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MAMMALS
of
Belize

during
Focus On Nature Tours

1992 to 2015

Noting those found
during FONT tours
with an (*)


The following list of the Mammals of Belize compiled by Armas Hill

Photo at upper right:  YUCATAN BLACK HOWLER MONKEY


Codes noting locations:

ah:   near the Mayn ruins of Altun Ha 
bb:   Banana Bank    
bi:    on & near Bird Island 
cb:   Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary & the nearby Maya Centre  
cc:   the offshore island of Caye Caulker 
ct:    vicinity of Crooked Tree  
cy:   the Cayo District near San Ignacio including the Macal River valley & the farming area near Spanish Lookout
gp:   near Gale's Point (Manatee Lodge)
hh:   along the Hummingbird Highway
mp:  Mountain Pine Ridge 
pc:   the coastal area in & near Placencia  


 A fine book, "Jungle of the Maya" has recently been published (in 2006) by the University of Texas Press. In it, there some very good photographs of wildlife in Belize, and in nearby Guatemala & Mexico. In the following lists, pages in that book with photos of particular species are referred to with a (p. xx)

 (ph):  species with a photo in the FONT website

Links:

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Central America

List of Birds in Belize     Mammals in Central America  (with some photos) 

A List & Photo Gallery of Central America Butterflies, in 5 Parts

Amphibians & Reptiles of Belize & Guatemala  (with some photos)
Marine Life. including that of the Coral Reef, in Belize & Mexico  (with some photos)

 Previous Belize Tour Highlights  

Directory of Photos in the FONT Website 

  

List of Mammals (followed by a separate list of Bats):

  1. Central American Wooly Opossum ______
    Caluromys derbianus
  2. Water Opossum ______  (in Belize called "Water Dog")
    Chironectes minimus
  3. Southern Opossum ______  (in Belize called "Possum")
    Didelphis marsupialis
  4. Virginia Opossum  (ph)  ______  (in Belize called "Possum")
    Didelphis virginiana
  5. Mexican Mouse-Opossum ______
    Marmosa mexicana
  6. Robinson's Mouse-Opossum ______
    Marmosa robinsoni
  7. Alston's Woolly Mouse Opossum ______
    Micoureus alstoni
  8. Gray Four-eyed Opossum  (*)  ______  ct
    Philander opossum
  9. Silky Pygmy Anteater ______  (in Belize called "Antbear")
    Cyclopes didactylus      (the single member of its genus & its family)

  10. Northern Tamandua  (ph)  ______  (in Belize called "Antbear")
    Tamandua mexicana
  11. Nine-banded Armadillo  (ph)  ______  (in Belize called "Dilly")
    Dasypus novemcinclus
  12. Northern Naked-tailed Armadillo ______  (in Belize called "Dilly")
    Cabassous centralis
      
  13. Maya Small-eared Shrew ______
    Cryptotis mayensis
  14. American Least Shrew ______
    Cryptotis parva 

    In taxonomic order, BATS would be here, but instead they follow at the end of this mammal list. 

  15. Yucatan Black Howler Monkey  (*) (ph)  ______ bb,cy  (in Belize called "Baboon")  (p. 2, p. 37-38 & 41 & 108)
    Alouatta pigra



    Yucatan Black Howler Monkey
     (photo during a FONT tour by Marie Gardner)
  16. Geoffroy's Spider Monkey  (ph)  ______  (in Belize called "Monkey")  (p. 12 & 36 & 39-40 & 52)
    Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis,     the "Yucatan Spider Monkey" 



    Geoffroy's Spider Monkey
     (photo during a FONT tour by Marie Gardner) 
  17. Gray Fox ______  (p. 25)
    Urocyon cinereoargenteus
  18. Jaguarundi ______  (in Belize called "Halari")  (p. 60)
    Puma     (formerly Herpailurus)  yagouaroundi
  19. Ocelot  (ph)  ______  (in Belize called "Tiger Cat")  (p. 60)
    Leopardus     (formerly Felis) pardalis
  20. Margay ______  (in Belize called "Small Tiger Cat")  (p. 61)
    Leopardus     (formerly Felis) wiedii
  21. Puma  (ph)  ______  (in Belize called "Red Tiger")  (p. 63)
    Puma     (formerly Felis) concolor
  22. Jaguar  (*) (ph)  ______ gp  (in Belize called "Tiger")  (p. xiii & 58-59 & 118) (also p. 62 of a Mayan sculpture)
    Panthera     (formerly Jaguarius) onca



    A Jaguar track, seen & photographed 
    during the FONT tour in Belize in March 2007
       
    In a hotel lobby, a painting of a Jaguar.
    Throughout Belize, pictures of Jaguars are common.
    In the wild, the animal itself is more common than it is
    in most Central American countries. 
     
