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Howler Monkeys
Spanish Name: Mono Congo Life Span: 15 to 20 years Height/Weight: An adult male howler can weigh up to 6 to 7 kg; an adult female will generally be 4 to 5 kg. Howlers have tails longer than their head and body length. Infant howlers are about 0.4 kg at birth. Found In: Howlers are […]
Kinkajou
Spanish Name: Martilla, Cuchicuchi Found In: The kinkajou lives in the elevated canopies of several forests, including mature, disturbed, and secondary rainforests. They can also be spotted deciduous forest, and sometimes gardens and plantations. Height/Weight: The head and body length is 0.5 m; tail length 0.45 m; they weight about 3 kg. Life Expectancy: 20- […]
Jaguarundi
Spanish Name: Gato Maro Height Weight: An adult generally has a head and body length of 0.76 to 0.82 m, and a tail 0.32 to 0.506 m long. They weigh about 9 kg. Found In: This cat can survive in variety of habitats, including tropical evergreen forest, and dry deciduous forests. In Costa Rica at […]
Jaguar
Spanish Name: Jaguar / Tigre Life Span: 12-15 years in wild Height Weight: Adult males are 50 to 100 kg, and adult females are two-thirds that size. Found In: In Costa Rica, only in forests of protected reserves. In Costa Rica, this big cat is mostly spotted only in forests of protected reserves. Though its […]
Boa Constrictor
Found In: This snake lives on the ground and in the trees from sea level to 1,000 m in height. It can survive in shrub, savannah grassland, fields, secondary forests and moist and wet forests. Life Span: 25-35 years Height/Weight: Most adult boas are 2 to 3 m in length, but some have reached lengths […]
Bats
Diet: These bats feed only on the blood of other animals, generally livestock. Height/Weight: Adults have a head and body length of 7.5 to 9 cm; their weight varies widely. Found In: Inhabit southern Sonora and Taulipas, Mexico to northern Argentina and Uruguay, rarely above 1,200 m in elevation. Vampire bats generally found in the […]
Armadillo
Diet: The nine-banded armadillo mostly eats insects and larvae, often millipedes, beetles, ants, termites, and centipedes; it also lives on fruits, berries, fungi, snails, slugs, earthworms, and small vertebrates. Height/Weight: An adult usually has a head and body length of 38.4 to 57.3 cm, and a tail length of 27.6 to 43 cm. They can […]
Anteaters
Spanish Name: Oso hormiguero Scientific Name: Tamandua tetradactyla Status in the Wild: Rare to Almost Extinct Habitat: Grasslands, Rainforests, Tropical Dry Forests Diet: Omnivore Life Span: 9 years up to 16 in captivity Costa Rica has three species of anteaters — the lesser, giant and silky, the most common of which is the lesser anteater […]
Agouti
Spanish name: Aguti, Picure Height/Weight: Head and body length ranges from 41.5 to 62 cm; they weigh about 4 kg. Average Life Span: 14 years Found In: Agoutis are commonly spotted in dense woody areas and forests in Central and Northern territory of Latin America. They are found in savannas, rainforests and cultivated fields. The […]
Extinct Animals
List of Animals Now Extinct in the Southern Nicoya Peninsula Giant Anteater – The giant anteater is now listed as an extinct species in Costa Rica. They were last seen in Corcovado National Park and in La Selva and the Santa Rosa National Park about two decades ago. Also owing to the fact that these […]
Great Stuff
Clandestina Restaurant
My new favorite restaurant, Clandestina is not to be missed by food lovers staying anywhere near to Montezuma. Established in March 2015, Clandestina is the new kid on the block. The Oregon/Tico collaboration is a winner among locals and travelers alike, with artisan craft beers, made onsite by Butterfly Brewing Co. and delicious, exciting […]
