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COMMON MAMMALS OF COSTA RICA

Common Opossum  Didelphis marsupials

Long-Nosed Bat Rhynchonycteris naso

Honduran White Bat Ectophylla alba



Mantled Howler Monkey Alouatta palliata





White-Throated Capuchin Cebus capucinus




Central American Spider Monkey Ateies geoffroyi


Hoffmann´s Two-Toed Sloth Choloepus hoffmanni



Brown-Throated Three-Toed Sloth Bradypus variegatus




Nine-banded Armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus

Brazilian Rabbit Sylvilagus Brasiliensis

Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine, Coendou mexicanus *




Variegated Squirrel Sciurus variegatoides



Red-Tailed Squirrel Sciurus granatensis

Montane Squirrel Syntheosciurus brochus

Alfaro’s Pygmy Squirrel Microscui alfari

Collared Peccary Tayassu tajacu



Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata




Northern Raccoon Procyon lotor

White-Nosed Coati Nasau narica



Collared Anteater Tamandua mexicana




Silky Anteater Cyclopes didactylus

Kinkajou Potos flavus

Tayra Eira Barbara

Neotropical Otter Lontra longicaudis

White-Tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus

Red Brocket Deer Mazama americana

* Not Common

Pictures by Ken Cross unless noted. 

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