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Cayo Santiago, also known as Santiago Island, Isla de los monos (or Island of the monkeys), is located at , 0.59 mi (0.95 km) 0.6 mi (1.0 km) to the east of Punta Santiago, Humacao, Puerto [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is known as the home to approximately 1800 rhesus macaque monkeys, who have been observed and studied by scientists since 1938.
"The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Mammals of Puerto Rico". IUCN. 2001 dead link ] "Mammal Species of the World". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. 2005. Archived from the original on 27 April 2007 "Animal Diversity Web". University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 1995–2006
Artistic representation of the extinct Puerto Rican shrew. The richness of mammals in Puerto Rico, like many other islands, is low relative to mainland regions. The present-day native terrestrial mammal fauna of Puerto Rico is composed of only 13 species, all of which are bats. 18 marine mammals, including manatees, dolphins and whales, occur in Puerto Rican waters. [13]
Puerto Rican long-nosed bat: Monophyllus plethodon frater: Puerto Rico Possibly extinct between 1851 and 1900 as a result of extensive clearing for agriculture. [26] Puerto Rican flower bat: Phyllonycteris major: Puerto Rico and Antigua Most recent remains dated to around 1500 BCE at Burma Quarry, Antigua. [27] Lesser falcate-winged bat ...
In the Rosario Islands there are groups of cotton-headed monkeys. Old World monkeys (Chlorocebus sabaeus and Cercopithecus mona) have been introduced to some of the Lesser Antilles. [63] Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) have been introduced to a couple of islands off the coast of Puerto Rico, namely Cayo Santiago and Desecheo Island.
Mona Island (Spanish: Isla de Mona) is the third-largest island of the Puerto Rican archipelago, after the main island of Puerto Rico and Vieques.It is the largest of three islands in the Mona Passage, the strait between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, with the others being Monito Island and Desecheo Island.
This is a list of the amphibians of the archipelago of Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rican archipelago consists of the main island of Puerto Rico, two island municipalities, Vieques and Culebra, one minor uninhabited island, Mona and several smaller islands and cays. This list only includes animals with verifiable established populations in the ...
Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DRNA) Caja de Muertos Nature Reserve ( Spanish : Reserva Natural Isla de Caja de Muertos ) is a nature reserve in southern Puerto Rico consisting of the islands of Caja de Muertos , Cayo Morrillito , Cayo Berbería , and their surrounding reefs and waters in the Caribbean Sea .