOOTHED WHALES (in the Suborder Odontoceti)

    OCEAN DOLPHINS (in the Family Delphinidae)  
  4. Rough-toothed Dolphin (t3) ______ 
    Steno bredanensis  (the single member of its genus)

      
  5. Tucuxi (t1) ______  (in the southern Caribbean)
    Satalia fluviatilis  (at one time, considered to be 5 species; now considered to be age and color variants) 
     
  6. Pantropical Spotted Dolphin ______ (*) DM(p)  (see note at end of marine mammals section of this list)
    Stenella attenuata

  7. Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (t3) ______
    Stenella frontalis
     
  8. Spinner Dolphin ______ 
    Stenella longirostris 

  9. Clymene Dolphin (t3) ______
    Stenella clymene


    3 photos below of Clymene Dolphins 







  10. Striped (or Blue-white) Dolphin ______
    Stenella coeruleoalba

  11. (Short-beaked) Common Dolphin ______
    Delphinus delphis
     (one of the most gregarious and abundant of the world's cetaceans) 




     Common Dolphin
     (photo by Andy Smith)

  12. Common Bottlenose Dolphin ______ (*) PR(p)
    Tursiops truncatus




     Common Bottlenose Dolphin
  13. Fraser's Dolphin (t2) ______ (*) DM(p)  (see note at end of marine mammal section of this list)
    Lagenodelphis hosei  (the single member of its genus)



     
    Fraser's Dolphins photographed during a FONT Caribbean tour off the coast of Dominica
     
  14. Risso's Dolphin (also called Gray Grampus) (t3) ______
         Grampus griseus  (the single member of its genus)
    Risso's Dolphins  (or Gray Grampus)
     
  15. Melon-headed Whale (t3) ______
     Peponocephala electra  (the single member of its genus)

  16. Pygmy Killer Whale (t3) ______
     Feresa attenuata  (the single member of its genus)

  17. False Killer Whale (t3) ______
     Pseudorca crassidens  (the single member of its genus)

  18. Killer Whale (or Orca) (t3) ______
     Orcinus orca  (the single member of its genus)

  19. Short-finned Pilot Whale (t3) ______
     Globicephala Macrorhynchus


    SPERM WHALE (in the Family Physeteridae) 
  20. Great Sperm Whale (t2) ______ (*) DM(p)  (see note at end of marine mammal section of this list)
     Physeter catodon  (the single member of its genus & family)

    PYGMY SPERM WHALES (now in the Family Kogiidae)
  21. Pygmy Sperm Whale (t3) ______
     Kogia brevicops




    Pygmy Sperm Whale
    (photo courtesy of Alan Brady)

  22. Dwarf Sperm Whale (t3) ______ (*) DM(p)  (see note at end of marine mammal section of this list)
     Kogia simus




    A Dwarf Sperm Whale photographed during a FONT Caribbean tour off the coast of Dominicia


         BEAKED WHALES (in the Family Hyperoodontidae)
  23. Cuvier's Beaked Whale (t3) ______
     Ziphius cavirostris  (the single member of its genus)

  24. Blainville's Beaked Whale (t3) ______
     Mesoplodon densirostris

  25. Gervais' Beaked Whale ______   (also called Antillean Beaked Whale)
    Mesoplodon europaeus
     

     RORUALS (in the Family Balaenopteridae)
  26. Blue Whale (t1) ______
     Balaenoptera musculus

  27. Fin Whale (t2) ______
     Balaenoptera physalus

  28. Sei Whale (t2) ______
     Balaenoptera borealis 

  29. Bryde's Whale (t1) ______
     Balaenoptera brydei (formerly edeni)

  30. Northern Minke Whale (t2) ______
     Balaenoptera acutorostrata     (formerly conspecific with what's now the Antarctic Minke Whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis)

  31. Humpback Whale (t2) ______ (*) PR(p)
     Megaptera novaeangliae  (the single member of its genus)       


    3 photos below of Humpback Whales  (photos taken during FONT tours)









     Notes:
    The Pantropical Spotted Dolphin shows a tremendous variation in color and the extent of spotting. Those seen during the FONT pelagic trips off Dominica in March 2000 & 2002 did not have notable spotting. The species can be difficult to distinguish from the Atlantic Spotted Dolphin.


    The Fraser's Dolphin was not scientifically described until 1956, and was not seen alive until the early 1970s. There are populations in the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans. Pods were seen during FONT pelagic trips off Dominica on March 25, 2000 (200-plus) and March 9, 2002 (about 50). 
    A photograph of Fraser's Dolphins during the March 2000 pelagic trip is in this website, in the Marine Life Photo Gallery.   

    Great Sperm Whales were seen closely during our pelagic trips off Dominica, including one time, notably, a mother and calf.         

    Two Dwarf Sperm Whale were seen nicely in calm water during our March 25, 2000 pelagic trip off Dominica. A photograph is in this website,  in the Marine Life Photo Gallery.


