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Haiti - Animals in the Habitats and the Fossil sites, and Biodiversity
The following fossils from the geologic age to the prehistorical age are excavated in Haiti. The explanation in brackets is the ages they lived in extinct species. Note that Mya is million years ago. For example, "48.6～40.4 Mya" shows a range between 48.6 and 40.4 million years ago. The time range is shown in the Geological Time Table. The followings are a part of the Evolutionary Tree.
Haiti is a country located in the Greater Antillean archipelago of the Caribbean Sea and the tropical zone. It is in the west 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 Haiti.
| Haiti | |
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Haiti
regionally extinct
in historic age |
 | Primate |
Hispaniola Monkey' (？～AD1500s) |  | Rodent |
Hispaniolan Edible Rat (？～AD1996),
Imposter Hutia (？～AD1996),
Montane Hutia (？～AD1994),
Puerto Rican Hutia (？～AD1996),
Samana Hutia (？～AD1546),
Twisted-toothed Mouse (？～AD1546),
Atalaye Nesophontes (？～AD1994),
Western Cuban Nesophontes (？～AD1996),
St. Michel Nesophontes (？～AD1996),
Haitian Nesophontes (？～AD1996) |  | Mole |
Marcano's Solenodon (？～AD1500s) |  | Marine mammal |
Caribbean Monk Seal (3.6 Mya～AD1952) |  | Rail |
Haitian Cave-Rail |
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Haiti
extant species |
| Rodent |
Lemke's Hutia |  | Crocodile |
American Crocodile |  | Iguana |
Rhinoceros Iguana,
Ricord's 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 |
|  | 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 20 endemic species | | bird (EN) |
Bay-breasted Cuckoo ,
La Selle Thrush,
Hispaniolan Crossbill |
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Haiti
marine extant
species |
 | Sea-cow |
West Indian Manatee |  | Turtle |
Loggerhead Sea Turtle,
Leatherback turtle |  | Frigatebird |
Magnificent Frigatebird | | seabird |
Black-capped Petrel |  | Shark |
Whale shark (１２m),
Scalloped hammerhead,
Great hammerhead,
Shortfin mako |  | Marlin |
Atlantic Blue Marlin,
Atlantic White Marlin |
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Haiti
small extant
species |
 | Mouse (EN) |
Hispaniolan Hutia | | Mole (EN) |
Hispaniolan Solenodon |  | Lizard (CR) |
Giant Hispaniolan Galliwasp |  | Frog (CR) |
(Eleutherodactylus fowleri),
(Eleutherodactylus lamprotes),
(Eleutherodactylus parabates),
(Eleutherodactylus poolei),
(Eleutherodactylus amadeus),
(Eleutherodactylus apostates),
(Eleutherodactylus bakeri),
(Eleutherodactylus brevirostris),
(Eleutherodactylus caribe),
(Eleutherodactylus corona),
(Eleutherodactylus darlingtoni),
(Eleutherodactylus dolomedes),
(Eleutherodactylus eunaster),
(Eleutherodactylus furcyensis),
(Eleutherodactylus glandulifer),
(Eleutherodactylus glanduliferoides),
(Eleutherodactylus jugans),
(Eleutherodactylus leoncei),
(Eleutherodactylus lucioi),
(Eleutherodactylus oxyrhyncus),
(Eleutherodactylus paulsoni),
(Eleutherodactylus rhodesi),
(Eleutherodactylus schmidti),
(Eleutherodactylus sciagraphus),
(Eleutherodactylus semipalmatus),
(Eleutherodactylus thorectes),
(Eleutherodactylus ventrilineatus),
(Eleutherodactylus warreni),
(Eleutherodactylus chlorophenax),
(Eleutherodactylus nortoni),
(Eleutherodactylus parapelates) | | Frog (EN) |
Common Treefrog,
Hispaniola Treefrog,
(Eleutherodactylus alcoae),
(Eleutherodactylus armstrongi),
(Eleutherodactylus glaphycompus),
(Eleutherodactylus grahami),
(Eleutherodactylus heminota),
(Eleutherodactylus hypostenor),
(Eleutherodactylus ruthae) |  | Swallowtail
butterfly |
Zetides Swallowtail ,
Schaus' Swallowtail ,
Scarce Haitian Swallowtail |
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