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Animals in Venezuela
Some animals you may be less familiar with are the capybara, river dolphins, spectacled caimans, ocelots, peccaries, tapirs, and tamanduas. The capybara is the largest rodent in the world and resides primarily in the eastern countries of South America. Ocelots are a beautiful feline, similar to the leopard or jaguar but much smaller in size. Peccaries and tapirs are snouted animals that resemble hogs. These animals can be found in their natural habitats within Venezuela.
Venezuela is able to cater to such a large variety of animals because there are so many varying habitats. Venezuela has the mild, windy Andes mountains in the west. The Amazon Basin and its rich rainforest lies to the south. The llanos plains is a woodland and grassland area in central Venezuela. On the Caribbean coast, mountains and shrubland can be found. To the east there is the fertile Orinoco River Delta. These areas each offer a unique ecosystem that allows the animals therein to flourish. They make an especially ideal home for these animals which can be found nowhere in the world but Venezuela: Rusty-flanked Crake, Fiery Squirrel, Zulia Toad-headed Turtle, and the Saberfin Killie.
Life is teeming in every region of the country. From the coastal grasslands to the peaks of the Andes Mountains, a different animal waits at every turn. With so many animal species being found within its borders, Venezuela is a truely unique and beautiful country.
Click here for a list of endangered animals in Venezuela.
Even-toed ungulates in Venezuela
Little red brocket deer Red brocket Brown brocket Collared peccary White-lipped peccary White-tailed deerCarnivores in Venezuela
Eyra cat Amazonian hog-nosed skunk Greater grison Tayra Giant brazilian otter Long-tailed weasel Cougar Common fox Allen's olingo Jaguar Kinkajou South american coati Crab-eating raccoon Little coati Ocelot Little spotted cat Margay Andean bear Beddard's olingo Gray fox La plata otter Bush dogDolphins, porpoises, and whales in Venezuela
Atlantic spinner dolphin Cuvier's beaked whale Atlantic spotted dolphin Long-beaked dolphin Rough-toothed dolphin Bunch Amazon river dolphin Blainville's beaked whale Pygmy sperm whale Fraser's dolphin Bottle-nosed dolphin Pygmy killer whale Pacific pilot whale Estuarine dolphin False killer whaleBats in Venezuela
Sinaloan mastiff bat Chestnut short-tailed bat Great stripe-faced bat Davy's naked-backed bat Brazilian brown bat Seba's short-tailed bat Spectral bat Big naked-backed bat Ghost-faced bat Diminutive serotine Parnell's mustached bat Argentine brown bat Wagner's mustached bat Big brown bat Small big-eared brown bat Shaggy bat Silver-tipped myotis Dwarf bonneted bat Wrinkle-faced bat Aratathomas's yellow0shouldered bat Hairy-legged myotis Big bonneted bat Bidentate yellow-shouldered bat Dwarf little fruit bat Curacao myotis Wagner's bonneted bat Little white-shouldered bat Bogota yellow-shouldered bat Greater dog-like bat Black myotis Sanborn's bonneted bat Hairy yellow-shouldered bat White-winged dog-like bat Montane myotis Salvin's big-eyed bat Handley's tailless bat Little yellow-shouldered bat Lesser dog-like bat Riparian myotis Macconnell's bat Little big-eyed bat Geoffroy's tailless bat Highland yellow-shouldered bat Pale-faced bat Hairy big-eyed bat Broad-toothed tailless bat Tilda yellow-shouldered bat Brazilian free-tailed bat Pale spear-nosed bat Mexican funnel-eared bat Lesser spear-nosed bat Godman's long-tailed bat Large fruit-eating bat Greater spear-nosed bat Hairy big-eared bat Lesser long-tailed bat Gervais's fruit-eating bat Tiny yellow bat Eldorado broad-nosed bat Little big-eared bat Hawaiian hoary bat Brown fruit-eating bat Proboscis bat Short-headed broad-nosed bat White-bellied big-eared bat Greater sac-winged bat Heller's broad-nosed bat Southern yellow bat Peter's disk-winged bat Frosted sac-winged bat Shadowy broad-nosed bat Schmidts's big-eared bat Jamaican