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A Field Guide To The Large Wildlife In Panama

Few places on earth offer the wildlife-watching and close-to-nature immersion experiences you will find in Panama's rainforests.

Explore the amazing biodiversity of wildlife in the tropical cloud forests of the Cordillera de Talamanca, the wild eastern mountains of Serranía de Tabasará, ...more ↓

Agoutis 1
Dasyprocta
White-nosed Coati 2
Nasua narica
Pygmy Three-toed Sloth
Bradypus pygmaeus
Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth 3
Bradypus variegatus
Silky Anteater 4
Cyclopes didactylus
Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth 5
Choloepus hoffmanni
Giant Anteater 6
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Northern Tamandua 7
Tamandua mexicana
Colombian Night Monkey 8
Aotus lemurinus
Panamanian Night Monkey 9
Aotus zonalis
Geoffroy’s Tamarin 10
Saguinus geoffroyi
White-throated Capuchin 11
Cebus capucinus
Central American Squirrel Monkey 12
Saimiri oerstedii
Central American white-faced capuchin 13
Cebus capucinus imitator
Mantled Howler Monkey 14
Alouatta palliata
Coiba Island Howler Monkey 13
Alouatta palliata coibensis
Brown-headed Spider Monkey 15
Ateles fusciceps
Central American Spider Monkey 16
Ateles geoffroyi
Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine 17
Coendou mexicanus
Andean Porcupine 18
Coendou quichua
Capybara 19
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Coiban Agouti 13
Dasyprocta coibae
Central American Agouti 1
Dasyprocta punctata
Spotted Paca 20
Cuniculus paca
Rufous Soft-furred Spiny Rat 21
Diplomys labilis
Armored Rat 22
Hoplomys gymnurus
Tome's Spiny Rat 23
Proechimys semispinosus
Central American Dwarf Squirrel 24
Microsciurus alfari
Western Dwarf Squirrel 25
Microsciurus mimulus
Variegated Squirrel 26
Sciurus variegatoides
Bangs's Mountain Squirrel 27
Syntheosciurus brochus
Panamanian Spiny Pocket Mouse
Heteromys adspersus
Southern Spiny Pocket Mouse 28
Heteromys australis
Desmarest's Spiny Pocket Mouse 29
Heteromys desmarestianus
Tweedy's crab-eating rat
Ichthyomys tweedii
Mount Pirri climbing mouse
Rhipidomys latimanus
Tapeti 30
Sylvilagus brasiliensis
Dice's Cottontail
Sylvilagus dicei
Eastern Cottontail 31
Sylvilagus floridanus
North American Least Shrew 32
Cryptotis parva
Talamancan Small-eared Shrew 33
Cryptotis gracilis
Enders's Small-eared Shrew
Cryptotis endersi
Ocelot 34
Leopardus pardalis
Northern Tigrina 35
Leopardus tigrinus
Jaguarundi 36
Herpailurus yagouaroundi
Margay 37
Leopardus wiedii
Blackish Small-eared Shrew
Cryptotis nigrescens
Jaguar 38
Panthera onca
Gray Fox 39
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Coyote 40
Canis latrans
Spectacled Bear 41
Tremarctos ornatus
Kinkajou 42
Potos flavus
Crab-eating Raccoon 43
Procyon cancrivorus
Northern Olingo 44
Bassaricyon gabbii
Bush Dog 45
Speothos venaticus
Long-tailed Weasel 46
Mustela frenata
Neotropical River Otter 47
Lontra longicaudis
Greater Grison 48
Galictis vittata
Tayra 10
Eira barbara
Striped Hog-nosed Skunk 49
Conepatus semistriatus
Caribbean Monk Seal
Neomonachus tropicalis
Collared Peccary 50
Pecari tajacu
Red Brocket 50
Mazama americana
Baird's Tapir 51
Tapirus bairdii
White-lipped Peccary 52
Tayassu pecari
White-tailed Deer 53
Odocoileus virginianus
Derby's Woolly Opossum 54
Caluromys derbianus
Robinson's Mouse Opossum
Marmosa robinsoni
Marmosa robinsoni isthmica
Green Iguana 51
Iguana iguana
Crocodiles 55
Crocodylidae
Red-eyed Tree Frog 56
Agalychnis callidryas
Fringe-Limbed Tree Frog 10
Cochranella euknemos
Grainy Cochran Frog
Cochranella granulosa
Harlequin Treefrog 10
Dendropsophus ebraccatus
Masked Tree Frog 57
Smilisca phaeota
Green-and-black Poison Dart Frog 58
Dendrobates auratus
Helmeted Iguana 59
Corytophanes cristatus
Giant Toad 10
Rhinella horribilis
Common Basilisk 60
Basiliscus basiliscus
Green Iguana 51
Iguana iguana
Speckled Racer
Drymobius margaritiferus
Border Anole 61
Anolis limifrons
Berthold's Monkey Lizard 62
Polychrus gutturosus
Central American Boa 63
Boa imperator
Ghost Glass Frog 64
Sachatamia ilex
Green Climbing Toad 10
Incilius coniferus
Canal Zone Tree Frog 65
Boana rufitela
Lemur Leaf Frog
Agalychnis lemur
Granular Poison Frog 60
Oophaga granulifera
Sylvia's Tree Frog 66
Cruziohyla sylviae
Mourning Gecko 67
Lepidodactylus lugubris
Turniptail Gecko 68
Thecadactylus rapicauda
Green Basilisk 69
Basiliscus plumifrons
Caribbean Least Gecko 70
Sphaerodactylus homolepis
Strawberry Poison Dart Frog
Oophaga pumilio

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