🇨🇱Animals recorded in Chile

Which animals have been recorded in Chile? 97,284 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 Olive Grass Mouse, Smicridea annulicornis, Long-haired Akodont.

• 97,284 records
• 1,200+ species
• 66 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Olive Grass Mouse, Smicridea annulicornis, Long-haired Akodont. 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 Chile

	Animal	Group	Records
	Olive Grass Mouse Abrothrix olivaceus	Mammalia Cricetidae	4,423
	Smicridea annulicornis	Insecta Hydropsychidae	2,838
	Long-haired Akodont Abrothrix longipilis	Mammalia Cricetidae	2,466
	Long-tailed Colilargo Oligoryzomys longicaudatus	Mammalia Cricetidae	2,375
	Smicridea frequens	Insecta Hydropsychidae	1,135
	Hudsonema flaminii	Insecta Leptoceridae	929
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	872
	Smicridea mucronata	Insecta Hydropsychidae	832
	Southern Big-eared Mouse Loxodontomys micropus	Mammalia Cricetidae	799
	Copestylum scutellatum	Insecta Syrphidae	734
	Brachysetodes quadrifidus	Insecta Leptoceridae	712
	Metachorema griseum	Insecta Hydrobiosidae	677
	Juanorhinus robinsoni	Insecta Curculionidae	564
	Neoephydra araucaria	Insecta Ephydridae	554
	Darwin's Leaf-eared Mouse Phyllotis darwini	Mammalia Cricetidae	530
	Psilopsyche molinai	Insecta Philorheithridae	518
	Mastigoptila ruizi	Insecta Glossosomatidae	489
	Green-tailed Cellophane Bee Colletes cyanescens	Insecta Colletidae	429
	Yellow-rumped Leaf-eared Mouse Phyllotis xanthopygus	Mammalia Cricetidae	425
	degu Octodon degus	Mammalia Octodontidae	399
	Beridops maculipennis	Insecta Stratiomyidae	394
	Psilopsyche kolbiana	Insecta Philorheithridae	361
	Abasanistus rubricornis	Insecta Stratiomyidae	348
	Parachorema bifidum	Insecta Hydrobiosidae	330
	Austrocosmoecus hirsutus	Insecta Limnephilidae	326
	Frickius variolosus	Insecta Geotrupidae	312
	Jehlius cirratus	Maxillopoda Chthamalidae	299
	Gomphomacromia paradoxa	Insecta Synthemistidae	298
	Giant Bumble Bee Bombus dahlbomii	Insecta Apidae	292
	Andean Long-clawed Akodont Chelemys macronyx	Mammalia Cricetidae	264
	Brachysetodes major	Insecta Leptoceridae	262
	Mystacopsyche longipilosa	Insecta Philorheithridae	261
	Nothotrichia cautinensis	Insecta Hydroptilidae	261
	Purple Mussel Perumytilus purpuratus	Bivalvia Mytilidae	260
	Cyanallagma interruptum	Insecta Coenagrionidae	250
	Apatanodes sociatus	Insecta Hydrobiosidae	249
	Little Pink Urchin Pseudechinus magellanicus	Echinoidea Temnopleuridae	245
	Aegla alacalufi	Malacostraca Aeglidae	235
	Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum Thylamys elegans	Mammalia Didelphidae	231
	Thin Tree Iguana Liolaemus tenuis	Squamata Liolaemidae	225
	Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis	Aves Passerellidae	223
	Lesson's False Limpet Siphonaria lessonii	Gastropoda Siphonariidae	217
	Chaudoirina nigrofasciata	Insecta Carabidae	216
	Toxomerus vertebratus	Insecta Syrphidae	215
	Aegla abtao	Malacostraca Aeglidae	211
	Phymactis clematis	Anthozoa Actiniidae	194
	black rat Rattus rattus	Mammalia Muridae	190
	Scurria variabilis	Gastropoda Lottiidae	187
	Mepraia spinolai	Insecta Reduviidae	184
	Smicridea pucara	Insecta Hydropsychidae	183
	Myotrichia murina	Insecta Sericostomatidae	181
	Austral Thrush Turdus falcklandii	Aves Turdidae	178
	Mepraia gajardoi	Insecta Reduviidae	169
	Wreath Tree Iguana Liolaemus lemniscatus	Squamata Liolaemidae	163
	Peruvian periwinkle Echinolittorina peruviana	Gastropoda Littorinidae	162
	El Plomo Smooth-throated Lizard Liolaemus bellii	Squamata Liolaemidae	155
	Amphichorema costiferum	Insecta Hydrobiosidae	152
	Scurria araucana	Gastropoda Lottiidae	150
	Triplectides nigripennis	Insecta Leptoceridae	149
	Eosericostoma inaequispinum	Insecta Helicophidae	147