NOMBRE EN ESPANOL NOMBRE CIENTIFICO NOMBRE EN INGLES ZARIGÜEYAS DIDELPHIDAE OPOSSUMS Zarigüeya Neotropical Didelphis marsupialis Common Opossum Zarigüeya Norteamericana Didelphis virginiana Virginia Opossum Zarigüeya Ocelada Philander opossum Gray Four-eyed Opossum Zarigüeya Acuática Chironectes minimus Water Opossum Zarigüeya Café Metachirus nudicaudatus Brown Four-eyed Opossum Zarigüeya Mexicana Marmosa mexicana Mexican Mouse Opossum Zarigüeya de la Mosquitia Micoureus alstoni Alston´s Mouse Opossum Zarigüeya Lanuda Caluromys derbianus Central American Woolly Opossum OSOS HORMIGUEROS MYRMECOPHAGIDAE ANTEATERS Hormiguero Gigante Myrmecophaga tridactyla Giant Anteater Tamandua Norteño Tamandua mexicana Northern Tamandua Hormiguero Sedoso Cyclopes didactylus Silky Anteater PEREZOSOS BRADYPODIDAE SLOTHS Perezoso Bigarfiado Choloepus hoffmanni Hoffmann’s Two-toed Sloth Perezoso Trigarfiado Bradypus variegatus Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth ARMADILLOS DASYPODIDAE ARMADILLOS Armadillo Centroamericano Cabassous centralis Northern Naked-tailed Armadillo Armadillo Común Dasypus novemcinctus Nine-banded Armadillo MUSARAÑAS SORICIDAE SHREWS Musaraña Americana Común Cryptotis parva Least Shrew MURCIELAGOS SAQUEROS EMBALLONURIDAE SAC-WINGED BATS Murciélago Narigudo Rhynchonycteris naso Proboscis Bat Bilistado Café Saccopteryx bilineata Greater White-lined Bat Bilistado Negruzco Saccopteryx leptura Lesser White-lined Bat Saquero Pelialborotado Centronycteris centralis Shaggy Bat Cariperro Mayor Peropteryx kappleri Greater Doglike Bat Cariperro Menor Peropteryx macrotis Lesser Doglike Bat Saquero Chato Cormura brevirostris Chestnut Sac-winged Bat Saquero Cachetón Balantiopteryx plicata Gray Sac-winged Bat Murciélago del Rama Cyttarops alecto Smoky Bat Saquero Blanco Diclidurus albus Northern Ghost Bat MURCIELAGOS PESCADORES NOCTILIONIDAE FISHERMAN BATS Pescador Menor Noctilio albiventris Lesser Fishing Bat Pescador Mayor Noctilio leporinus Greater Fishing Bat MUSTACHED, NACKED- BACKED MURCIELAGOS BIGOTUDOS MORMOOPIDAE BATS Dorsilampiño Menor Pteronotus davyi Davy´s Naked-backed Bat Dorsilampiño Mayor Pteronotus gymnonotus Big Naked-backed Bat Bembón Mayor Pteronotus parnellii Common Mustached Bat Bembón Membriligado Pteronotus personatus Lesser Mustached Bat MURCIELAGOS LANCEROS PHYLLOSTOMIDAE AMERICAN LEAF-NOSED-BATS Orejudo Peludo Micronycteris hirsuta Hairy Big-eared Bat Orejudo Crestimellado Micronycteris microtis Common Big-eared Bat

1 NOMBRE EN ESPANOL NOMBRE CIENTIFICO NOMBRE EN INGLES Orejudo Rufo Micronycteris minuta Tiny Big-eared Bat Orejudo Ventriclaro Micronycteris schmidtorum Schmidt´s Big-eared Bat Orejudo Gorgiamarillento Lampronycteris brachyotis Orange-throated Bat Orejudo Craniliso Trinycteris nicefori Niceforo´s Bat Orejudo Montañés Glyphonycteris sylvestris Tricolored Bat Murciélago Patilargo Macrophyllum macrophyllum Long-legged Bat Orejudo Listado Tonatia brasiliense Pygmy Round-eared Bat Orejón Frentilistado Tonatia