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Honduras - Animals in the Habitats and the Fossil sites, and Biodiversity
The following fossils from the geologic age to the prehistorical age are excavated in Honduras. 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.
Honduras is a country located in the central of Central America and the tropical zone. It is bordered by Guatemala to the west, by El Salvador to the south and by Nicaragua to the east, and by the Caribbean Sea to the north. Honduras is one of Biodiversity hotspots in the world. The following shows the distribution of animals in Honduras.
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Honduras
regionally extinct
in historic age |
 | Rodent |
Little swan island hutia (？～AD1955) |  | Marine mammal |
Caribbean Monk Seal (3.6 Mya～AD1952) |
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Honduras
extant species |
 | Opossum |
Water Opossum (Stripe),
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 |  | Sloth |
Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth,
Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth |  | Anteater |
Silky Anteater,
Giant Anteater,
Northern Tamandua |  | Primate |
White-headed Capuchin,
Mantled Howler,
Geoffroy's Spider Monkey | | Rodent |
Giant Pocket Gopher,
Hispid Pocket Gopher,
Nicaraguan Pocket Gopher,
Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine,
Central American Agouti,
Lowland Paca,
Variegated 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,
Hooded Skunk,
Eastern Spotted Skunk,
Eastern Hog-nosed 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 |
Spectacled Caiman,
American Crocodile | | Basilisk |
Plumed basilisk (Running in water) |  | Iguana |
Black Spinytail Iguana,
Baker's Spinytail Iguana,
Yellowback Spinytail Iguana,
Honduran Paleate Spinytail Iguana,
Roatán Spinytail Iguana |  | Curassow |
Great Curassow |  | Stork |
Wood Stork,
Jabiru |  | Ibis |
American White 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 ,
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan ,
Black-mandibled Toucan |  | Parrot |
Scarlet Macaw ,
Military Macaw ,
Great Green Macaw ,
Green Parakeet ,
Olive-throated Parakeet ,
Orange-fronted Parakeet ,
Orange-chinned Parakeet ,
Barred Parakeet ,
Yellow-crowned Amazon ,
Yellow-lored Amazon … total 17 species |  | bird (CR) |
Honduran Emerald | | bird (EN) |
Golden-cheeked Warbler |
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Honduras
marine extant
species |
 | Sea-cow |
West Indian Manatee | | Turtle |
Loggerhead Sea Turtle,
Hawksbill turtle,
Olive Ridley,
Leatherback turtle |  | Frigatebird |
Magnificent Frigatebird |  | Ray |
Manta ray,
Large-tooth sawfish |  | Shark |
Whale shark (１２m),
Scalloped hammerhead,
Great hammerhead,
Shortfin mako |  | Marlin |
Atlantic sailfish,
Atlantic Blue Marlin,
Atlantic White Marlin |
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Honduras
small extant
species |
 | Mouse (EN) |
Ruatan Island Agouti |  | Salamander (CR) |
Cloud Forest Salamander,
Monte Escondido Salamander,
El Cusuco Salamander,
Longest Climbing Salamander,
Zarciadero Web-footed Salamander,
Cerro Pital Salamander,
Cerro de Enmedio Moss Salamander,
Tomas' Worm Salamander | | Salamander (EN) |
Celaque Climbing Salamander,
Conant's Salamander,
Dunn's Climbing Salamander,
O'donnell's Climbing Salamander,
Pijol Salamander,
Cortes Moss Salamander,
Santa Barbara Bromeliad Salamander,
Yoro Salamander,
Santa Barbara Moss Salamander,
La Fortuna Worm Salamander |  | Frog (CR) |
Morelet’s Leaf Frog,
Honduran Brook Frog,
Copan Brook Frog,
Copan Treefrog,
(Isthmohyla insolita),
(Plectrohyla chrysopleura),
(Plectrohyla exquisita),
Copan Stream Frog,
(Eleutherodactylus emleni),
(Eleutherodactylus olanchano),
(Rana vibicaria) | | Frog (EN) |
Jalapa Toad,
(Bufo leucomyos),
Rio Viejo Toad,
Bromeliad Treefrog,
Zacate Blanco Treefrog,
Honduras Spikethumb Frog,
Guatemala Spikethumb Frog,
(Plectrohyla psiloderma),
Guerreran Stream Frog,
Ceiba Stream Frog,
(Eleutherodactylus laevissimus),
(Eleutherodactylus pechorum) |
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