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Trinidad Tobago - Animals in the Habitats, and Biodiversity
Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelago country in the Lesser Antillean archipelago of the Caribbean Sea and the tropical zone. It is located in the southern archipelago, to the south of Grenada and to the north of Venezuela. The following shows the distribution of animals in Trinidad Tobago.
| Trinidad Tobago | |
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Trinidad Tobago
regionally extinct
in historic age |
 | Parrot |
Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet |
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Trinidad Tobago
extant species |
 | Opossum |
Linnaeus's Mouse Opossum,
Robinson's Mouse Opossum,
Dusky Slender Opossum,
Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum |  | Armadillo |
Nine-banded Armadillo |  | Anteater |
Silky Anteater,
Southern Tamandua |  | Primate |
White-fronted Capuchin,
Venezuelan Red Howler |  | Rodent |
Brazilian Porcupine,
Lowland Paca,
Red-tailed Squirrel |  | Even-toed ungulate |
Collared Peccary,
Red Brocket,
Brown Brocket |  | Carnivora |
Ocelot (Spotted),
Tayra,
Crab-eating Raccoon |  | Crocodile |
Spectacled Caiman |  | Iguana |
Green Iguana |  | Snake |
Green anaconda Largest snakes |  | Ibis |
Scarlet Ibis |  | Pelican |
Brown Pelican |  | Toucan |
Channel-billed Toucan | | Parrot |
Red-bellied Macaw ,
Green-rumped Parrotlet ,
Lilac-tailed Parrotlet,
Orange-winged Amazon ,
Blue-headed Parrot |  | bird (CR) |
Trinidad Piping-guan,
Eskimo Curlew |
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Trinidad Tobago
marine　extant
species |
 | Sea-cow |
West Indian Manatee |  | Turtle |
Green turtle,
Hawksbill turtle,
Olive Ridley,
Leatherback turtle |  | Frigatebird |
Magnificent Frigatebird |  | Ray |
Manta ray,
Smalltooth sawfish |  | Shark |
Scalloped hammerhead,
Great hammerhead,
Shortfin mako |  | Marlin |
Atlantic sailfish,
Atlantic Blue Marlin,
Atlantic White Marlin |
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Trinidad Tobago
small extant
species |
 | Frog (EN) |
Trinidad Heart-tongued Frogs,
Mount Tucuche tree frog,
(Eleutherodactylus urichi) |
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