saurophila Stripe-headed Round-eared Bat Orejudo Crestado Tonatia silvicola White-throated Round-eared Bat Lancero Listado Mimon crenulatum Striped Hairy-nosed Bat Lancero Menor Phyllostomus discolor Pale Spear-nosed Bat Lancero Gigante Phyllostomus hastatus Greater Spear-nosed Bat Murciélago Labiornado Trachops cirrhosus Fringe-lipped Bat Carnicero Menor Chrotopterus auritus Woolly False Vampire Bat Carnicero Menor Vampyrum spectrum Great False Vampire Bat Lengüilargo Dentiabierto Glossophaga commissarisi Brown Long-tongued Bat Lengüilargo del Pacífico Glossophaga leachii Gray’s Long-tongued Bat Lengüilargo Neotropical Glossophaga soricina Common Long-tongued Bat Lengüilargo Hocicudo Anoura geoffroyi Geoffroy’s Hairy-legged Bat Hocicudito Oscuro Lichonycteris obscura Dark Long-togued Bat Murciélago Forestal Hylonycteris underwoodi Underwood’s Long-tongued Bat Colicorto Peludo Choeroniscus godmani Godman’s Whiskered Bat Lengüilargo Panameño Lonchophylla robusta Orange Nectar Bat Colicorto Peludo Carollia brevicauda Silky Short-tailed Bat Colicorto Menor Carollia castanea Chestnut Short-tailed Bat Colicorto Común Carollia perspicillata Seba´s Short-tailed Bat Colicorto del Pacífico Carollia subrufa Gray Short-tailed Bat Hombrigualdo Claro Sturnira lilium Little Yellow-shouldered Bat Hombrigualdo Patipeludo Sturnira ludovici Highland Yellow-shouldered Bat Frutero Común Artibeus jamaicensis Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat Frutero Hondureño Artibeus inopinatus Honduran Fruit-eating Bat Frutero Breñero Artibeus intermedius Intermediate Fruit-eating Bat Frutero Ventrimarrón Artibeus lituratus Great Fruit-eating Bat Frutero Menudo Artibeus phaeotis Pygmy Fruit-eating Bat Frutero Llanero Artibeus toltecus Toltec Fruit-eating Bat Frutero Selvático Artibeus watsoni Thomas’ Fruit-eating Bat Constructor Listado Uroderma bilobatum Common Tent-making Bat Constructor Pálido Uroderma magnirostrum Brown Tent-making Bat Murciélago Narigón Platyrrhinus helleri Heller´s Broad-nosed Bat Murciélago Rostrilistado Vampyrodes caraccioli Great Stripe-faced Bat Orejón Peludo Chiroderma villosum Hairy Big-eyed Bat Orejigualdo Pequeño Vampyressa pusilla Little Yellow-eared Bat Orejigualdo Grande Vampyressa nymphaea Striped Yellow-eared Bat Nariorejudo Amarillo Mesophylla macconnelli Macconnell’s Bat Murciélago Blanco Ectophylla alba Honduran White Bat Frutero Cariviejo Centurio senex Wrinkle-faced Bat

2 NOMBRE EN ESPANOL NOMBRE CIENTIFICO NOMBRE EN INGLES Vampiro Común Desmodus rotundus Common Vampire Bat Vampiro Aliblanco Diaemus youngi White-winged Vampire Bat Vampiro Orejudo Diphylla ecaudata Hairy-legged Vampire Bat MURCIELAGOS EMBUDEROS NATALIDAE FUNNEL-EARED BATS Embudero Común Natalus stramineus Mexican Funnel-eared Bat MURCIELAGOS VENTOSEROS THYROPTERIDAE DISK-WINGED BATS Ventosero Orejigualdo Thyroptera discifera Peter´s Disk-winged Bat MURCIELAGOS VESPERTINOS VESPERTILIONIDAE PLAIN-NOSED BATS Vespertino Plateado Myotis albescens Silver-haired Myotis