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Extinct animals of Jamaica (11 P) F. Fish of Jamaica (4 P) I. ... Pages in category "Fauna of Jamaica" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
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:
On each island, a distinct genus with two species has been found, but all are now extinct. A fourth genus, Puertoricomys, is known from an older, perhaps Pliocene, deposit on Puerto Rico. [9] These animals exhibited characters intermediate between hutias and spiny rats and have sometimes been treated as a subfamily of the Capromyidae. [10]
A list of fishes of Jamaica. Jamaican waters contain fresh and saltwater fish. [1] Saltwater. The chief varieties of saltwater fish include: Kingfish; Jack;
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 ...
Pages in category "Mammals of Jamaica" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
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 ...
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