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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Honduras. Of the mammal species in Honduras , two are endangered, seven are vulnerable, and three are near threatened. Two of the species listed for Honduras are considered to be extinct.
A unique and diverse albeit phylogenetically restricted mammal fauna [note 1] is known from the Caribbean region. The region—specifically, all islands in the Caribbean Sea (except for small islets close to the continental mainland) and the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Barbados, which are not in the Caribbean Sea but biogeographically belong to the same Caribbean bioregion—has ...
Roatán (Spanish pronunciation:) is an island in the Caribbean, about 65 kilometres (40 mi) off the northern coast of Honduras. The largest of the Bay Islands of Honduras, it is located between the islands of Utila and Guanaja. It is approximately 77 kilometres (48 mi) long, and less than 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) across at its widest point.
Acratocnus simorhynchus, a sloth from eastern Hispaniola known from remains dated to about 20,000 years before present. [24] Acratocnus ye, a sloth known only from Hispaniola. [25] Megalocnus zile, a sloth known from both Hispaniola and the satellite island of Tortuga, apparently much rarer than its Cuban relative M. rodens. [26]
Ruatan Island agoutis closely resemble the widespread Central American agoutis, but are noticeably smaller in size, being only around 44 cm (17 in) in head-body length.
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 ...
The family chose to visit Honduras after Irmen's co-workers said the scuba diving was pristine. "We heard the snorkeling was really good right near there," he told USA TODAY.
Port Royal National Park is a national park on the island of Roatán in Honduras. It covers an area of 5 km 2 along the south shore of the island's eastern end. [1]