List of endemic fauna of Puerto Rico

This is a list of the endemic fauna of Puerto Rico. This list is sorted in alphabetical order by the scientific name of the species, which are in parentheses.

Birds
Elfin-woods warbler
Puerto Rican parrot
Puerto Rican owl, an endemic species found in the western municipality of Aguada.

Crustaceans

Insects
  • Camponotus kaura- was first described by Roy R. Snelling & Juan A. Torres
  • Solenopsis torrei- was first described by Juan A. Torres

Myriapoda
  • Cylindromus uniporus
  • Scolopendra alternans

Reptiles/amphibians
Coquí
Mona ground iguana
Puerto Rican boa

Spiders

This is a list of all spiders endemic to Puerto Rico, according to Platnick.[7]

  • Anyphaena decora
  • Wulfila coamoanus
  • Wulfila inconspicuus
  • Wulfila isolatus
  • Wulfila macropalpus
  • Wulfila tropicus
  • Araneus adjuntaensis
  • Lewisepeira maricao
  • Metazygia silvestris
  • Clubiona desecheonis
  • Elaver portoricensis
  • Abapeba guanicae
  • Abapeba wheeleri
  • Corinna javuyae
  • Phrurolithus insularis
  • Phrurolithus portoricensis
  • Trachelas borinquensis
  • Celaetycheus modestus
  • Celaetycheus strenuus
  • Oligoctenus ottleyi
  • Trujillina isolata
  • Masteria petrunkevitchi
  • Camillina desecheonis
  • Neozimiris nuda
  • Hahnia naguaboi
  • Amblyomma arianae
  • Lepthyphantes microserratus
  • Agalenocosa yaucensis
  • Mimetus portoricensis
  • Oonops delegenus
  • Oonops ebenecus
  • Oonops viridans
  • Stenoonops econotus
  • Stenoonops phonetus
  • Stenoonops portoricensis
  • Modisimus cavaticus
  • Modisimus coeruleolineatus
  • Modisimus montanus
  • Modisimus montanus dentatus
  • Modisimus sexoculatus
  • Modisimus signatus
  • Agobardus blandus
  • Corythalia gloriae
  • Corythalia tristriata
  • Emathis luteopunctata
  • Emathis minuta
  • Emathis portoricensis
  • Emathis tetuani
  • Eris illustris
  • Habronattus ensenadae
  • Habronattus facetus
  • Hentzia squamata
  • Jollas minutus
  • Neonella mayaguez
  • Sidusa mona
  • Siloca monae
  • Scytodes dissimulans
  • Olios bicolor
  • Olios darlingtoni
  • Pseudosparianthis jayuyae
  • Stasina portoricensis
  • Chrysometa hamata
  • Chrysometa jayuyensis
  • Chrysometa yunque
  • Glenognatha gloriae
  • Tetragnatha bryantae
  • Dipoena puertoricensis
  • Styposis lutea
  • Theridion ricense
  • Baalzebub albonotatus
  • Ogulnius gloriae
  • Misumenops bubulcus
  • Rejanellus mutchleri
  • Tmarus vertumus
  • Miagrammopes animotus

Extinct animals
  • Greater Puerto Rican ground sloth (Acratocnus major) - The greater Puerto Rican ground sloth became extinct approximately 3000–4000 years ago.
  • Lesser Puerto Rican ground sloth (Acratocnus odontrigonus) - The lesser Puerto Rican ground sloth became extinct approximately 3000–4000 years ago.
  • Puerto Rican caracara (Caracara latebrosus)
  • Puerto Rican plate-tooth (Elasmodontomys obliquus) - The Puerto Rican plate-tooth, Giant hutia or Puerto Rican paca became extinct approximately in the early 16th century.
  • Greater Puerto Rican agouti (Heteropsomys antillensis)
  • Lesser Puerto Rican agouti (Heteropsomys insulans)
  • Puerto Rican nesophontes (Nesophontes edithae) - The Puerto Rican nesophontes became extinct approximately in the early 16th century.
  • Corozal rat (Puertoricomys corozalus)
  • Puerto Rican parakeet, Mauge's parakeet (Psittacara chloroptera maugei syn. Psittacara maugei)
  • Puerto Rican barn owl (Tyto cavatica)

See also

Footnotes
  1. The Puerto Rican pewee is not an official species recognized by the AOU. The species is a proposed split from the Lesser Antillean pewee (Contopus latirostris) by Rafaelle, H., et al. (1998) in A Guide to the Birds of the West Indies, Princeton University Press, ISBN 0691087369.
  2. This species was formerly categorized as Otus nupides, but was subsequently moved to the genus Megascops, and then moved again to its own monospecific genus Gymnasio.
  3. This species was formerly a subspecies of Spindalis zena. In 1997 it was elevated to species status: O. H. Garrido; K. C. Parkes; G. B. Reynard; A. Kirkconnell; R. Sutton (1997). "Taxonomy of the Stripe-Headed Tanager, Genus Spindalis (Aves:Thraupidae) of the West Indies". Wilson Bulletin. 109 (4): 561–594.
  4. "Anolis poncensis". Zipecodezoo.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
  5. "Ctenonotus Poncensis". Zipcodezoo.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
  6. This species was formerly categorized as Peltophryne lemur but was subsequently renamed.
  7. Platnick, N.I. (2006). world spider catalog, version 7.0. American Museum of Natural History

References
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