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Belize - Animals in the Habitats, and Biodiversity
Belize is a country located in the east of Yucatan peninsula of Central America and the tropical zone. It is bordered by Guatemala to the west and by Mexico to the north, and by the Caribbean Sea to the east. The following shows the distribution of animals in Belize.
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Belize
extant species |
 | Opossum |
Water Opossum (Striped),
Virginia Opossum ,
Common Opossum ,
Mexican Mouse Opossum ,
Robinson's Mouse Opossum ,
Alston's Mouse Opossum ,
Gray Four-eyed Opossum ,
Derby's Woolly Opossum |  | Armadillo |
Nine-banded Armadillo ,
Northern Naked-tailed Armadillo |  | Anteater |
Silky Anteater ,
Giant Anteater ,
Northern Tamandua |  | Primate |
Guatemalan Black Howler ,
Geoffroy's Spider Monkey |  | Rodent |
Hispid Pocket Gopher,
Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine ,
Central American Agouti ,
Lowland Paca ,
Yucatan Squirrel ,
Deppe's Squirrel |  | Rabbit |
Tapeti ,
Eastern Cottontail |  | Odd-toed ungulate |
Baird's Tapir |  | Even-toed ungulate |
White-lipped Peccary ,
Collared Peccary ,
White-tailed deer ,
Red Brocket |  | Carnivora |
Cougar ,
Jaguarundi ,
Ocelot (Spotted),
Margay (Spotted),
Jaguar (Spotted),
Coyote ,
Gray Fox ,
Eastern Spotted Skunk ,
Striped Hog-nosed Skunk ,
Neotropical Otter ,
Tayra ,
Greater Grison ,
Long-tailed weasel ,
Common Raccoon ,
White-nosed Coati ,
Cacomistle ,
Kinkajou |  | Turtle |
Common Snapping Turtle |  | Crocodile |
Morelet's Crocodile | | Basilisk |
Brown basilisk |  | Iguana |
Black Spinytail Iguana |  | Curassow |
Great Curassow |  | Stork |
Wood Stork ,
Jabiru |  | Ibis |
American White Ibis ,
Glossy Ibis ,
Roseate Spoonbill |  | Condor |
American Black Vulture ,
Turkey Vulture ,
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture ,
King Vulture |  | Quetzal |
Resplendent Quetzal |  | Pelican |
Brown Pelican ,
American White Pelican |  | Toucan |
Keel-billed Toucan |  | Parrot |
Scarlet Macaw ,
Olive-throated Parakeet ,
Orange-chinned Parakeet ,
Yellow-crowned Amazon ,
Yellow-lored Amazon ,
White-fronted Amazon ,
Red-lored Amazon ,
Yellow-headed Amazon ,
Mealy Amazon ,
White-crowned Parrot … total 11 species |
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Belize
marine extant
species |
 | Sea-cow |
West Indian Manatee | | Turtle |
Loggerhead Sea Turtle ,
Green turtle ,
Hawksbill turtle |  | Frigatebird |
Magnificent Frigatebird |  | Ray |
Manta ray ,
Smalltooth sawfish ,
Large-tooth sawfish |  | Shark |
Whale shark (Feeding migration ～ 12m),
Scalloped hammerhead ,
Great hammerhead ,
Shortfin mako |  | Marlin |
Atlantic Blue Marlin ,
Atlantic White Marlin |  | Coral |
Table coral' ,
Brain coral' |  | Mangrove |
White mangrove' ,
Red mangrove' ,
Black mangrove' |
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Belize
small extant
species |
| Turtle |
Mesoamerican River Turtle |  | Frog |
Morelet’s Leaf Frog | | Frog |
Bromeliad Treefrog ,
(Eleutherodactylus sandersoni) |
The following sites are the natural habitats of wildlife, where various species are seen, in Belize.
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