🇧🇷Animals recorded in Brazil

Which animals have been recorded in Brazil? 515,943 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 359 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include jaguar, Nyssomyia whitmani, Nyssomyia intermedia.

• 515,943 records
• 1,200+ species
• 72 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include jaguar, Nyssomyia whitmani, Nyssomyia intermedia. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Brazil

	Animal	Group	Records
	jaguar Panthera onca	Mammalia Felidae	94,136
	Nyssomyia whitmani	Insecta Psychodidae	8,184
	Nyssomyia intermedia	Insecta Psychodidae	7,350
	yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti	Insecta Culicidae	5,081
	Lutzomyia longipalpis	Insecta Psychodidae	3,669
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	3,620
	Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus	Insecta Culicidae	3,503
	Nyssomyia neivai	Insecta Psychodidae	2,538
	Migonemyia migonei	Insecta Psychodidae	2,017
	Main vector of Leishmania guyanensis Nyssomyia umbratilis	Insecta Psychodidae	2,012
	Pintomyia fischeri	Insecta Psychodidae	1,954
	Lutzomyia renei	Insecta Psychodidae	1,893
	Psathyromyia dendrophyla	Insecta Psychodidae	1,812
	Triatoma pseudomaculata	Insecta Reduviidae	1,419
	Nyssomyia antunesi	Insecta Psychodidae	1,371
	Triatoma brasiliensis	Insecta Reduviidae	1,146
	Lutzomyia cavernicola	Insecta Psychodidae	1,107
	Trichophoromyia ubiquitalis	Insecta Psychodidae	1,039
	Anopheles cruzii	Insecta Culicidae	1,035
	Expapillata firmatoi	Insecta Psychodidae	975
	Psychodopygus davisi	Insecta Psychodidae	918
	Culex ribeirensis	Insecta Culicidae	860
	Jacare Caiman Caiman yacare	Crocodylia Alligatoridae	837
	Nectopsyche separata	Insecta Leptoceridae	732
	Nectopsyche ortizi	Insecta Leptoceridae	720
	Common caiman Caiman crocodilus	Crocodylia Alligatoridae	703
	Nyssomyia yuilli	Insecta Psychodidae	677
	Smicridea jundiai	Insecta Hydropsychidae	676
	Evandromyia lenti	Insecta Psychodidae	667
	Panstrongylus lutzi	Insecta Reduviidae	655
	Pintomyia pessoai	Insecta Psychodidae	595
	Giant ameiva Ameiva ameiva	Squamata Teiidae	591
	Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus	Aves Tyrannidae	552
	Lesser Treefrog Dendropsophus minutus	Amphibia Hylidae	537
	Biomphalaria straminea	Gastropoda Planorbidae	518
	Lutzomyia gomezi	Insecta Psychodidae	483
	Phanaeus palaeno	Insecta Scarabaeidae	476
	Leptonema viridianum	Insecta Hydropsychidae	464
	Evandromyia cortelezzii	Insecta Psychodidae	459
	Cocha Chirping Frog Adenomera andreae	Amphibia Leptodactylidae	444
	Rufous Frog Leptodactylus fuscus	Amphibia Leptodactylidae	441
	Mortoniella teutona	Insecta Glossosomatidae	440
	Western Amazonian Oryzomys Hylaeamys perenensis	Mammalia Cricetidae	437
	Jamaican Laughing Frog Osteopilus ocellatus	Amphibia Hylidae	436
	Steere's Spiny-rat Proechimys steerei	Mammalia Echimyidae	432
	Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola	Aves Thraupidae	421
	Evandromyia sallesi	Insecta Psychodidae	416
	Psathyromyia aragaoi	Insecta Psychodidae	412
	Psathyromyia shannoni	Insecta Psychodidae	411
	Red snouted treefrog Scinax ruber	Amphibia Hylidae	410
	Trichophoromyia brachipyga	Insecta Psychodidae	404
	Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris	Aves Turdidae	401
	Buff-throated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus	Aves Furnariidae	401
	sand fly Micropygomyia trinidadensis	Insecta Psychodidae	397
	Cursor Grass Mouse Akodon cursor	Mammalia Cricetidae	395
	Simon's Spiny-rat Proechimys simonsi	Mammalia Echimyidae	395
	Hairy-tailed Akodont Necromys lasiurus	Mammalia Cricetidae	394
	Rufous Hornero Furnarius rufus	Aves Furnariidae	384
	Drepanotrema lucidum	Gastropoda Planorbidae	374
	Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis	Aves Charadriidae	373