Conservation Recorded Wildlife at Barra Honda National Park
List of Mammals
1. Family
Scientific Name Family English Name Central American Caluromys derbianus Didelphidae woolly opossum
Didelphis marsupialis Didelphidae Common opossum
Didelphis virginiana Didelphidae Virginia opossum
Mexican mouse Marmosa mexicana Didelphidae opossum Gray four-eyed Philander opossum Didelphidae opossum
2. Family
Scientific Name Family English Name
Tamandua mexicana Myrmecophagidae Northern tamandua
3. Family
Scientific Name Family English Name
Dasypus novemcintus Dasypodidae Nine-banded armadillo
4. Family
Scientific Name Family English Name Cebus capucinus Cebidae White-faced capuchin Alouatta palliata Cebidae Mantled howler
5. Family
Scientific Name Family English Name Sciurus variegatoides Sciuridae Variegated squirrel
6. Family
Scientific Name Family English Name Orthogeomys sp Geomyidae Pocket gopher
7. Family
Scientific Name Family English Name Salvin´s spiny pocket Liomys salvini Heteromyidae mouse
8. Family
Scientific Name Family English Name
Oryzomys couesi Cricetidae Coues' Rice Rat Goldman´sn Water Rheomys raptor Cricetidae mouse
9. Family
Scientific Name Family English Name Otylomys phyllotis Murinae Big-eared climbing rat Sigmodon hispidus Murinae Hispid cotton rat
10. Family
Scientific Name Family English Name
Sphiggurus mexicanus Erethizontidae Mexican porcupine
11. Family
Scientific Name Family English Name Central American Dasyprocta punctata Dasyproctidae agouti
12. Family
Scientific Name Family English Name Cuniculus paca Cuniculidae Paca
13. Family
Scientific Name Family English Name Sylvilagus floridanus Leporidae Eastern cottontail
14. Family
Scientific Name Family English Name Urocyon Canidae Gray fox cinereoargenteus Canis latrans Canidae Coyote
15. Family
Scientific Name Family English Name Procyon lotor Procyonidae Northern raccoon Nasua narica Procyonidae White-nosed coatí Potos flavus Procyonidae Kinkajou
16. Family
Scientific Name Family English Name
Mustela frenata Mustelidae Long-tailed weasel
Eira barbara Mustelidae Tayra
Spilogale angustifrons Mustelidae Southern spotted skunk
Mephitis macroura Mustelidae Hooded Skunk Striped hog-nosed Conepatus semistriatus Mustelidae skunk
17. Family
Scientific Name Family English Name
Leopardus weidii Felidae Margay
Leopardus pardalis Felidae Ocelot Herpailurus Felidae Jaguarundi yagouaroundi
18. Family
Scientific Name Family English Name Pecari tajacu Tayassuidae Collared peccary
19. Family
Scientific Name Family English Name Odocoileus virginianus Cervidae White-tailed deer