Vespertino Mesoamericano Myotis elegans Elegant Myotis Vespertino Velludo Myotis keaysi Hairy-legged Myotis Vespertino Negro Myotis nigricans Black Myotis Vespertino Ripario Myotis riparius Riparian Myotis Casero Neotropical Eptesicus furinalis Argentine Brown Bat Anteado Centroamericano Rhogeessa tumida Central American Yellow Bat Colipeludo Rojo Lasiurus blossevillii Western Red Bat MURCIELAGOS COLUDOS MOLOSSIDAE FREE-TAILED BATS Sombrerete Neotropical Eumops auripendulus Black Bonneted Bat Sombrerete Menudo Eumops bonariensis Dwarf Bonneted Bat Sombrerete Blanquecino Eumops glaucinus Wagner´s Bonneted Bat Sombrerete del Pacífico Eumops underwoodi Underwood´s Bonneted Bat Sombrerete Centroamericano Promops centralis Big Crested Mastiff Bat Moloso Negro Molossus ater Black Mastiff Bat Moloso Colombiano Molossus bondae Bonda Mastiff Bat Moloso Caribeño Molossus molossus Little Mastiff Bat Moloso Centroamericano Molossus pretiosus Miller´s Mastiff Bat Moloso de Sinaloa Molossus sinaloae Sinaloan Mastiff Bat MONOS AMERICANOS CEBIDAE AMERICAN MONKEYS Mono Cariblanco Cebus capucinus White-faced Capuchin Mono Aullador Alouatta palliata Mantled Howler Monkey Mono Araña Ateles geoffroyi Central American Spider Monkey ARDILLAS SCIURIDAE SQUIRRELS Ardilla Matagalpina Sciurus deppei Deppe´s Squirrel Ardilla del Rama Sciurus richmondi Richmond´s Squirrel Ardilla Centroamericana Sciurus variegatoides Variegated Squirrel Ardilla Enana Norteña Microsciurus alfari Alfaro´s Pygmy Squirrel TALTUZAS GEOMYIDAE POCKET GOPHERS Taltuza Segoviana Orthogeomys matagalpae Nicaraguan Pocket Gopher RATONES ESPINOSOS HETEROMYIDAE POCKET MICE Ratón Espinoso del Pacífico Liomys salvini Salvin´s Spiny Pocket Mouse Ratón Espinoso Selvático Heteromys desmarestianus Forest Spiny Pocket Mouse RATAS Y RATONES MURIDAE RATS AND MICE Rata Arrocera Serrana Oryzomys alfaroi Alfaro´s Rice Rat

3 NOMBRE EN ESPANOL NOMBRE CIENTIFICO NOMBRE EN INGLES Rata Arrocera Grande Oryzomys alfari Cana Rice Rat Rata Arrocera Bigotuda Oryzomys bolivaris Long-whiskered Rice Rat Rata Arrocera Ribereña Oryzomys couesi Coues’ Rice Rat Rata Arrocera del Rama Oryzomys dimidiatus Nicaraguan Rice Rat Rata Arrocera Orejinegra Oryzomys rostratus Rusty Rice Rat Rata Arrocera Parda Melanomys caliginosus Dusky Rice Rat Rata Arrocera Mesoamericana Oligoryzomys fulvescens Northern Pygmy Rice Rat Rata Algodonera Sigmodon hispidus Hispid Cotton Rat Rata Arbórea Centroamericana Tylomys nudicaudus Northern Climbing Rat Rata Arbórea Orejuda Ototylomys phyllotis Big-eared Climbing Rat Rata Arbórea Vespertina Nyctomys sumichrasti Vesper Rat Ratón Leñador Neotoma chrysomelas Nicaraguan Wood Rat Ratón Menudo Sureño Baiomys musculus Southern Pygmy Mouse Ratón Cantor Patinegro Scotinomys teguina Alston´s Singing Mouse Ratón Cosechador Chato Reithrodontomys brevirostris Short-nosed Harvest Mouse Ratón Cosechador Colibicolor Reithrodontomys fulvescens Fulvous Harvest Mouse Ratón Cosechador Orejudito Reithrodontomys gracilis Slender Harvest