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Animals in Honduras
The scarlet macaw is the National bird of Honduras, and the country is reputed to have over 700 different species of birds. The different types of birds in Honduras range from the colorful and exotic toucan, parrot, and motmot, to the more average and common oriole, heron, and tanager. The Honduran fruit bat and the Van Gelder's Bat are also native to the country.
Due to the jungles and large swaths of backcountry in Honduras, monkeys are prevalent. The white-faced monkey, spider monkey, and howler monkey all make their home in Honduras. Other species that are native to the country are the anteater, coyote, fox, armadillo, and the white-tailed deer, which is the National animal of Honduras. In other words, the two specific regions in Honduras, the tropical jungle and the mountains scattered with pine and oak trees, each has its own distinct animal species.
One of the more exotic, notorious, and elusive animals in Honduras is the jaguar. They are believed to dwell in the forests of the Mosquito Coast, but because of their caution and stealth they are rarely seen, documented, or photographed.
Honduras may be a small country, but its opposing climates and varying landscape offers a diverse animal population.
Click here for a list of endangered animals in Honduras.
Even-toed ungulates in Honduras
Collared peccary White-lipped peccary White-tailed deer Red brocketCarnivores in Honduras
Ocelot Jaguar Margay Amazonian hog-nosed skunk Hooded skunk La plata otter Eastern spotted skunk Common hog-nosed skunk Greater grison Caribbean monk seal Tayra Long-tailed weasel Kinkajou Coatimundi Northern raccoon Central american cacomistle American jackal Cougar Gray fox Eyra catDolphins, porpoises, and whales in Honduras
Estuarine dolphin Bridled dolphin Atlantic dolphin Atlantic spinner dolphin Euphrosyne dolphin Atlantic spotted dolphin Long-beaked dolphin Rough-toothed dolphin Pygmy killer whale Bottle-nosed dolphin Killer whale Blainville's beaked whale Pygmy sperm whale Lesser beaked whale Fraser's dolphinBats in Honduras
White-bellied big-eared bat Big-eared wooly bat Schmidts's big-eared bat Southern long-nosed bat Dark long-tongued bat Striped hairy-nosed bat Geoffroy's tailless bat Tomes's sword-nosed bat Common vampire bat Aztec fruit-eating bat Bonda mastiff bat White-winged vampire bat Greater dog-like bat Long-legged bat Pallas's mastiff bat Northern ghost bat Honduran fruit-eating bat Lesser dog-like bat Sinaloan mastiff bat Hairy-legged vampire bat Pale-faced bat White bat Little yellow-shouldered bat Pale spear-nosed bat Ghost-faced bat Brazilian brown bat Jamaican fruit-eating bat Highland yellow-shouldered bat Greater spear-nosed bat Silver-tipped myotis Argentine brown bat Great fruit-eating bat Brazilian free-tailed bat Eastern pipistrelle Elegant myotis Big brown bat Pygmy fruit-eating bat Heller's broad-nosed bat Hairy-legged myotis Black bonneted bat Toltec fruit-eating bat Spix's disk-winged bat Black myotis Dwarf bonneted bat Big crested mastiff bat Riparian myotis Wagner's bonneted bat Davy's naked-backed bat Cave myotis Sanborn's bonneted bat Gray sac-winged bat Big naked-backed bat Mexican funnel-eared bat Underwood's bonneted bat Fringe-lipped bat Parnell's mustached bat Wagner's mustached bat Lesser bulldog bat Silky short-tailed bat Greater bulldog bat Commissaris's long-tongued bat Chestnut short-tailed bat Broad-eared bat Gray long-tongued bat Seba's short-tailed bat Tent-maiking bat Pallas's long-tongued bat Gray short-tailed bat Brown tent-making bat Shaggy bat Little yellow-eared bat Black-winged little yellow bat Wrinkle-faced bat Great stripe-faced bat Greater sac-winged bat Salvin's big-eyed bat Spectral bat Lesser sac-winged bat Hairy big-eyed bat Southern yellow bat Godman's long-tailed bat Northern yellow bat Hairy big-eared bat Mexican long-tongued batAmerican marsupials in Honduras
Mexican mouse opossum Robinson's mouse opossum Central american woolly opossum Alston's woolly mouse opossum Water opossum Common opossumHares, pikas, and rabbits in Honduras
Forest rabbit Eastern cottontailHorses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs in Honduras
Baird's tapirPrimates in Honduras
Black-handed spider monkey Golden-mantled howling monkey White-faced capuchinRodents in Honduras
Alfaro's rice water rat Big-eared climbing rat Central american agouti Aztec mouse Ruatan island agouti Spotted paca Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine Naked-eared deer mouse Nimble-footed mouse Salvin's spiny pocket mouse Mexican deer mouse Stirton's deer mouse Dusky rice rat Tome's spiny rat Southern pygmy mouse Giant pocket gopher Nicaraguan woodrat Nicaraguan pocket gopher Mexican woodrat Brown's hutia Swan island hutia Peters's climbing rat Fulvous harvest mouse Slender harvest mouse Mexican harvest mouse Vesper rat Sumichrast's harvest mouse Fulvous pygmy rice rat Desmarest's spiny pocket mouse Hispid pocket gopher Armored rat Alfaro's rice rat Bolivar rice rat Deppe's squirrel Coues's rice rat Variegated squirrel Alston's brown mouse Long-nosed rice rat Hispid cotton rat Cloud forest rice ratDugongs, manatees, and sea cows in Honduras
American manateeEdentates in Honduras
Common long-nosed armadillo Northern naked-tailed armadillo
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