Animals in the Osa

Peninsla

This tiny patch of Costa Rica’s last remaining tropical humid rainforest

holds nothing less than 2.5% of the world’s biodiversity.

Howler Monkey

Howler monkeys are among the largest of the new world monkeys. Fifteen

species are currently recognized. Previously classified in the family Cebidae,

they are now placed in the family atelidae. These monkeys are native to

South and Central America. More info:

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/howler-monkey/

Agouti

The Central America Agouti is a species of agouati from the family

Dasyproctidae. The main portion of its range is from Chiapas and the Yucatan

Peninsula, through Central America, to Northwestern Ecuador, Colombia and

far western Venezuela. More info:

http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/agouti

Collared Peccary

The collared peccary is a species of mammal in the family Tayassuidae found

in North, Central and South America. They are commonly referred to as

javelin, saino or baquiro, although these terms are also used to describe

other species in the family. More info:

http://www.desertusa.com/animals/collared-peccary-javelina.html

Jaguarundi

The jaguarundi or eyra cat (Puma yagouaroundi), is a small, wild cat native to

Central and South America. In 2002, the IUCN classified the jaguarundi as

Least Concern, although they considered it likely that no conservation units

beyond the megareserves of the Amazon Basin could sustain long-term viable

populations. Its presence in Uruguay is uncertain. More info:

http://bigcatrescue.org/jaguarundi-facts/

Poison Dart Frog

Poison dart frog (also known as dart-poison frog, poison frog or formerly

known as poison arrow frog) is the common name of a group of frogs in the

family Dendrobatidae which are native to Central and South America. These

species are diurnal and often have brightly colored bodies.

More info:

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/amphibians/poison-frog/

Scarlet macaw The scarlet macaw is a large, red, yellow and blue South American parrot, a

member of a large group of Neotropical parrots called macaws. It is native to

humid evergreen forests of tropical South America. Range extends from

extreme south-eastern Mexico to Amazonian Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela and

Brazil in lowlands up to 500 m up to 1,000 m. It has suffered from local

extinction through habitat destruction and capture for the parrot trade, but

locally it remains fairly common. More info: http://www.rainforest-

alliance.org/kids/species-profiles/macaw

Jaguar The jaguar, Panthera onca, is a big cat, a feline in the Panthera genus, and is the only

Panthera species found in the Americas. The jaguar is the third-largest feline after the

tiger and the lion, and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. The jaguar's present

range extends from Southwestern United States and Mexico across much of Central

America and south to Paraguay and northern Argentina. Apart from a known and

possibly breeding population in Arizona, the cat has largely been extirpated from the

United States since the early 20th century. More info:

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/jaguar/

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