🇵🇦Animals recorded in Panama

Which animals have been recorded in Panama? 245,776 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 Short-Tailed Cane Mouse, Southern Cotton Rat, Panamanian Spiny Pocket Mouse.

• 245,776 records
• 1,200+ species
• 68 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Short-Tailed Cane Mouse, Southern Cotton Rat, Panamanian Spiny Pocket Mouse. 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 Panama

	Animal	Group	Records
	Short-Tailed Cane Mouse Zygodontomys brevicauda	Mammalia Cricetidae	4,079
	Southern Cotton Rat Sigmodon hirsutus	Mammalia Cricetidae	1,485
	Panamanian Spiny Pocket Mouse Liomys adspersus	Mammalia Heteromyidae	1,225
	scissortail chromis Chromis atrilobata	— Pomacentridae	985
	Fulvous Pygmy Rice Rat Oligoryzomys fulvescens	Mammalia Cricetidae	957
	Ribbon Coral Agaricia tenuifolia	Anthozoa Agariciidae	915
	Black Myotis Myotis nigricans	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	764
	Tome's spiny rat Proechimys semispinosus	Mammalia Echimyidae	757
	mustard hill coral Porites astreoides	Anthozoa Poritidae	653
	Onthophagus acuminatus	Insecta Scarabaeidae	521
	Hexanchorus crinitus	Insecta Elmidae	502
	house mouse Mus musculus	Mammalia Muridae	482
	Seba's Short-tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	422
	Boulder star coral Orbicella faveolata	Anthozoa Merulinidae	418
	Jamaican fruit bat Artibeus jamaicensis	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	411
	Talamancan Rice Rat Transandinomys talamancae	Mammalia Cricetidae	409
	Tomtate grunt Haemulon aurolineatum	— Haemulidae	408
	Lissorhoptrus isthmicus	Insecta Brachyceridae	386
	Agujón needlefish Tylosurus acus	— Belonidae	384
	Caribbean star coral Orbicella annularis	Anthozoa Merulinidae	337
	Honduran Yellow-shouldered Bat Sturnira hondurensis	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	334
	hump coral Porites furcata	Anthozoa Poritidae	330
	boulder brain coral Colpophyllia natans	Anthozoa Faviidae	328
	massive starlet coral Siderastrea siderea	Anthozoa Rhizangiidae	304
	common opossum Didelphis marsupialis	Mammalia Didelphidae	304
	Chestnut Short-tailed Bat Carollia castanea	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	301
	Orangeside triggerfish Sufflamen verres	— Balistidae	299
	Silky Short-Tailed Bat Carollia brevicaudum	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	293
	Yellowfin surgeonfish Acanthurus xanthopterus	— Acanthuridae	289
	Cortez rainbow wrasse Thalassoma lucasanum	— Labridae	288
	Thomas's Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus watsoni	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	288
	Cyclocephala amazona	Insecta Scarabaeidae	278
	King angelfish Holacanthus passer	— Pomacanthidae	271
	Heterelmis obscura	Insecta Elmidae	267
	Dart Poison Frog Dendrobates auratus	Amphibia Dendrobatidae	265
	brain coral Pseudodiploria strigosa	Anthozoa Faviidae	264
	Apocephalus comosus	Insecta Phoridae	260
	Trichobius joblingi	Insecta Hippoboscidae	255
	black rat Rattus rattus	Mammalia Muridae	245
	Spotted Puffer Arothron meleagris	— Tetraodontidae	243
	Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus	— Cichlidae	240
	Geoffroy's Tamarin Saguinus geoffroyi	Mammalia Callitrichidae	235
	Ember parrotfish Scarus rubroviolaceus	— Scaridae	233
	Harlequin Treefrog Dendropsophus ebraccatus	Amphibia Hylidae	224
	Desmopachria striola	Insecta Dytiscidae	220
	Hexanchorus emarginatus	Insecta Elmidae	218
	Cossonus spec	Insecta Curculionidae	217
	White mullet Mugil curema	— Mugilidae	215
	Many-scaled Anole Anolis polylepis	Squamata Dactyloidae	213
	Whitespotted Puffer Arothron hispidus	— Tetraodontidae	210
	Gourd Rock Vasula melones	Gastropoda Muricidae	210
	Yellow-headed gecko Gonatodes albogularis	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	207
	Common basilisk Basiliscus basiliscus	Squamata Corytophanidae	207
	Aspidoptera phyllostomatis	Insecta Hippoboscidae	202
	Flagfin mojarra Eucinostomus melanopterus	— Gerreidae	201
	beaubrummel Stegastes flavilatus	— Pomacentridae	196
	Nerita funiculata	Gastropoda Neritidae	196
	Megistopoda aranea	Insecta Hippoboscidae	193
	Guayaquil Dwarf Frog Engystomops pustulosus	Amphibia Leptodactylidae	193
	Pacific Tent-making Bat Uroderma convexum	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	192