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Dominican Rep - Animals in the Habitats and the Fossil sites, and Biodiversity
The following fossils from the geologic age to the prehistorical age are excavated in Dominican Rep.
Dominican Rep is a country located in the Greater Antillean archipelago of the Caribbean Sea and the tropical zone. It is in the east half of Hispaniola island. The island is located to the west of Cuba, to the esat of Puerto Rico. The following shows the distribution of animals in Dominican Rep.
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Dominican Rep
regionally extinct
in historic age |
 | Rodent |
Haitian Edible Rat,
Hispaniolan Edible Rat,
Imposter Hutia,
Montane Hutia,
Puerto Rican Hutia,
Samana Hutia |  | Mole |
Marcano's Solenodon |
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Dominican Rep
extant species |
 | Crocodile |
Spectacled Caiman ,
American Crocodile |  | Iguana |
Rhinoceros Iguana ,
Green Iguana |  | Goose |
Snow Goose |  | Stork |
Wood Stork |  | Ibis |
American White Ibis ,
Glossy Ibis ,
Roseate Spoonbill |  | Raptor |
Ridgway's Hawk |  | Pelican |
Brown Pelican |  | Flamingo |
American Flamingo |  | Parrot |
Hispaniolan Parakeet ,
Hispaniolan Amazon |  | endemic bird |
Hispaniolan Lizard Cuckoo ,
Least Pauraque ,
Hispaniolan Emerald ,
Broad-billed Tody ,
Narrow-billed Tody ,
Antillean Piculet ,
Hispaniolan Woodpecker ,
Hispaniolan Trogon ,
Hispaniolan Pewee ,
Flat-billed Vireo ,
White-necked Crow ,
Antillean Siskin ,
Black-crowned Palm-tanager ,
Grey-crowned Palm-tanager ,
White-winged Warbler … total 19 endemic species |  | Swallowtail
butterfly |
Zetides Swallowtail ,
Schaus' Swallowtail ,
Scarce Haitian Swallowtail ,
Common Lime |
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Dominican Rep
marine extant
species |
 | Sea-cow |
West Indian Manatee |  | Turtle |
Loggerhead Sea Turtle ,
Green turtle ,
Hawksbill turtle ,
Olive Ridley ,
Leatherback turtle |  | Frigatebird |
Magnificent Frigatebird |  | Shark |
Scalloped hammerhead ,
Great hammerhead ,
Shortfin mako |  | Marlin |
Atlantic Blue Marlin ,
Atlantic White Marlin |  | Tuna |
Blackfin tuna |  | Mangrove |
White mangrove' ,
Red mangrove' ,
Black mangrove' |
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small extant
species |
 | Mouse |
Hispaniolan Hutia | | Mole |
Hispaniolan Solenodon |  | Lizard |
Giant Hispaniolan Galliwasp | | Iguana |
Ricord's Iguana |  | Frog |
Dominican Caribbean Toad ,
(Eleutherodactylus fowleri) ,
(Eleutherodactylus parabates) ,
(Eleutherodactylus furcyensis) ,
(Eleutherodactylus jugans) ,
(Eleutherodactylus leoncei) ,
(Eleutherodactylus oxyrhyncus) ,
(Eleutherodactylus schmidti) ,
(Eleutherodactylus nortoni) | | Frog |
(Bufo fractus) ,
Common Treefrog ,
Hispaniola Treefrog ,
(Eleutherodactylus auriculatoides) ,
(Eleutherodactylus haitianus) ,
(Eleutherodactylus minutus) ,
(Eleutherodactylus montanus) ,
(Eleutherodactylus patriciae) ,
(Eleutherodactylus pituinus) ,
(Eleutherodactylus alcoae) ,
(Eleutherodactylus armstrongi) ,
(Eleutherodactylus heminota) ,
(Eleutherodactylus probolaeus) ,
(Eleutherodactylus hypostenor) ,
(Eleutherodactylus ruthae) | | bird |
Bay-breasted Cuckoo ,
La Selle Thrush ,
Hispaniolan Crossbill | | seabird |
Black-capped Petrel |
The following sites are the natural habitats of wildlife, where various species are seen, in Dominican Rep.
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