🇸🇻Animals recorded in El Salvador

Which animals have been recorded in El Salvador? 22,918 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 Mexican Deer Mouse, Merriam's Long-tongued Bat, Southern Cotton Rat.

• 22,918 records
• 1,200+ species
• 40 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Mexican Deer Mouse, Merriam's Long-tongued Bat, Southern Cotton Rat. 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 El Salvador

	Animal	Group	Records
	Mexican Deer Mouse Peromyscus mexicanus	Mammalia Cricetidae	727
	Merriam's Long-tongued Bat Glossophaga mutica	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	261
	Southern Cotton Rat Sigmodon hirsutus	Mammalia Cricetidae	242
	Jamaican fruit bat Artibeus jamaicensis	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	207
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	200
	Salvin's spiny pocket mouse Liomys salvini	Mammalia Heteromyidae	187
	Sumichrast's Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys sumichrasti	Mammalia Cricetidae	164
	Gray Sac-winged Bat Balantiopteryx plicata	Mammalia Emballonuridae	156
	Coues oryzomys Oryzomys couesi	Mammalia Cricetidae	144
	Aztec Deermouse Peromyscus aztecus	Mammalia Cricetidae	143
	Mesoamerican Bumble Bee Bombus ephippiatus	Insecta Apidae	141
	Big-eared Climbing Rat Ototylomys phyllotis	Mammalia Cricetidae	140
	Black Mastiff Bat Molossus rufus	Mammalia Molossidae	138
	marsh rice rat Oryzomys palustris	Mammalia Cricetidae	131
	Ghost-Faced Bat Mormoops megalophylla	Mammalia Mormoopidae	130
	Desmarest's Spiny Pocket Mouse Heteromys desmarestianus	Mammalia Heteromyidae	123
	Greater Sac-Winged Bat Saccopteryx bilineata	Mammalia Emballonuridae	111
	Northern Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira parvidens	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	103
	Green Spiny Lizard Sceloporus malachiticus	Squamata Phrynosomatidae	98
	common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	97
	Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae	Aves Cotingidae	97
	Pale Spear-Nosed Bat Phyllostomus discolor	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	96
	Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi	Aves Turdidae	96
	Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis	Aves Caprimulgidae	93
	Big Naked-Backed Bat Pteronotus gymnonotus	Mammalia Mormoopidae	93
	Planthopper Xyphon reticulatum	Insecta Cicadellidae	91
	Gray Short-tailed Bat Carollia subrufa	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	90
	Variegated Squirrel Sciurus variegatoides	Mammalia Sciuridae	89
	Mesoamerican Common Mustached Bat Pteronotus mesoamericanus	Mammalia Mormoopidae	86
	Seba's Short-tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	85
	Davis's Tent-making Bat Uroderma davisi	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	80
	Mexican Spiny Lizard Sceloporus squamosus	Squamata Phrynosomatidae	77
	Bushy-crested Jay Cyanocorax melanocyaneus	Aves Corvidae	77
	Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus	Aves Thamnophilidae	77
	Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa	Aves Momotidae	75
	Rufous-naped Wren Campylorhynchus rufinucha	Aves Troglodytidae	74
	Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster	Aves Furnariidae	73
	Southern Pygmy Mouse Baiomys musculus	Mammalia Cricetidae	72
	Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus	Aves Icteridae	71
	San José Anole Anolis macrophallus	Squamata Dactyloidae	70
	Mexican Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys mexicanus	Mammalia Cricetidae	69
	Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer	Aves Tyrannidae	69
	Spot-bellied Bobwhite Colinus leucopogon	Aves Odontophoridae	69
	Berylline Hummingbird Saucerottia beryllina	Aves Trochilidae	69
	raccoon Procyon lotor	Mammalia Procyonidae	68
	Rainbow Ameiva Holcosus undulatus	Squamata Teiidae	68
	gray fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus	Mammalia Canidae	67
	Odd-scaled Anole Anolis heteropholidotus	Squamata Dactyloidae	67
	Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris	Aves Tyrannidae	65
	Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons	Aves Parulidae	65
	Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris	Aves Accipitridae	65
	Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa	Aves Jacanidae	64
	common opossum Didelphis marsupialis	Mammalia Didelphidae	63
	Fan-tailed Warbler Basileuterus lachrymosus	Aves Parulidae	63
	Deppe's Squirrel Sciurus deppei	Mammalia Sciuridae	62
	Mexican Violetear Colibri thalassinus	Aves Trochilidae	61
	Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus	Aves Troglodytidae	61
	Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda	Aves Passerellidae	60
	Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans	Aves Trogonidae	60
	Virginia opossum Didelphis virginiana	Mammalia Didelphidae	59