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Jamaica - Animals in the Habitats and the Fossil sites, and Biodiversity
The following fossils from the geologic age to the prehistorical age are excavated in Jamaica. 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.
Jamaica is an island country located in the Greater Antillean archipelago of the Caribbean Sea and the tropical zone. It is located to the south of Cuba, to the east of Mexico and to the west of Haiti. The following shows the distribution of animals in Jamaica.
| Jamaica | |
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Jamaica
regionally extinct
in historic age |
 | Primate |
Jamaican Monkey (1.81 Mya～AD1769) |  | Rodent |
Osborn's Key Mouse (？～AD1920),
Jamaican Rice Rat (？～AD1877) |  | Marine mammal |
Caribbean Monk Seal (3.6 Mya～AD1952) |  | Lizard |
Jamaica Giant Galliwasp (？～AD1840) |  | Parrot |
Jamaican Red Macaw (？～AD1765),
Red-tailed Blue-and-yellow Macaw (？～AD1800),
Jamaican Green-and-yellow Macaw (？～AD1847) |  | Bird |
Northern Bobwhite,
Uniform Crake,
Gould's Emerald (？～AD1860),
Gould's Emerald (？～AD1860),
Black-billed Magpie,
Skylark,
Troupial |
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Jamaica
extant species |
| Rodent |
Brown's hutia |  | Crocodile |
American Crocodile |  | Iguana |
Jamaican Iguana |  | Stork |
Wood Stork |  | Pelican |
Brown Pelican |  | Flamingo |
American Flamingo | | Parrot |
Olive-throated Parakeet ,
Yellow-billed Amazon ,
Black-billed Amazon | | endemic bird |
Ring-tailed Pigeon,
Crested Quail-dove,
Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo,
Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo ,
Jamaican Owl,
Jamaican Mango,
Green-and-black Streamertail ,
Black-billed Streamertail ,
Jamaican Tody ,
Jamaican Woodpecker,
Jamaican Elaenia,
Jamaican Pewee,
Sad Flycatcher,
Rufous-tailed Flycatcher,
Jamaican Becard … total 26 endemic species | | bird (CR) |
Jamaica Petrel,
Jamaican Pauraque | | bird (EN) |
Jamaican Blackbird |
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Jamaica
marine extant
species |
 | Sea-cow |
West Indian Manatee |  | Turtle |
Loggerhead Sea Turtle,
Green turtle,
Hawksbill turtle,
Olive Ridley |  | Frigatebird |
Magnificent Frigatebird |  | Ray |
Manta ray,
Smalltooth sawfish |  | Shark |
Whale shark (１２m),
Scalloped hammerhead,
Great hammerhead,
Shortfin mako |  | Marlin |
Atlantic Blue Marlin,
Atlantic White Marlin |
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Jamaica
small extant
species |
 | Frog (CR) |
(Eleutherodactylus alticola),
(Eleutherodactylus cavernicola),
(Eleutherodactylus fuscus),
(Eleutherodactylus griphus),
(Eleutherodactylus junori),
(Eleutherodactylus orcutti),
(Eleutherodactylus sisyphodemus) | | Frog (EN) |
Harlan's Antilles Frogs,
Spaldings Treefrog,
Wilder's Treefrog,
(Eleutherodactylus andrewsi),
(Eleutherodactylus grabhami),
(Eleutherodactylus jamaicensis),
(Eleutherodactylus luteolus),
(Eleutherodactylus nubicola) |  | Swallowtail
butterfly |
Jamaican Kite ,
Common Lime ,
Homerus Swallowtail |
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