  23. Neotropical River Otter ______  (in Belize called "Water Dog")
    Lutra     (formerly Lontra) longicaudis
  24. Striped Hog-nosed Skunk ______  (in Belize called "Polecat")
    Conepatus semistriatus 
  25. Eastern Spotted Skunk ______  (in Belize called "Polecat")
    Spilogale putorius
  26. Tityra ______  (in Belize called "Bush Dog")  (p. 25 & 105)
    Eira barbara      (the single member of its genus)
  27. Greater Grison ______  (in Belize called "Bush Dog")
    Galictis vittata
  28. Long-tailed Weasel ______
    Mustela frenata
  29. Kinkajou  (ph)  ______  (in Belize called "Night Walker")  (p. 92)
    Potos flavus      (the single member of its genus)



    Kinkajou
     (photo during a FONT tour by Rosemary Lloyd)
     
  30. Cacomistle ______    
    Bassariscus sumichrasti
  31. White-nosed Coati  (*) (ph)  ______ ah  (in Belize called "Quash")  (p. 25)
    Nasua narica



    White-nosed Coati
     (photo during a FONT tour by Marie Gardner)

  32. Northern Raccoon  (*) (ph)  ______  ct
    Procton lotor
  33. West Indian Manatee  (*) (ph)  ______ gp  (in Belize called "Sea Cow") 
    Trichechus manatus



         Above & Below: Two photographs of West Indian (or Antillean) Manatees
    during the FONT tour in Belize in April 2011
    (photos by Marie Gardner)




  34. Baird's Tapir  (ph)  ______  (in Belize called "Mountain Cow")
    Tapirus bairdii
  35. Collared Peccary  (ph)  ______  (in Belize called "Peccary")
    Pecari tajacu
  36. White-lipped Peccary  (ph)  ______  (in Belize called "Wari")  (p. 25)
    Tayassu pecari
  37. Red Brocket Deer  (*)  ______  cb  (in Belize called "Antelope")  (p. 24)
    Mazama americana

  38. White-tailed Deer  (ph)  ______  (in Belize called "Savanna Deer")  (p. 24)
    Odocoileus virginianus
  39. Yucatan Squirrel  (*) ______ ct,cy  
    Sciurus yucatanensis
  40. Deppe's Squirrel ______
    Sciurus deppei
  41. Hispid Pocket Gopher ______  (in Belize called "Ground Mole")
    Orthogeomys hispidus
  42. Forest Spiny Pocket Mouse ______
    Heteromys desmarestianus
  43. Gaumer's Spiny Pocket Mouse ______
    Heteromys gaumeri
  44. Western House Mouse ______  (was conspecific with Eastern House Mouse, of Europe & Asia, Mus musculus; the Western House Mouse native to western & southern Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East)
    Mus domesticus 
  45. Brown Rat ______  (has also been called Norway Rat)  (in Belize called "Charlie Price")
    Rattus norvegicus
  46. House Rat ______  (has also been called Black Rat and Roof Rat)  (in Belize called "Charlie Price") 
    Rattus rattus
  47. Vesper Rat ______
    Nyctomys sumichrasti      (the single member of its genus)
  48. Northern Pygmy Rice Rat ______
    Oligoryzomys fulvescens
  49. Alfaro's Rice Rat ______
    Oryzomys alfaroi
  50. Coue's Rice Rat ______
    Oryzomys couesi
  51. Black-eared Rice Rat ______ (has also been called Rusty Rice Rat)
    Oryzomys melanotis
  52. Yucatan Vesper Mouse ______
    Otonyctomys hatti      (the single member of its genus)

  53. Big-eared Climbing Rat ______
    Ototylomys phyllotis      (the single member of its genus)

  54. Mexican Deer Mouse ______
    Peromyscus mexicanus
  55. Slender Harvest Mouse ______
    Reithrodontomys gracilis
  56. Hispid Cotton Rat ______  (in Belize called "Pine Ridge Rat')
    Sigmodon hispidus
  57. Northern Climbing Rat ______
    Tylomys nudicaudus
  58. Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine  (ph)  ______
    Coendou     (formerly Sphiggurus) mexicanus 
  59. Lowland Paca  (*)  ______ ah   (in Belize called the "Gibnut")  
    Cuniculus      (formerly Agouti) paca
    Cuniculus paca     is also called the Spotted Paca.

