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Order: Cetacea (whales, dolphins and porpoises) See also. Notes. References. List of mammals of Mexico. Appearance. This is a list of the native wild mammal species recorded in Mexico. As of September 2014, there were 536 mammalian species or subspecies listed. Based on IUCN data, Mexico has 23% more noncetacean mammal species than the U.S. and ...
Wildlife of Mexico. Mexico ranks fourth [1] in the world in biodiversity and is one of the 17 megadiverse countries. With over 200,000 different species, Mexico is home of 10–12% of the world's biodiversity. [2] Mexico ranks first in biodiversity in reptiles with 707 known species, second in mammals with 438 species, fourth in amphibians with ...
Listing is based on The Reptile Database. [1] The reptiles of Mexico are grouped into 3 orders and 35 families, and include snakes, lizards, crocodilians and turtles. Table of contents. Turtles: Cheloniidae · Dermochelyidae · Chelydridae · Dermatemydidae · Emydidae · Geoemydidae · Kinosternidae. Crocodilians: Crocodylidae · Alligatoridae.
The golden eagle is Mexico's national bird. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Mexico. The avifauna of Mexico included a total of 1136 species as of April 2024, according to Bird Checklists of the World. [ 1 ] Of the 1135 species, 113 are rare or accidental, 10 have been introduced by humans, 112 are endemic, and five more breed ...
Y. Yucatán black howler. Yucatan brown brocket. Yucatan deer mouse. Yucatan small-eared shrew. Yucatan squirrel. Categories: Vertebrates of Mexico. Mammals by country.
Mexican wolf. The Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi), also known as the lobo mexicano (or, simply, lobo) [a] is a subspecies of gray wolf (C. lupus) native to eastern and southeastern Arizona and western and southern New Mexico (in the United States) and fragmented areas of northern Mexico. Historically, the subspecies ranged from eastern ...
Coati. Coatis (from Tupí), [1] also known as coatimundis (/ koʊˌɑːtɪˈmʌndi /), [2][3] are members of the family Procyonidae in the genera Nasua and Nasuella (comprising the subtribe Nasuina). They are diurnal mammals native to South America, Central America, Mexico, and the Southwestern United States. The name "coatimundi" comes from ...
University of New Mexico researchers detected what they call extraordinary amounts of PFAS in 20 out of 23 bird species and in dozens of rodents that scurry around Lake Holloman, as well as ponds ...