neotropical fauna
Recent tropical arrivals
Neotropical fauna are the animals native to the Neotropics—the tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, from southern Mexico through Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.
This biogeographical zone hosts extraordinary biodiversity: jaguars, toucans, poison dart frogs, anacondas, sloths, and countless species found nowhere else.
The neotropical fauna of the Amazon basin remains only partially catalogued.
- jaguarLarge American spotted cat
- capybaraWorld's largest rodent species
- giant otterLargest freshwater weasel relative
- primatesOrder of higher mammals
- passerinesOrder of perching birds
harpy eagle · poison dart frog · toucan · anaconda · sloth · piranha · cichlids · hoatzin · anteater · apex predator · quetzal · parrots · tamarin · ocelot · peccary · tapir · howler monkey · howler