Common Name: Squirrel Type: Mammal Family: Sciuridae Range: This bushy-tailed squirrel or red tailed Squirrel is found throughout the Costa Rica, Trinidad, Columbia, Tobago, Panama, Venezuela, and Ecuador. The back and sides of this short-haired, furry squirrel is reddish brown in color, but some squirrels have a darker colored skin. The color of the tail of most of the red-tailed [...]
Common Name: porcupine Type: Mammal Family: Erethizontidae Range: The common porcupine can be found in most of Canada and the western United States south to Mexico. In the eastern United States, it can be found in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York and New England. The tree porcupine, also known as the Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine, is rodent found exclusively in [...]
Common Name: Margay also called Tiger Cat Type: Mammal Family: Felidae Range: The Margay is an animal that is found mainly in humid evergreen forests and Distributed from Mexico through Panama, northern Colombia, Peru, northern and eastern Paraguay, northern Uruguay and northern Argentina. These cats are very active in several parts of Costa Rica including National parks such as Corcovado [...]
Common Name: Kinkajou Type: Mammal Family: Procyonidae Range: The Kinkajou is an animal that is found mainly in tropical rain forests and semi tropics parts of South and Central America. They usually spent most of their life on trees. They can be found from Mexico to Brazil and Costa Rica. Kinkajou are available is several natural forest reserve and national [...]
Common Name: White-faced Capuchin Type: Mammal Family: Cebidae Range: White faced capuchin are native to the forests of Central America and the north-western part of South America. They can be found from Colombia to Brazil, Panama. They are also available in major parts of Costa Rica. Major national parks, such as Santa Rosa National Park, Corcovado National Park, La Selva, [...]
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