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Desmarest's hutia (Capromys pilorides), a member of a rodent family known only from the Caribbean.. The Caribbean region is home to a diverse and largely endemic rodent fauna. . This includes the endemic family Capromyidae (hutias), which are largely limited to the Greater Antilles, and two other groups of endemic hystricognaths, the heteropsomyines and giant hutias, including the extinct bear ...
Birds of the Caribbean — on the Caribbean Islands and over the Caribbean Sea; Subcategories. This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total. ...
A category for restricted-range endemic bird species in the West Indies. ... Pages in category "Endemic birds of the Caribbean" The following 76 pages are in this ...
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct. Contents
This is a list of the bird species recorded in the archipelago of Puerto Rico, which consists of the main island of Puerto Rico, two island municipalities off the east coast (Vieques and Culebra), three uninhabited islands off the west coast (Mona, Monito and Desecheo) and more than 125 smaller cays and islands.
Birds of the Caribbean (9 C, ... Mammals of the Caribbean (19 C, 109 P) R. Reptiles of the Caribbean (22 C, 68 P) Pages in category "Fauna of the Caribbean"
The following families are endemic to the region: . Palmchat, a passerine family (Dulidae), containing a single species found only on Hispaniola.; the todies, a family (Todidae) with five species, found only on the Greater Antilles.
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 ...