🇲🇽Animals recorded in Mexico

Which animals have been recorded in Mexico? 1,322,589 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 11592253 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include humpback whale, Californian anchoveta, Mexican lampfish.

• 1,322,589 records
• 1,200+ species
• 80 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include humpback whale, Californian anchoveta, Mexican lampfish. 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 Mexico

	Animal	Group	Records
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	26,036
	Californian anchoveta Engraulis mordax	— Engraulidae	14,685
	Mexican lampfish Triphoturus mexicanus	— Myctophidae	10,867
	Panama Lightfish Vinciguerria lucetia	— Phosichthyidae	10,439
	Side-blotched lizard Uta stansburiana	Squamata Phrynosomatidae	8,219
	Zebratail lizard Callisaurus draconoides	Squamata Phrynosomatidae	5,936
	Diogenes lanternfish Diogenichthys laternatus	— Myctophidae	5,899
	Tiger Whiptail Aspidoscelis tigris	Squamata Teiidae	4,991
	California flashlightfish Protomyctophum crockeri	— Myctophidae	4,538
	Pacific sardine Sardinops sagax	— Clupeidae	4,513
	Snubnose Blacksmelt Bathylagoides wesethi	— Bathylagidae	4,506
	jaguar Panthera onca	Mammalia Felidae	4,494
	Merriam's kangaroo rat Dipodomys merriami	Mammalia Heteromyidae	4,342
	North Pacific hake Merluccius productus	— Merlucciidae	4,214
	California smoothtongue Leuroglossus stilbius	— Bathylagidae	3,914
	Jack Mackerel Trachurus symmetricus	— Carangidae	3,838
	deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus	Mammalia Cricetidae	3,607
	Yellow-fin Tunny Thunnus albacares	— Scombridae	3,313
	Cactus Deermouse Peromyscus eremicus	Mammalia Cricetidae	3,090
	Western Mexico Whiptail Aspidoscelis costatus	Squamata Teiidae	3,089
	House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus	Aves Fringillidae	3,043
	Baja California Brush Lizard Urosaurus nigricauda	Squamata Phrynosomatidae	3,042
	Five-toed worm lizard Bipes biporus	Squamata Bipedidae	2,827
	Platynus assimilis	Insecta Carabidae	2,808
	Painted Spiny Pocket Mouse Liomys pictus	Mammalia Heteromyidae	2,724
	Black-belly Dragonfish Stomias atriventer	— Stomiidae	2,718
	Jamaican fruit bat Artibeus jamaicensis	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	2,691
	showy bristlemouth Cyclothone signata	— Gonostomatidae	2,614
	dogtooth lampfish Ceratoscopelus townsendi	— Myctophidae	2,580
	Mexican free-tailed bat Tadarida brasiliensis	Mammalia Molossidae	2,403
	Northern Pacific Treefrog Pseudacris regilla	Amphibia Hylidae	2,377
	desert pocket mouse Chaetodipus penicillatus	Mammalia Heteromyidae	2,311
	Swordfish Xiphias gladius	— Xiphiidae	2,291
	Parosela Long-horned Bee Melissodes paroselae	Insecta Apidae	2,258
	gray whale Eschrichtius robustus	Mammalia Eschrichtiidae	2,257
	Pallas's Long-Tongued Bat Glossophaga soricina	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	2,219
	bigfin lanternfish Symbolophorus californiensis	— Myctophidae	2,079
	Orange-throated Whiptail Aspidoscelis hyperythrus	Squamata Teiidae	2,044
	Mesquite lizard Sceloporus grammicus	Squamata Phrynosomatidae	2,033
	Desert iguana Dipsosaurus dorsalis	Squamata Iguanidae	2,028
	Pacific saury Cololabis saira	— Scomberesocidae	1,961
	Nimble-footed Deermouse Peromyscus levipes	Mammalia Cricetidae	1,934
	Ceratina apacheorum	Insecta Apidae	1,929
	red-spotted toad Anaxyrus punctatus	Amphibia Bufonidae	1,866
	Longfin Sanddab Citharichthys xanthostigma	— Paralichthyidae	1,858
	Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia	Aves Parulidae	1,818
	Mexican tetra Astyanax mexicanus	— Characidae	1,789
	brush mouse Peromyscus boylii	Mammalia Cricetidae	1,725
	Mexican Smilisca Smilisca baudinii	Amphibia Hylidae	1,703
	Thickhead Lanternfish Hygophum atratum	— Myctophidae	1,650
	Clark's Spiny Lizard Sceloporus clarkii	Squamata Phrynosomatidae	1,643
	Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus	Aves Tyrannidae	1,635
	Botta's pocket gopher Thomomys bottae	Mammalia Geomyidae	1,626
	Toothy Salamander Chiropterotriton multidentatus	Amphibia Plethodontidae	1,576
	Atlantic Lanternfish Diogenichthys atlanticus	— Myctophidae	1,562
	Ornate Tree Lizard Urosaurus ornatus	Squamata Phrynosomatidae	1,557
	Gulf Sanddab Citharichthys fragilis	— Paralichthyidae	1,538
	Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus	Aves Icteridae	1,533
	Black Jungle-Frog Leptodactylus melanonotus	Amphibia Leptodactylidae	1,498
	Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis	Aves Passerellidae	1,496