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Animals in Guyana
The most unique and beautiful animal in Guyana is known as a Toucan. Toucan's are birds similar to parrots in that they can be very noisy birds. They are very important to the rainforest because they help to disperse seeds from the berries that they eat. There are forty different kinds of Toucans that live in the rain forest but they all have bright beautiful colors that make up their coat and large bills that are very sharp, with saw-like edges.
Some of the other animals that are unique to Guyana fall into the reptile, amphibian, insect and freshwater fish categories. Some of these animals living in Guyana are: Dipsas pakaraima; a snail-eating snake, Atractus tamessari; a ground snake; Echinosaura sulcarostrum; a spectacled lizard, the Golden Rocket Frog, a cichlid Mazarunia, Glowlight Tetra, and Scopocira carinata; a jumping spider.
Many of these animals natural habit is in the lush rain forest that makes up 80% of the country; which has been untouched, save for some bauxite and logging activity. The rain forest is warm and moist and helps to provide rain water for the rest of the world due to all of the trees. The animals that are native to Guyana help to ensure that food processes, and pollination continue in the rain forest.
Click here for a list of endangered animals in Guyana.
Even-toed ungulates in Guyana
Collared peccary White-lipped peccary White-tailed deer Red brocket Brown brocketCarnivores in Guyana
Bush dog La plata otter Amazonian hog-nosed skunk Greater grison Tayra Beddard's olingo Long-tailed weasel Kinkajou South american coati Crab-eating raccoon Giant brazilian otter Eyra cat Cougar Common fox Ocelot Little spotted cat Margay JaguarDolphins, porpoises, and whales in Guyana
Atlantic spinner dolphin Long-beaked dolphin Rough-toothed dolphin Blainville's beaked whale Pygmy killer whale Amazon river dolphin Fraser's dolphin Estuarine dolphinBats in Guyana
Greater dog-like bat Tomes's sword-nosed bat Striped hairy-nosed bat White-winged dog-like bat Pale-faced bat Long-legged bat White-winged vampire bat Pale spear-nosed bat Mato grosso dog-faced bat Northern ghost bat Little white-shouldered bat Lesser spear-nosed bat Greater ghost bat Little yellow-shouldered bat Greater spear-nosed bat Black mastiff bat Isabelle's ghost bat Geoffroy's tailless bat Highland yellow-shouldered bat Short-headed broad-nosed bat Macconnell's bat Pallas's mastiff bat Lesser ghost bat Large fruit-eating bat Chestnut sac-winged bat Tilda yellow-shouldered bat Heller's broad-nosed bat Miller's mastiff bat Brazilian brown bat Gervais's fruit-eating bat Sinaloan mastiff bat Argentine brown bat Silver fruit-eating bat Peter's disk-winged bat Dwarf bonneted bat Jamaican fruit-eating bat Spix's disk-winged bat Wagner's bonneted bat Great fruit-eating bat Silver-tipped myotis Sanborn's bonneted bat Pygmy fruit-eating bat Black myotis Guianan bonneted bat Riparian myotis Western bonneted bat Big crested mastiff bat Mexican funnel-eared bat Fringe-lipped bat Davy's naked-backed bat Thumbless bat Big naked-backed bat Miller's long-tongued bat Chestnut short-tailed bat Tent-maiking bat Parnell's mustached bat Pallas's long-tongued bat Seba's short-tailed bat Brown tent-making bat Wagner's mustached bat Lesser bulldog bat Bedentate yellow-eared bat Greater bulldog bat Shaggy bat Brock's yellow-eared bat Peale's free-tailed bat Great stripe-faced bat Dwarf little fruit bat Broad-eared bat Little big-eyed bat Spectral bat Big free-tailed bat Hairy big-eyed bat Proboscis bat Southern yellow bat Godman's long-tailed bat Greater sac-winged bat Lesser long-tailed bat Frosted sac-winged bat Hairy big-eared bat Lesser sac-winged bat Little big-eared bat Short-eared bat Dark long-tongued bat White-bellied big-eared bat Chestnut long-tongued bat Thomas's nectar bat Golden batAmerican marsupials in Guyana
Common opossum Lutrine opossum Murine mouse opossum Brown four-eyed opossum Long-furred woolly mouse opossum Delicate slender mouse opossum Bare-tailed woolly opossum Water opossum White-eared opossumHares, pikas, and rabbits in Guyana
Forest rabbitHorses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs in Guyana
Brazilian tapirPrimates in Guyana
Golden-handed tamarin Common squirrel monkey Golden-faced saki Black spider monkey Brown capuchin Wedge-capped capuchinRodents in Guyana
Spotted paca Armored spiny rat Spiny tree rat Roraima mouse Green acouchi Cayenne spiny rat Red acouchi Cuvier's spiny rat Guyanan spiny rat Warren's spiny rat Guiana bristly mouse Bristly mouse Venezuelan fish-eating rat Brazilian guinea pig Guinea pig Marsh rat Capybara White-footed climbing mouse Short-tailed cane mouse Splendid climbing mouse Bicolored arboreal rice rat Brazilian arboreal rice rat King arboreal rice rat Robert's arboreal rice rat Red arboreal rice rat Brazilian porcupine Trinidad arboreal rice rat Guianan squirrel Fulvous pygmy rice rat Black agouti Yellow-throated squirrel Alston's cotton rat Yungas rice rat Brazilian agoutiDugongs, manatees, and sea cows in Guyana
American manateeEdentates in Guyana
Common long-nosed armadillo Giant armadillo Cabasu Greater long-nosed armadillo
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