Mammals  
and Some Other Wildlife
inVenezuela

noting those found during 
Focus On Nature Tours
with an (*)

thru 2013

A List Of Venezuela Mammals compiled by Armas Hill 


Upper-right photo: a MURINE MOUSE-OPOSSUM 
that was, during a FONT tour in Venezuela,
found in an old nest of a Caribbean Hornero 


Codes:

LL:  in the area of the Llanos
  

(i):     introduced in Venezuela

(ph):  species with a photo in the FONT web-site


Links:

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Venezuela 

A List of Venezuela Birds  (with some photos)

South American Mammals  (with some photos)

South American Butterflies  (with some photos)

Directory of Photos in this FONT Web-Site 

1. Bare-tailed Wooly Opossum  ______
   Caluromys philaner
   
   
2. Southern (or Black-eared) Opossum (*) ______  (has also been called Common Opossum)
   Didelphis marsupialis
   
   
3. White-eared Opossum ______
   Didelphis albiventris
   
   
4. Common Gray Four-eyed Opossum ______
   Philander opossum
   
   
5. Brown Four-eyed Opossum ______
   Metachirus nudicaudatus
   
   
6. Water Opossum  ______
   Chironectes minimus
   
   
7. Woolly Mouse Opossum  ______
   Micoureus cinereus
   
   
8. Murine Mouse-Opossum  (*) (ph)  ______
   Marmosa murina
   
   
9. Tyler's Mouse-Opossum  ______
   Marmosa tyler
   
   
10. Nine-banded Long-nosed Armadillo  ______
    Dasypus novemcinctus
    
    
11. Great Long-nosed Armadillo  ______
    Dasypus kappleri
    
    
12. Southern Naked-tailed Armadillo  ______
    Cabassous unicinctus
    
    
13. Giant Armadillo  (ph) ______
    Priodontes maximus
    
    
14. Giant Anteater  (*) (ph)  ______  LL
    Myrmecophaga tridactyla
    
    
15. Southern Tamandua  (*) ______  LL  (has also been called Collared Anteater)
    Tamandua tetradactyla
    
    
16. Southern Two-toed Sloth  (*) ______
    Choloepus didactylus
    
    
17. Pale-throated Three-toed Sloth  (*) ______
    Bradypus tridactylus
    
    
18. Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth  (*) (ph) ______
    Bradypus variegatus 
    
    
19. Eastern Cottontail  (*) (ph)  ______
    Sylvilagus floridannus
    
    
20. Tapiti (or Brazilian Rabbit) ______
    Silvilagus brasiliensis
    
    
21. Northern Amazon Red Squirrel  (*) ______
    Sciurus igniventris
    
    
22. Red-tailed Squirrel  (*) ______
    Sciurus granatensis
    
    
23. House Mouse (i) ______
    Mus musculus
    
    
24. Brazilian Porcupine  ______
    Coendou prehensilis
    
    
25. Lowland Paca  ______  (also called Spotted Paca)
    Cuniculus paca
    
    
26. Pacarana  ______
    Dinomys branickii
    
    
27. Red-rumped Agouti  (*) ______
    Dasyprocta leporina  (formerly D. agouti)
    
    
28. Capybara  (*) (ph) ______  LL
    Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris
    
    
29. Ocelot  (ph) ______
    Felis pardalis
    
    
30. Margay  ______
    Felis wiedii
     
    
31. Oncilla  ______
    Felis tigrina
    
    
32. Jaguarundi  ______
    Felis yaguarondi 
    
    
33. Puma  (*) (ph)  ______  LL  (during a FONT Venezuela tour in the Llanos, one morning, 3 were seen - drinking along the riverbank; one by one, they slinked away)
    Felis (formerly Puma) concolor
    
    
34. Jaguar  (ph) ______
    Panthera onca
    
    
35. Bush Dog ______
    Speothos venaticus
    
    
36. Gray Fox  (*) ______
    Urocyon cinereoargenteus
    
    
37. Crab-eating Fox  (*) (ph) ______  LL
    Cerdocyon thous
    
    
38. Crab-eating Raccoon  (*) (ph) ______  LL
    Procyon cancrivorous
    
    
39. South American Coati  (ph)  ______
    Nasua nasua
    
    
40. Kinjajou  (ph) ______
    Potos flavus
    
    
41. Long-tailed Weasel  ______
    Mustela frenata
    
    
42. Greater Grison  ______
    Galictis vittata
    
    
43. Tayra  ______
    Eira barbara
    
    
44. Striped Hog-nosed Skunk  (*)  ______
    Conepatus semistriatus
    
    
45. Neotropical River Otter ______
    Lutra longicaudis
    
    
46. Giant Otter  (ph) ______
    Pteronura brasiliensis
    
    
47. Greater Fishing Bat  (*) ______  (also called Bulldog Bat)
    Noctilio leporinus
    
    
48. Yellow-handed Titi Monkey  ______
    Callicebus torquatus
    
    
49. Guianam Saki Monkey  ______
    Pithecia pithecia
    
    
50. Venezuelan Red Howler Monkey  (*) ______
    Alouatta seniculus
    
    
51. Weeping (or Wedge-capped) Capuchin  (*) ______
    Cebus olivaceus
    
    
52. Lemurine Night (or Owl) Monkey  ______
    Actus lemurinus
    
    
53. Amazon (or Pink) River Dolphin  (*) ______  LL  (also called Boto or Boutu)
    Inia geroffrensis
    
    
54. Tucuxi (or Gray Dolphin)  ______
    Sotalia fluviatilis
    
    
55. Collared Peccary  (ph) ______
    Dicotyles tajacu
    
    
56. White-lipped Peccary  ______
    Tayassu pecari
    
    
57. Red Brocket Deer  ______
    Mazama americana
    
    
58. Gray (or Brown) Brocket Deer  (ph)  ______
    Mazama gouazoubira
    
    
59. White-tailed Deer  (*) (ph) ______  LL
    Odocoileus virginianus
    
    
60. Brazilian Tapir  (ph)  ______
    Tapirus terrestris
    
    
61. West Indian Manatee  ______
    Trichechus inunguis
             
    
    
    
    
62. small bats (sp.)
63. large bats (sp.)
64. fruit-eating bat (sp.)
65. rat (sp.)
66. Spectacled Caiman
67. Anaconda (10-ft+)
68. False Coral Snake (pseudoboa sp.)
69. Savannah Snake (leimaeophis sp.)
70. Tegu Lizard (tupinaambis sp.)
71. Whiptail Lizard (with green head)
72. other lizards
73. tree iguana
74. treefrogs (sp.)
75. toads (sp.)
76. Llanos Sideneck (turtle)
77. Piranha
78. Blue Morpho (butterfly)
79. leaf-cutter ants