  60. Central American Agouti  (ph)  ______  (in Belize called "Indian Rabbit")
    Dasyprocta punctata


    Central American Agouti
    (photo by Linda Navarro)
  61. Forest Rabbit  ______  (in Belize called "Bush Rabbit")
    Sylvilagus brasiliensis


    Bats  (more than half of the mammals in Belize are bats):

    SHEATH-TAILED BATS  (Family Emballonuridae)
  62. Least Sac-winged Bat  ______  (lowland forests)
    Balantiopteryx io
  63. Shaggy Bat _____  (lowland forests & regrowth areas)
    Centronycteris maximiliani      (the single member of its genus)
  64. Northern Ghost Bat _____  (lowland & mid-elevation clearings & built areas)
    Diclidurus albus
  65. Greater Dog-like Bat _____  (lowland forest & forest edge)
    Peropteryx kappleri
  66. Lesser Dog-like Bat _____  (caves, rock piles, & built-up areas in the lowlands)
    Peropteryx macrotis
  67. Proboscis Bat _____  (near water in low-level rainforests)
    Rhynchonycteris naso      (the single member of its genus)
  68. Greater White-lined Bat _____  (lowland forests & forest edge)
    Saccopteryx bilineata
  69. Lesser White-lined Bat _____  (lowland forest)
    Saccopteryx leptura

    FISHING BAT  (Family Noctilionidae)
  70. Greater Fishing Bat _____  (lowland forests, lakes, rivers, & coasts)
    Noctilio leporinus

    LEAF-CHINNED BATS  (Family Mormoopidae)
  71. Ghost-faced Bat _____  (dry forests)
    Mormoops megalophylla
  72. Davy's Naked-backed Bat _____  (locally in forests & clearings) 
    Pteronotus davyi
  73. Common Moustached Bat _____  (lowland & mid-elevation forests & clearings)
    Pteronotus     (formerly Phyllodia) parnelli
  74. Lesser Moustached Bat _____  (lowland forests)
    Pteronotus     (formerly Chilonycteris) personatus

    AMERICAN LEAF-NOSED BATS  (Family Phyllostomidae)  (p. 101)
  75. Woolly False Vampire Bat  (also called Big-eared Woolly Bat)  _____  (forests & regrowth areas)
    Chrotopterus auritus      (the single member of its genus)
  76. Common Sword-nosed Bat _____  (locally in lowland forests & farmland)
    Lonchorhina aurita
  77. Long-legged Bat _____  (near streams in lowland forests) 
    Macrophyllum macrophyllum      (the single member of its genus)
  78. Orange-throated Big-eared Bat _____  (locally in lowland forests)
    Micronycteris     (formerly Lampronycteris) brachyotis
  79. Common Big-eared Bat _____  (forest & regrowth areas)
    Micronycteris microtis 
  80. Niceforo's Big-eared Bat _____  (locally in lowland forests)
    Micronycteris     (formerly Trinycteris) nicefori
  81. Schmidt's Big-eared Bat _____  (locally in lowland forests & forest edge)
    Micronycteris schmidtorum
  82. Golden Bat _____  (lowland forests)
    Mimon bennettii 
  83. Striped Hairy-nosed Bat _____   (locally in lowland forests & clearings)
    Mimon     (formerly Anthorhina) crenlatum
  84. Pale-faced Bat _____  (locally in primary rainforests & adjacent clearings) 
    Phylloderma stenops
  85. Pale Spear-nosed Bat _____  (lowland forests)
    Phyllostomus discolor
  86. Greater Spear-nosed Bat _____  (lowland forests & clearings)
    Phyllostomus hastatus
  87. Pygmy Round-eared Bat ____  (lowland forests & regrowth areas)
    Tonatia brasiliense
  88. Davis's Round-eared Bat _____  (lowland forests)
    Tonatia evotis
  89. Stripe-headed Round-eared Bat _____  (locally in lowland forests)
    Tonatia saurophila 
  90. Fringe-lipped Bat _____  (forests & farmland)
    Trachops cirrhosus      (the single member of its genus)
  91. Greater False Vampire Bat  (also called Spectral Bat)  _____  (forests & grasslands)  (actually tail-less) 
    Vampyrum spectrum
  92. Brown Long-tongued Bat _____  (locally in forests & clearings)
    Glossophaga commissarisi
  93. Common Long-tongued Bat _____  (forests & clearings)
    Glossophaga soricina
  94. Underwood's Long-tongued Bat _____  (lowland & mid-elevation forests & clearings)
    Hylonycteris underwoodi      (the single member of its genus) 
  95. Dark Long-tongued Bat _____  (lowland forests & plantations; few records)
    Lichonycteris obscura      (the single member of its genus)
  96. Silky Short-tailed Bat _____  (forest clearings, regrowth areas, & plantations)
    Carollia brevicauda
  97. Seba's Short-tailed Bat _____  (forest clearings, regrowth areas, & plantations)
    Carollia perspicillata
  98. Intermediate Fruit-eating Bat _____  (forests & regrowth areas)
    Artibeus intermedius
  99. Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat  (ph)  _____  (forests & plantations)
    Artibeus jamaicensis
  100. Great Fruit-eating Bat _____  (rainforests & clearings)
    Artibeus lituratus
  101. Pygmy Fruit-eating Bat _____  (forests & fruit groves)
    Artibeus phaeotis 
  102. Toltec Fruit-eating Bat _____  (mid-elevation forests & fruit groves)
    Artibeus     (formerly Dermanura) toltecus
  103. Thomas's Fruit-eating Bat _____  (forests & fruit groves)
    Artibeus watsoni
  104. Wrinkle-faced Bat _____  (lowland & mid-elevation regrowth areas)
    Centurio senex      (the single member of its genus)
      
