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Nicaragua - Animals in the Habitats and the Fossil sites, and Biodiversity
The following fossils from the geologic age to the prehistorical age are excavated in Nicaragua. 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.
Nicaragua is a country located in the central of Central America and the tropical zone. It is bordered by Honduras to the north, by Costa Rica to the south and by Nicaragua to the east, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west and by the Caribbean Sea to the east. Nicaragua is one of Biodiversity hotspots in the world. The following shows the distribution of animals in Nicaragua.
| Nicaragua | |
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Nicaragua
extant species |
 | Opossum |
Water Opossum (Stripe),
Virginia Opossum,
Common Opossum,
Mexican Mouse Opossum,
Brown Four-eyed 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 |
Nicaraguan Pocket Gopher,
Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine,
Central American Agouti,
Lowland Paca,
Central American Dwarf Squirrel,
Variegated Squirrel,
Deppe's Squirrel,
Richmond'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),
Oncilla (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,
Olingo |  | Turtle |
Common Snapping Turtle |  | Crocodile |
Spectacled Caiman,
American Crocodile | | Basilisk |
Plumed basilisk (Running in water),
Brown basilisk (Running in water) |  | Iguana |
Club Tail Iguana,
Black Spinytail Iguana,
Green Iguana |  | Curassow |
Great Curassow |  | Stork |
Wood Stork,
Jabiru |  | Ibis |
Green Ibis,
American White Ibis,
Glossy 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 ,
Crimson-fronted Parakeet ,
Olive-throated Parakeet ,
Orange-fronted Parakeet ,
Orange-chinned Parakeet ,
Barred Parakeet ,
White-fronted Amazon … total 16 species |  | endemic bird |
Nicaraguan Grackle | | bird (EN) |
Golden-cheeked Warbler |
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Nicaragua
marine extant
species |
 | Sea-cow |
West Indian Manatee | | Turtle |
Loggerhead Sea Turtle,
Green turtle,
Hawksbill turtle,
Olive Ridley,
Leatherback turtle |  | Frigatebird |
Magnificent Frigatebird |  | Ray |
Manta ray,
Smalltooth sawfish,
Large-tooth sawfish |  | Shark |
Whale shark (１２m),
Scalloped hammerhead,
Great hammerhead,
Shortfin mako |  | Marlin |
Atlantic sailfish,
Atlantic Blue Marlin,
Atlantic White Marlin |  | Coral |
Table coral',
Brain corals' |
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Nicaragua
small extant
species |
 | Salamander (EN) |
False Cienega Colorado Worm Salamander |  | Frog (CR) |
Copan Stream Frog | | Frog (EN) |
(Eleutherodactylus laevissimus) |
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