fruit-eating bat Spix's disk-winged bat Lesser sac-winged bat Greater broad-nosed bat Lesser bulldog bat Great fruit-eating bat Dark fruit-eating bat Greater bulldog bat Pygmy fruit-eating bat Peale's free-tailed bat Striped hairy-nosed bat Southern long-nosed bat Flat-faced fruit-eating bat Broad-eared bat Dark long-tongued bat Fringe-lipped bat Big free-tailed bat Chestnut long-tongued bat Mato grosso dog-faced bat Orange nectar bat Common vampire bat Thomas's nectar bat White-winged vampire bat Ega long-tongued bat Rufous dog-faced bat Tomes's sword-nosed bat Greater ghost bat Western bonneted bat Fernandez's sword-nosed bat Isabelle's ghost bat Dwarf dog-faced bat Orinoco sword-nosed bat Lesser ghost bat Thumbless bat Chestnut sac-winged bat Tent-maiking bat Bonda mastiff bat Brown tent-making bat Big crested mastiff bat Pallas's mastiff bat Long-legged bat Hairy-legged vampire bat Miller's long-tongued bat Bedentate yellow-eared bat Brown mastiff bat Miller's mastiff bat Pallas's long-tongued bat Little yellow-eared bat Visored batAmerican marsupials in Venezuela
Dryland mouse opossum Wood sprite gracile mouse opossum Tyler's mouse opossum Northern gracile mouse opossum Slim-faced slender mouse opossum Gray-bellied slender mouse opossum Andean slender mouse opossum Delicate slender mouse opossum Water opossum White-eared opossum Common opossum Lutrine opossum Murine mouse opossum Robinson's mouse opossum Brown four-eyed opossum Long-furred woolly mouse opossum Red-legged short-tailed opossum Black four-eyed opossum Western woolly opossum Bare-tailed woolly opossumHares, pikas, and rabbits in Venezuela
Forest rabbit Eastern cottontailShrew opossums in Venezuela
Silky shrew opossumHorses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs in Venezuela
Brazilian tapirPrimates in Venezuela
Golden-faced saki Brown capuchin White-fronted capuchin Red howler monkey Wedge-capped capuchin Long-haired spider monkey Black spider monkey Golden-handed tamarin Black uacari Common squirrel monkey DouroucouliRodents in Venezuela
Brown hairy dwarf porcupine Trinidad arboreal rice rat Greedy olalla rat Brazilian guinea pig Olive montane mouse Fulvous pygmy rice rat Grayish pygmy rice rat Green acouchi Trinidad spiny pocket mouse Guinea pig Spotted paca Short-tailed cane mouse Macconnell's rice rat Red acouchi Mountain paca Talamancan rice rat Marsh rat Bogota grass mouse Yungas rice rat Capybara Northern grass mouse Crab-eating rat Chibchan water mouse Coues's climbing mouse Buff-bellied climbing mouse Dusky rice rat Pittier's crab-eating rat Colombian forest mouse Spiny tree rat Macconnell's climbing mouse Yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat Splendid climbing mouse Venezuelan climbing mouse Charming climbing mouse Guiana bristly mouse Golden oldfield mouse Wetzel's climbing mouse Bristly mouse Narrow-footed bristly mouse Woodland oldfield mouse Trinidad water rat Brazilian porcupine Butcher South american water rat Central american agouti Dressy oldfield mouse Musso's fish-eating rat Black agouti Venezuelan fish-eating rat Orinoco agouti Brazilian agouti Guianan squirrel Forest small rice rat Fiery squirrel Venezuelan spiny rat Yellow-throated squirrel Colombian spiny rat Red-tailed squirrel Cayenne spiny rat Northern amazon red squirrel Guaira spiny rat Bicolored arboreal rice rat Guyanan spiny rat Unicolored arboreal rice rat Alston's cotton rat Gray-footed spiny rat Yellow arboreal rice rat Hispid cotton rat Napo spiny rat Brazilian arboreal rice rat Alfaro's rice water rat Sucre spiny rat King arboreal rice rat Pacarana Hummelinck's vesper mouse Robert's arboreal rice rat Red arboreal rice rat Armored spiny rat Speckled tree rat Arboreal rice ratDugongs, manatees, and sea cows in Venezuela
American manateeEdentates in Venezuela
Giant armadillo Greater long-nosed armadillo Common long-nosed armadillo Llanos long-nosed armadillo Northern naked-tailed armadillo Cabasu
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