A unique and diverse albeit phylogenetically restricted mammal fauna is known from the Caribbean region. The … See more

Opossums (order Didelphimorphia), the largest group of American marsupials, are of limited diversity in the Caribbean. The large opossum Didelphis marsupialis is found on Trinidad and Tobago and in the Windward I… See more

Armadillos (order Cingulata) include about 20 species, mostly in South America. One species, the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) is known from Trinidad, Tobago, and Grenada. An unspecifie… See more

The order Pilosa includes the sloths and anteaters, about ten species of which survive in Central and South America. Until the middle Holocene, the Greater Antilles and surrounding islands were home to at least as ma… See more

The order Eulipotyphla includes the hedgehogs, gymnures, shrews, moles and desmans, as well as two families known only from the Greater Antilles and surrounding islands. One of the latter, that of the … See more

Bats (order Chiroptera) are diverse in the Caribbean, with over 60 species known from Trinidad alone. Six families—Phyllostomidae, Vespertilionidae, Molossidae, Natalidae, Mormoopidae, and Noctilionidae—are … See more