  105. Hairy Big-eyed Bat _____  (lowland forests & fruit groves)
    Chiroderma villosum
  106. Heller's Broad-nosed Bat _____  (lowland & mid-elevation forests & fruit groves)
    Platyrrhinus helleri
  107. Little Yellow-shouldered Bat _____  (forest & fruit groves)
    Sturnira lilium
  108. Common Tent-making Bat _____  (lowland & mid-elevation forests & fruit groves)
    Uroderma bilobatum
  109. Little Yellow-eared Bat _____  (lowland & mid-elevation forests)
    Vampyressa pusilla
  110. Great Stripe-faced Bat _____  (lowland primary rainforests) 
    Vampyrodes caraccioli
  111. Common Vampire Bat _____  (livestock farmland, gardens, & forest)
    Desmodus rotundus      (the single member of its genus)
  112. Hairy-legged Vampire Bat _____  (lowland & mid-elevation forest & farmland) 
    Diphylia ecaudata      (the single member of its genus)


    FUNNEL-EARED BAT  (Family Natalidae)
  113. Mexican Funnel-eared Bat _____  (lowland & mid-elevation forests)
    Natalus stramineus

    FREE-TAILED BATS  (Family Molossidae)
      
  114. Greenhall's Dog-faced Bat _____  (forests & clearings, usually near water)
    Molossops     (formerly Cynomops) greenhalli
  115. Broad-eared Bat _____  (dry forests & scrub)
    Nyctinomops laticaudatus
  116. Black Bonneted Bat _____  (forests & savannas)
    Eumops auripendulus
  117. Dwarf Bonneted Bat _____  (lowland dry deciduous forests & scrub)
    Eumops bonariensis
  118. Wagner's Bonneted Bat _____  (lowland forests, scrub, & built areas)
    Eumops glaucinus
  119. Underwood's Bonneted Bat _____  (dry forests)
    Eumops underwoodi
  120. Black Mastiff Bat _____  (forests, scrub, & built areas)
    Molossus ater
  121. Pallas's Mastiff Bat _____  (forests & built areas)
    Molossus molossus
  122. Sinaloan Mastiff Bat _____  (forests, farmland, & built areas)
    Molossus sinaloae

    DISK-WINGED BAT  (Family Thyropteridae)
  123. Spix's Disk-winged Bat _____  (lowland & mid-elevation forests & regrowth areas) 
    Thyroptera tricolor

    ANTROZOID BAT  (Family Antrozoidae)
  124. Van Gelder's Bat _____  (forest interiors)
    Bauerus dubiaquercus      (the single member of its genus)


    VESPER BATS  (Family Vespertilionidae)
  125. Argentine Brown Bat _____  (p. 116)  (forests & forest clearings)
    Eptesicus furnalis
  126. Western Red Bat _____  (forests)
    Lasiurus borealis
  127. Southern Yellow Bat _____  (lowland scrub & foothill forests)
    Lasiurus     (formerly Dasypterus) ega
  128. Northern Yellow Bat _____  (dry forests & scrub)
    Lasiurus     (formerly Dasypterus) intermedius
  129. Elegant Myotis _____  (lowland forests & clearings)
    Myotis     (formerly Selysius) elegans
  130. Hairy-legged Myotis _____  (forests, regrowth areas, & forest edge) 
    Myotis     (formerly Selysius) keaysi
  131. Central American Yellow Bat _____  (forests, clearings, & built areas) 
    Rhogeessa tumida
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