Animals and wildlife in Costa Rica
Common Name: The termites Type: Insect Family: Termitidae Range: Termites can be found across 70 percent of the world and they survive in several environmental zones. They are available from more than 250 million years, adjusting to most any climate. Found in every U.S. state except Alaska. There are five major types of termites throughout […]
Common Name: Tiger Shark Type: Fish / Mammal Family: Carcharhinidae Range: Tiger Sharks are available from Caribbean Sea to the Atlantic coast of the United States and from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to the Gulf of Mexico. The Pacific coast tiger sharks are normally found from southern California. In the western central Pacific, tiger sharks are […]
Common Name: Blue Whale Type: Mammal Family: Balaenopteridae Range: Blue whales always live at the surface of the ocean and are available in all the oceans of the world. The blue whale is usually found in temperate and cold waters. It has a preference to the deeper ocean waters to coastal waters. They are available […]
Common Name: Ocelot – also known as wild cat Type: Mammal Family: Felidae Range: The Ocelots is an animal that is found mainly in forests throughout the Costa Rica. Ocelots live in a variety of forested habitats found in Arizona, Texas, Mexico, Central America, and South America, including northern Argentina, Ecuador and Paraguay and Costa […]
Common Name: Sloths Type: Mammal Family: Bradypodidae Range: The Sloth is an animal that is found mainly in forests throughout central and South America. The two toed sloths can be found from Nicaragua to Ecuador. They are also available in the green forest of Costa Rica. The three toed sloth species is also found from […]