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Virgin Islands - Animals in the Habitats, and Biodiversity

Classified animal picture guide. Highlighting the link of species shows the images, and clicking the link shows Evolutionary Tree.
Virgin Islands is an island territory of United States in the Lesser Antillean archipelago of the Caribbean Sea and the tropical zone. It is located to the northern archipelago, to the south of British Virgin islands and to the west of Anguilla. The following shows the distribution of animals in Virgin Islands.
Virgin Islands
Virgin Islands
regionally extinct
in historic age
Rodent Puerto Rican Hutia (?~AD1996)
Rail Antillean Cave Rail (?~AD2001)
Bird Antillean Mango, Puerto Rican Woodpecker
Virgin Islands
extant species
Iguana Anegada Ground Iguana
Goose Snow Goose
Swan Tundra swan
Ibis American White Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill
Flamingo American Flamingo  
Virgin Islands
marine extant
species
Turtle Green turtle, Leatherback turtle
Frigatebird Magnificent Frigatebird
Ray Manta ray
Shark Whale shark   (12m), Shortfin mako
Marlin Atlantic Blue Marlin, Atlantic White Marlin
Tuna Blackfin tuna
Virgin Islands
small extant
species
Lizard (CR) Culebra Island giant anole, Saint Croix ground lizard
Frog (CR) Lowland Caribbean Toad
Frog (EN) (Eleutherodactylus schwartzi), (Eleutherodactylus lentus)