Mouse Ratón Cosechador Serranero Reithrodontomys sumichrasti Sumichrast´s Harvest Mouse Ratón Cosechador Mexicano Reithrodontomys mexicanus Mexican Harvest Mouse Ratón Cosechador de la Meseta Reithrodontomys paradoxus Nicaraguan Harvest Mouse Ratón Patiblanco del Pacífico Peromyscus gymnotis Naked-eared Deer Mouse Ratón Patiblanco Colipinto Peromyscus mexicanus Mexican Deer Mouse Ratón Patiblanco Colipeludo Peromyscus stirtoni Stirton´s Deer Mouse Rata Gris Rattus norvegicus Norway Rat Rata Negra Rattus rattus Roof Rat Ratón Común Mus musculus House Mouse PUERCOESPINES ERETHIZONTIDAE NEW WORLD PORCUPINES Puercoespín Mesoamericano Coendou mexicanus Mexican Porcupine GUATUSAS DASYPROCTIDAE AGOUTIS Guatusa Dasyprocta punctata Central America Agouti GUARDATINAJAS AGOUTIDAE PACAS Guardatinaja Agouti paca Paca RATAS ESPINOSAS ECHIMYIDAE SPINY RATS Rata Espinosa Norteña Proechimys semispinosus Tomes´ Spiny Rat Rata Espinosa Nicaragüense Hoplomys gymnurus Armored Rat CONEJOS LEPORIDAE RABBITS Conejo Neotropical Sylvilagus brasiliensis Forest Rabbit Conejo Americano Sylvilagus floridanus Eastern Cottontail CANIDOS CANIDAE DOGS AND FOXES Coyote Canis latrans Coyote Zorro Ostoche Urocyon cinereoargenteus Gray Fox MAPACHES Y SIMILARES PROCYONIDAE RACCONS AND ALLIES Mapache Procyon lotor Northern Raccoon Coatí Nasua narica White-nosed Coati

4 NOMBRE EN ESPANOL NOMBRE CIENTIFICO NOMBRE EN INGLES Kinkayú Potos flavus Kinkajou Olingo Bassaricyon gabbii Olingo COMADREJAS, MOFETAS Y MUSTELIDAE WEASELS, SKUNKS AND ALLIES SIMILARES Comadreja Mustela frenata Long-tailed Weasel Glotón Mayor Galictis vittata Greater Grison Culumuco Eira barbara Tayra Mofeta Negra Mephitis macroura Hooded Skunk Mofeta Manchada Spilogale putorius Spotted Skunk Mofeta Dorsiblanca Conepatus mesoleucus Common Hog-nosed Skunk Mofeta Bilistada Conepatus semistriatus Striped Hog-nosed Skunk Nutria Colilarga Lutra longicaudis Neotropical River Otter GATOS FELIDAE CATS Ocelote Leopardus pardalis Ocelot Margay Leopardus wiedii Margay Leoncillo Herpailurus yaguarondi Jaguarundi Puma Puma concolor Puma Jaguar Panthera onca Jaguar MANATIES TRICHECHIDAE MANATEES Manatí Caribeño Trichechus manatus West Indian Manatee TAPIRES TAPIRIDAE TAPIRS Tapir Centroamericano Tapirus bairdii Baird´s Tapir SAHINOS TAYASSUIDAE PECCARIES Jabalí Americano Tayassu tajacu Collared Peccary Sahino Labiblanco Dicotyles pecari White-lipped Peccary VENADOS CERVIDAE DEERS Venado Coliblanco Odocoileus virginianus White-tailed Deer Venado Rojo Mazama americana Red Brocket DELFINES DELPHINIDAE DOLPHINS Delfín Lagunero Sotalia fluviatilis Tucuxi Delfín Hocicudo Tursiops truncatus Bottlenose Dolphin BALLENAS BALAENOPTERIDAE RORQUAL WHALES Ballena Azul Balaenoptera musculus Blue Whale Ballena Jorobada Megaptera novaeangliae Humpback Whale

Tomado de : Martinez-Sanchez, J. C., S. Morales Velasquez & Edgar A. Castañeda Mendoza. 2000. Lista patron de los Mamiferos de Nicaragua. 35 p.

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