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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Jamaica. Of the mammal species in Jamaica, one is endangered, four are vulnerable, and two are considered to be extinct. [1] The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
This species is classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species with the following criteria: A2ce (v2.3, 1994). [40] A species is listed as such when the best available evidence indicates that a population decline of 20% is expected within the next ten years or three generations, whichever is the longer, due to a ...
The Jamaican iguana (Cyclura collei), also known commonly as Colley's iguana, is a large species of lizard in the family Iguanidae.The species is endemic to Jamaica.It is critically endangered, even considered extinct between 1948 and 1990.
The species is endangered and faces a potentially bleak future. [4] Only two small populations of the Homerus swallowtail remain in a fraction of their original environment. It is endemic to Jamaica where the butterfly simultaneously serves as an icon of national pride and a need for conservation efforts.
It is currently endangered by habitat loss, hunting, and non-native species; it persists only in remote mountains. [1] The Jamaican coney belongs to the hutia subfamily ( Capromyinae ) and is the only surviving native mammal on Jamaica other than bats.
Eleutherodactylus sisyphodemus, a small, critically endangered frog species, is known only from the Cockpit Country. [12] [13] Cockpit Country hosts 90% of the global population of black-billed amazon, a parrot endemic to Jamaica. [14] Cockpit Country is also home to the Jamaican swallowtail, the largest butterfly in the Western Hemisphere ...
The red-billed streamertail is the national bird of Jamaica. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Jamaica. The avifauna of Jamaica included a total of 332 species as of July 2022, according to Bird Checklists of the World. Of them, 28 are endemic, 19 have been introduced by humans, and 159 are rare or accidental. Another species (great-tailed grackle) is concentrated in one area and ...
[1] [7] Previously, a "sizeable colony"–the only one known for this species–roosted in St. Clair Cave, although the Jamaican flower bat is no longer found there. [5] Per McFarlane 1986, Goodwin 1970 stated that the bat could be found in three caves: St. Clair Cave, Riverhead Cave, and Mt. Plenty Cave.