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Animals in Panama
The rich and unscathed natural jungles of Panama are home to many animals that are native to both South America as well as Central America. Some of the most notable of these animals include: ocelots, crocodiles, armadillos and pumas. The diverse mixture of swamps, jungle and mountain ranges creates an environment in which animals with all different needs can live and flourish.
Aside from the wide array of animal species that inhabit Panama, it is also home to one of the most lustrous bird populations on the planet. Long-distance birds that migrate from other areas in the world to lay eggs and raise young, while many native tropical species can be seen flying through the tree-tops.
One aspect of Panama's natural habitat that make it so unique is its distinct location between the deserts of Northern Central American and the Rain Forests of South America. Due to this fact, it has animal species that cannot be found in any other place in the world. Some of these species consist of the giant tree sloth and golden tree frog; both of which have called this minute area of the world home for hundreds of thousands of years.
Panama is truly a beautiful place; with one of the most intact natural habitats on the planet. Unfortunately, as populated areas begin requiring more land, these natural environments are dwindling at an alarming rate.
Click here for a list of endangered animals in Panama.
Even-toed ungulates in Panama
Collared peccary White-lipped peccary White-tailed deer Red brocketCarnivores in Panama
Amazonian hog-nosed skunk Greater grison Tayra Ocelot Long-tailed weasel Little spotted cat Kinkajou Margay Coatimundi Crab-eating raccoon Northern raccoon Gray fox Bushy-tailed olingo Chiriqui olingo Jaguar Central american cacomistle Bush dog American jackal Eyra cat La plata otterDolphins, porpoises, and whales in Panama
Bunch Atlantic dolphin Blainville's beaked whale Lesser beaked whale Killer whale Blue whale Pygmy killer whale Cuvier's beaked whale Estuarine dolphin Bridled dolphin Atlantic spinner dolphin Euphrosyne dolphin Atlantic spotted dolphin Long-beaked dolphin Rough-toothed dolphin Pygmy sperm whale Fraser's dolphinBats in Panama
Lesser bulldog bat Long-legged bat Greater bulldog bat Tacarcuna bat Brazilian free-tailed bat Broad-eared bat Southern yellow bat Peter's disk-winged bat Big red bat Little white-shouldered bat Spix's disk-winged bat Common vampire bat Handley's tailless bat Macconnell's bat White-winged vampire bat Geoffroy's tailless bat Northern ghost bat Aztec fruit-eating bat Fringe-lipped bat Dark long-tongued bat Hairy-legged vampire bat Proboscis bat Greater sac-winged bat White bat Jamaican fruit-eating bat Lesser sac-winged bat Brazilian brown bat Great fruit-eating bat Hairy big-eared bat Argentine brown bat Pygmy fruit-eating bat White-bellied big-eared bat Big brown bat Toltec fruit-eating bat Tent-maiking bat Black bonneted bat Brown tent-making bat Schmidts's big-eared bat Dwarf bonneted bat Striped yellow-eared bat Wagner's bonneted bat Little yellow-eared bat Sanborn's bonneted bat Great stripe-faced bat Striped hairy-nosed bat Thumbless bat Lesser dog-like bat Commissaris's long-tongued bat Pale-faced bat Black mastiff bat Pallas's long-tongued bat Silky short-tailed bat Pale spear-nosed bat Bonda mastiff bat Chestnut short-tailed bat Greater spear-nosed bat Seba's short-tailed bat Thomas's broad-nosed bat Pallas's mastiff bat Shaggy bat Heller's broad-nosed bat Sinaloan mastiff bat Silver-tipped myotis Wrinkle-faced bat Shadowy broad-nosed bat Hairy-legged myotis Underwood's long-tongued bat Chestnut long-tongued bat Salvin's big-eyed bat Greater broad-nosed bat Black myotis Goldman's nectar bat Little big-eyed bat Little yellow-shouldered bat Montane myotis Orange nectar bat Hairy big-eyed bat Highland yellow-shouldered bat Big crested mastiff bat Riparian myotis Thomas's nectar bat Louis's yellow-shouldered bat Big naked-backed bat Parnell's mustached bat Mexican funnel-eared bat Tomes's sword-nosed bat Big-eared wooly bat Talamancan yellow-shouldered bat Wagner's mustached bat Chestnut sac-winged batAmerican marsupials in Panama
Andean slender mouse opossum Slaty slender mouse opossum Alston's woolly mouse opossum Central american woolly opossum Common opossum Mexican mouse opossum Robinson's mouse opossum Brown four-eyed opossum Sepia short-tailed opossum Water opossumHares, pikas, and rabbits in Panama
Forest rabbit Eastern cottontail Dice's cottontailHorses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs in Panama
Baird's tapirPrimates in Panama
Black-crowned central american squirrel monkey Black-handed spider monkey Golden-mantled howling monkey White-faced capuchin Geoffroy's tamarinRodents in Panama
Chiriqui harvest mouse Central american agouti Bangs's mountain squirrel Coiban agouti Darien harvest mouse Spotted paca Mexican harvest mouse Vesper rat Sumichrast's harvest mouse Bicolored arboreal rice rat Dusky rice rat Goldman's water mouse Trinidad arboreal rice rat Underwood's water mouse Fulvous pygmy rice rat Mt. pirri climbing mouse Sprightly pygmy rice rat Panamanian spiny pocket mouse Rufous tree rat Fulvous-bellied climbing rat Chiriqui pocket gopher Panamanian climbing rat Darien pocket gopher Watson's climbing rat Tomes's rice rat Red-tailed squirrel Alfaro's rice rat Variegated squirrel Bolivar rice rat Alston's brown mouse Coues's rice rat Chiriqui brown mouse Boquete rice rat Hispid cotton rat Talamancan rice rat Central american dwarf squirrel Alfaro's rice water rat Western dwarf squirrel Mexican deer mouse Short-tailed cane mouse Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine Southern spiny pocket mouse Desmarest's spiny pocket mouse Armored rat Capybara Tweedy's crab-eating rat Tome's spiny rat Yellow isthmus rat Mt. pirri isthmus rat Painted bristly mouse Rothschild's porcupineDugongs, manatees, and sea cows in Panama
American manateeEdentates in Panama
Common long-nosed armadillo Northern naked-tailed armadillo
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