🇨🇷Animals recorded in Costa Rica

Which animals have been recorded in Costa Rica? 3,646,236 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 216 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Onthophagus acuminatus, jaguar, Sylvicanthon aequinoctialis.

• 3,646,236 records
• 1,200+ species
• 62 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Onthophagus acuminatus, jaguar, Sylvicanthon aequinoctialis. 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 Costa Rica

	Animal	Group	Records
	Onthophagus acuminatus	Insecta Scarabaeidae	7,814
	jaguar Panthera onca	Mammalia Felidae	5,926
	Sylvicanthon aequinoctialis	Insecta Scarabaeidae	4,683
	Xestocephalus luridus	Insecta Cicadellidae	3,744
	Canthidium aurifex	Insecta Scarabaeidae	3,630
	western honey bee Apis mellifera	Insecta Apidae	3,592
	Cyclocephala lunulata	Insecta Scarabaeidae	2,934
	Canthidium ardens	Insecta Scarabaeidae	2,714
	Eurysternus plebejus	Insecta Scarabaeidae	2,705
	Ileopeltus tethys	Insecta Cicadellidae	2,674
	Conotrachelus mus	Insecta Curculionidae	2,588
	Syrphid fly Ornidia obesa	Insecta Syrphidae	2,496
	Bombus spec	Insecta Apidae	2,471
	Ontherus pseudodidymus	Insecta Scarabaeidae	2,460
	Mnioes jucundus	Insecta Ichneumonidae	2,393
	Ateuchus rodriguezi	Insecta Scarabaeidae	2,197
	Xestocephalus desertorum	Insecta Cicadellidae	2,173
	Copris lugubris	Insecta Scarabaeidae	2,117
	Dung beetle Onthophagus incensus	Insecta Scarabaeidae	2,054
	Diabrotica spec	Insecta Chrysomelidae	2,013
	Yellow-banded Polybia Wasp Polybia occidentalis	Insecta Eumenidae	2,008
	Dichotomius satanas	Insecta Scarabaeidae	2,002
	Scybalocanthon moniliatus	Insecta Scarabaeidae	1,970
	Phidotricha erigens	Insecta Pyralidae	1,953
	Cephaloleia belti	Insecta Chrysomelidae	1,891
	Common Green Leafhopper Hortensia similis	Insecta Cicadellidae	1,868
	Edessa spec	Insecta Pentatomidae	1,745
	Army ant Eciton burchellii	Insecta Formicidae	1,695
	Aspidolea singularis	Insecta Scarabaeidae	1,680
	Platynus assimilis	Insecta Carabidae	1,658
	secondary screwworm Cochliomyia macellaria	Insecta Calliphoridae	1,655
	Onthophagus batesi	Insecta Scarabaeidae	1,655
	Uroxys boneti	Insecta Scarabaeidae	1,653
	Agallia panamensis	Insecta Cicadellidae	1,612
	Cyclocephala melanocephala	Insecta Scarabaeidae	1,560
	Onthophagus praecellens	Insecta Scarabaeidae	1,543
	Imperial Orchid Bee Euglossa imperialis	Insecta Apidae	1,534
	Agelaia panamensis	Insecta Vespidae	1,516
	Anticla antica	Insecta Bombycidae	1,500
	Onthophagus nyctopus	Insecta Scarabaeidae	1,487
	Chelobasis perplexa	Insecta Chrysomelidae	1,453
	Oxelytrum discicolle	Insecta Staphylinidae	1,409
	Paromenia isabellina	Insecta Cicadellidae	1,394
	Hübner's Olive Sphacelodes vulneraria	Insecta Geometridae	1,354
	Chlorogonalia coeruleovittata	Insecta Cicadellidae	1,342
	Macunolla ventralis	Insecta Cicadellidae	1,337
	Clausocalanus furcatus	Copepoda Clausocalanidae	1,336
	Coilodes castaneus	Insecta Hybosoridae	1,330
	Diplotaxis poropyge	Insecta Scarabaeidae	1,321
	Canthidium haroldi	Insecta Scarabaeidae	1,312
	Phanaeus pyrois	Insecta Scarabaeidae	1,297
	Geraeus lineellus	Insecta Curculionidae	1,288
	Onthophagus marginicollis	Insecta Scarabaeidae	1,287
	Weevil Metamasius hemipterus	Insecta Dryophthoridae	1,282
	Strongylium spec	Insecta Tenebrionidae	1,271
	Polybia belemensis	Insecta Eumenidae	1,250
	Central American Moon Wasp Apoica pallens	Insecta Vespidae	1,245
	Guitarrilla Paper Wasp Polistes instabilis	Insecta Eumenidae	1,244
	Ectatomma ruidum	Insecta Formicidae	1,239
	Onthophagus sharpi	Insecta Scarabaeidae	1,210