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El Salvador - Animals in the Habitats and the Fossil sites, and Biodiversity
The following fossils from the geologic age to the prehistorical age are excavated in El Salvador.
El Salvador is a country located in the central of Central America and the tropical zone. It is bordered by Guatemala to the west, by Honduras to the north and by Nicaragua to the east, and by the Pacific Ocean to the south. El Salvador is one of Biodiversity hotspots in the world. The following shows the distribution of animals in El Salvador.
| El Salvador | |
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El Salvador regionally extinct in historic age |
 | Odd-toed ungulate |
Baird's Tapir |  | Carnivora |
Jaguar (Spotted) |
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El Salvador extant species |
 | Opossum |
Water Opossum (Striped),
Virginia Opossum ,
Common Opossum ,
Mexican Mouse Opossum ,
Gray Four-eyed Opossum |  | Armadillo |
Nine-banded Armadillo ,
Northern Naked-tailed Armadillo |  | Anteater |
Northern Tamandua |  | Primate |
Geoffroy's Spider Monkey ,
Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine ,
Central American Agouti ,
Lowland Paca ,
Variegated Squirrel ,
Deppe's Squirrel |  | Rabbit |
Tapeti ,
Eastern Cottontail |  | Even-toed ungulate |
Collared Peccary ,
White-tailed deer ,
Red Brocket |  | Carnivora |
Cougar ,
Jaguarundi ,
Ocelot (Spotted),
Margay (Spotted),
Coyote ,
Gray Fox ,
Hooded Skunk ,
Eastern Spotted Skunk ,
Eastern Hog-nosed Skunk ,
Neotropical Otter ,
Tayra ,
Greater Grison ,
Long-tailed weasel ,
Common Raccoon ,
White-nosed Coati ,
Cacomistle ,
Kinkajou |  | Crocodile |
Spectacled Caiman ,
American Crocodile |  | Basilisk |
Brown basilisk |  | Iguana |
Black Spinytail Iguana |  | Curassow |
Great Curassow |  | Stork |
Wood Stork ,
Jabiru |  | Ibis |
American White Ibis ,
White-faced 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 ,
Green Parakeet ,
Olive-throated Parakeet ,
Orange-fronted Parakeet ,
Orange-chinned Parakeet ,
Barred Parakeet ,
White-fronted Amazon ,
Yellow-naped Amazon ,
Brown-hooded Parrot |
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El Salvador marine extant species |
 | Turtle |
Hawksbill turtle ,
Olive Ridley ,
Leatherback turtle |  | Frigatebird |
Magnificent Frigatebird |  | Ray |
Manta ray |  | Shark |
Whale shark (Feeding migration ~ 12m),
Scalloped hammerhead ,
Great hammerhead ,
Shortfin mako |  | Marlin |
Indo-Pacific sailfish ,
Black Marlin |
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El Salvador small extant species |
 | Iguana |
Yellowback Spinytail Iguana |  | Lizard |
Monte Cristo Arboreal Alligator Lizard |  | Salamander |
Cerro Pital Salamander |  | Salamander |
Salvin's Salamander |  | Frog |
Morelet’s Leaf Frog |  | Frog |
Guatemala Spikethumb Frog ,
(Plectrohyla psiloderma) ,
Arcane Spikethumb Frog ,
Guerreran Stream Frog |  | bird |
Golden-cheeked Warbler |
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