    Mammals of the Caribbean that no longer exist:
  32. West Indian Monk Seal ______ (extinct; the last confirmed sighting was in 1952)  (This was the first New World animal to be logged in the journals of Christopher Columbus during his voyages of discovery. His crewmen slaughtered 8 of them on the islet Alta Vela to the south of Hispaniola. These seals were large, 8 feet long and 400 pounds in weight. They were once abundant throughout the Caribbean.) 
    Monachus tropicalis


     Most of the following mammals are known from subfossil remains:

    SPINY-RATS  (Echimyidae)
  33. Oriente Cave Rat  ______  (Cuba, extinct by about 1870)
     Boromys torrei
  34. Torre's Cave Rat  ______  (Cuba, extinct by about 1870)
     Boromys torrei
  35. Antillean Cave Rat  ______  (Puerto Rico)
     Heteropsomys antillensis
  36. Insular Cave Rat  ______  (Puerto Rico)
     Heteropsomys insulans
  37. Haitian Edible Rat  ______  (Hispaniola, extinct by about 1600)
     Brotomys contractus 
  38. Hispaniolan Edible Rat  ______  (Hispaniola & La Gonave Is., extinct by about 1600)
     Brotomys voratus
  39. Corozal Rat  ______  (Puerto Rico)
     Puertoricomys corozalus



     HUTIAS  (Capromyidae)
  40. Cuban Short-tailed Hutia  ______  (Cuba, extinct by about 1600)
     Geocapromys colombianus
  41. Crooked Island Hutia  ______  (Bahamas, extinct by about 1600)
     Geocapromys ingrahami irrectus  (an extinct subspecies of the Bahaman Hutia that still exists)
  42. Great Abaco Hutia  ______  (Bahamas, extinct by about 1600)
     Geocapromys ingrahami abaconis  (an extinct subspecies of the Bahaman Hutia that still exists)
      
  43. Imposter Hutia  (or Hispaniolan Hexolobodon)  ______  (Hispaniola & La Gonave Is., extinct by about 1600)
     Hexolobodon phenax
  44. Twisted-toothed Hutia (or Hispaniolan Quemi)  ______  (Hispaniola (Haiti), extinct by about 1700)  (the "Quemi" described by Oviedo in his 16th century account of Hispaniola)  
     Quemisia gravis
  45. Montane Hutia  (or Hispaniolan Narrow-toothed Hutia)  ______  (Hispaniola & La Gonave Is., extinct by about 1600)
    Isolobodon (or formerly Aphaetraeus) montanus


     GIANT HUTIAS, or QUEMIS  (Heptaxodontidae)  (rodents: brown, about the size of an agouti)
  46. Plate-toothed Giant Hutia  (or Puerto Rican Quemi) ______  (Puerto Rico, extinct by about 1500)
     Elasmodotomys obliquus
  47. Jamaican Giant Hutia ______ (Jamaica)
     Clidomys osborni  (including C. parvus) 
  48. Lesser Antillean Giant Hutia  ______ (islands of Anguilla & St. Martin)
     Amblyrhiza inundata


     CAVIOMORPHS  (Heptaxodontidae)  (rodents)
  49. Puerto Rican Caviomorph  ______  (Puerto Rico, extinct by about 1600)
     Heptaxodon bidens


     NESOPHONTS  (Nesophontidae)  (insectivores)
  50. Puerto Rican Nesophont  ______  (Puerto Rico)
     Nesophontes edithiae
  51. Atalaye (or Lesser Hispaniolan) Nesophont  ______  (Haiti & La Gonave Is.)
     Nesophontes hypomicrus 

          

Other Wildlife in the Caribbean 

      Codes:

      (*): seen, or heard, during FONT Caribbean tours 

        Threatened species, designated in the IUCN Red Data List: 
        (t1): critically endangered (some possibly extinct)
        (t2): endangered
        (t3): vulnerable

         
 

       SEA-LIFE  (other than Marine Mammals & Birds):

  1. Manta Ray  ______ (*) CY
    Manta birostris

  2. Whale Shark ______(*) PR(p)  
     Rhincodon typus



    A Whale Shark, the largest fish in the world, seen during a pelagic trip off Puerto Rico,
    during a FONT Birding & Nature Tour in February 1996.
    (photo by Marie Z. Gardner)



    REPTILES:

    Family CHELONIIDAE  (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles, 6 species worldwide) 

  3. "Atlantic" Green (Sea) Turtle (t3) ______ 
    Chelonia mydas mydas
  4. Loggerhead (Sea) Turtle (t2) ______ (*) DM(p)
    Caretta caretta




    This Loggerhead Sea Turtle was seen off Dominica during the FONT Lesser Antilles Tour in  March 2000
         (photo by Don Roberson)




         Loggerhead Sea Turtle
     (photo by Alan Brady)

