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The endemic flora of Trinidad and Tobago includes a total of 59 species of vascular plants belonging to 34 plant families. This is less than 3% of the total vascular plant flora of Trinidad and Tobago. Thirty-nine of these species are endemic to Trinidad, 12 are Tobagonian endemics, and six are present on both islands. [1]
Trinidad and Tobago is home to about 99 species of terrestrial mammals. About 65 of the mammalian species in the islands are bats (including cave roosting, tree and cavity roosting bats and even foliage-tent-making bats; all with widely differing diets from nectar and fruit, to insects, small vertebrates such as fish, frogs, small birds and rodents and even those that consume vertebrate blood).
This category contains articles related to the native flora of Trinidad and Tobago. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. This category follows the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions
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The palm flora of Trinidad and Tobago consists primarily of species with a South American distribution. [3] Three genera of palm are endemic to the Greater Antilles: Calyptronoma , Hemithrinax and Zombia . [ 1 ]
The flora and fauna that live on the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago, and the nearby associated islands. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
So the flora and fauna are most similar to those of the continent. The island of Tobago is a further 40 km from the northern edge of Trinidad, and its land bridge disappeared 11,500 years ago, but its species mix is similar to the larger island. [1] Over 60% of the island is still covered with closed broadleaf evergreen forest. [3]
The flora of Trinidad and Tobago is believed to include about 2,500 species of vascular plants. [1] There are about 50 species of freshwater fish (plus 30 marine species which are occasionally found in freshwater) [2] 400–500 marine fish species, [3] 30 amphibian species, about 90 reptiles, [2] 469 species of birds, and 98 mammal species.