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Mammals

 

Mammals are a class of vertebrates that are characterized primarily by mothers

feed their babies through the breast. This feature is its name them.

This is because when dealing with complex animals, need to be longer depending

on the mother after birth, to acquire knowledge specific to that species.

That is born immature.

 Procyon lotor (Linnaeus, 1758)

(Raccoon, r accoon.)

Habitat: Are associated with water bodies, rivers, streams, wetlands, mangroves,dry forests, cloud forests and gallery forests.

Reproduction: Have litters of 2 to 5 pups.

Food: They are omnivorous and feed on frogs, toads, crabs, shrimp, turtle eggs,

fruits, seeds.

Behavior: They are nocturnal and solitary. During the day sheltering in holes in

tree trunks, under rocks, in holes.

Distr ibution in Costa Rica: Habitats available throughout the country, from sea

level to 1,500 m, approximately. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Sciur us deppei Peter s, 1863

(Squirr el, chiza)

Habitat: They live in dry forests and rainforests.

Behavior: Are diurnal and very arboreal. 

 State of  conser vation: STATE: In Costa Rica, this species is considered

threatened with extinction due to loss of habitat due to deforestation. Is protected

and regulated by the Law of Conservation of Wildlife No. 7317, the Organic

Environmental Law No. 7554 and Decree No. 26435-MINAE.

Distr ibution in Costa Rica: Available habitats in the north and mountains of theCordillera de Guanacaste and Tilarán.

 

 

 Tapir us bairdii (Gill, 1865)  

(Danta, male from Mt.)

Habitat: They live in rainforests, dry forests, old secondary forests and bamboo

thickets.

Reproduction: Have a baby, they spend more than a year with her mother,

reaching about 2 / 3 the size of it.

Food: They feed on foliage and seeds of a great variety of plants

Behavior : May be active at night or day.

They are solitary, but sometimes seen in pairs, but do not tend to form groups.

 

 

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 Cabassous centr alis (Miller , 1899)

(Ar madillo buzzard)

Habitat: It lives in dry forests, rain forests.

Food: Their diet includes lots of insects (grubs, beetles, ants), lizards and other 

small animals.

Behavior: They are nocturnal, solitary and have fosoliares habits (digging holes)

and are known as "vulture Armadillo" for its unpleasant smell. When attacked by

rolling your body protects itself in the form of a ball, being discovered only its shell.

State of  conser vation: STATE:

In Costa Rica, this species is consideredthreatened because it is a rare, poorly understood.

Distr ibution in Costa Rica: Is a rare species, which according to few reports, it is

estimated that distributes Through the Caribbean and Pacific slopes, from sea level

to 1,80

 Sylvilagus dicei Harr is, 1932  

(Rabbit.)

Habitat: They live in rainforests, deserts, grasslands possibly.

Reproduction: It is likely that calves are born throughout the year.  

Food: They feed on vegetable matter 

Distr ibution in Costa Rica: Highlands of the Cordillera de Talamanca, from

1.100m to the 3.500msnm.

 

 

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Armadillo buzzard                                    

 

Rabbit                                         

Raccoon