  5. Hawksbill (Sea) Turtle (t2) ______ (*) PR
    Eretmochelys imbricata 

  6. Kemp's Ridley (Sea) Turtle (t1) ______  (the world's rarest sea turtle; breeds in the Gulf of Mexico, then drifting north & west into the colder north Atlantic Ocean (to about 15 degrees C.), as far as northwest Europe) 
    Lepidochelys kempii
  7. Olive Ridley (Sea) Turtle (t2) ______ 
    Lepidochelys olivacea
    Family DERMOCHELYIDAE  (a single species)
     
  8. Leatherback (Sea) Turtle (t2) ______ 
    Dermochelys coriacea  
    Family CROCODYLIDAE  (Crocodile Family, 14 species worldwide) 
  9. American (or Morelet's) Crocodile (t3) ______ (*) DR 
    Crocodylus acutus   
    Family GEKKONIDAE  (Geckos)
  10. Upland Gecko  (SP: Salamanquita Negra)  ______  PR
    Sphaerodactylus klauberi

  11. Common Dwarf Gecko  (SP: Salamanquita, or Geco) ______  PR
    Sphaerodactylus macrolepis 

  12. Northern Woodslave  (SP: Salamanquesa) (i)  ______  PR  
    Hemidactylus brooki  


    Family POLYCHROTIDAE  (Anoles & allies)
  13. Puerto Rican Crested Anole  (SP: Lagartijo Comun)  ______ (*) PR  (also called Common Dwarf Lizard)
    Ctenonotus (or Anolis) cristatelllus

  14. Puerto Rican Giant Anole  (SP: Lagartijo Verde) ______ PR
    Anolis cuvieri

  15. Pygmy Anole  (SP: Lagartijo Pigmeo) ______ PR
    Anolis occultus

  16. Emerald Anole  (SP: Lagartijo Verde) ______ PR
    Anolis evermanni 

  17. Yellow-bearded Anole  (SP: Lagartijo Barba Amarilla)  ______ PR
    Anolis gundlachi

  18. Upland Grass Anole  (SP: Lagartijo Jardinero de Montana)  ______ PR
    Anolis krugi  

  19. Sharp-mouthed Lizard  (SP: Lagartijo Jardinero) ______ PR
    Anolis pulchellus 

  20. Salmon Lizard  (SP: Lagartijo Manchado) ______ PR
    Anolis stratulus  


    Family TEIIDAE  (Whip-tailed Lizards)

  21. Common Ground Lizard ______ (*) PR
    Ameiva exsul  


    Family ANGUIDAE  (Anguid Lizards)
  22. Puerto Rican Galliwasp ______ PR
    Diploglossus pleei  

  23. Common Blind Snake Lizard ______ PR
    Amphisbaena caeca


    Suborder SERPENTES  (Snakes)
  24. Common Worm Snake ______  PR
    Typhlops ricahardi

  25. Tail-spotted Worm Snake ______  PR
    Typhlops rostellata

  26. Ground Snake ______ PR
    Alsophis portoricensis

  27. Garden Snake ______ PR
    Arrhyton exiguum

  28. Puerto Rican Boa  ______ PR
    Epicrates inornatus  


    AMPHIBIANS


    Family BUFONIDAE (Toads)

  29. Giant Toad  (SP: Sapo Comun) ______ PR  (also called Marine Toad or Cane Toad)
    Bufo marinus


    Family RANIDAE  (True Frogs)
  30. Bull Frog ______  PR
    Rana catesbeiana


    Family LEPTODACTYLIDAE  (Leptodactylid Frogs)  (Worldwide, an extremely large family with over 800 rather diverse species, in more than 50 genera.) 

    (The genus Eleutherodactylus contains more species than any genus in the vertebrates, over 500.)

  31. Mottled Coqui  ______  PR  (rare, possibly extinct)
    Eleutherodactylus eneidae

  32. Cricket Coqui  ______  PR  (common)
    Eleutherodactylus gryllus

  33. Tree-hole Coqui  ______ PR  (common)
    Eleutherodactylus hedricki

  34. Web-footed Coqui  ______ PR  (rare, possibly extinct)
    Eleutherodactylus karischmidti

  35. Warty Coqui  ______  PR  (rare)
    Eleutherodactylus locustus

  36. Caoba Coqui  (SP: Coqui Caoba)  ______  PR  (rare)
    Eleutherodactylus richmondi

  37. Burrow Coqui  (SP: Coqui Duende)  ______  PR  (common)
    Eleutherodactylus unicolor

  38. Antillean Coqui  (SP: El Churi)  ______ (*) PR  (common)
    Eleutherodactylus antillensis

  39. Grass Coqui  (SP: Coqui de las Yerbas)  ______ (*) PR  (common)
    Eleutherodactylus brittoni

  40. Whistling Coqui  (SP: Coqui Pitio)  ______  PR  (rare)
    Eleutherodactylus cochranae
     


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