🇵🇾Animals recorded in Paraguay

Which animals have been recorded in Paraguay? 45,972 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 212 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include jaguar, Montane Akodont, Little Laucha.

• 45,972 records
• 1,200+ species
• 25 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include jaguar, Montane Akodont, Little Laucha. 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 Paraguay

	Animal	Group	Records
	jaguar Panthera onca	Mammalia Felidae	21,761
	Montane Akodont Akodon montensis	Mammalia Cricetidae	539
	Little Laucha Calomys laucha	Mammalia Cricetidae	272
	Paraguayan Akodont Necromys lenguarum	Mammalia Cricetidae	253
	Dwarf Treefrog Dendropsophus nanus	Amphibia Hylidae	244
	Redbelly Toad Melanophryniscus stelzneri	Amphibia Bufonidae	237
	Great Fruit-Eating Bat Artibeus lituratus	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	218
	Pointedbelly Frog Leptodactylus podicipinus	Amphibia Leptodactylidae	215
	Megistopoda proxima	Insecta Hippoboscidae	200
	Common Pericote Graomys griseoflavus	Mammalia Cricetidae	188
	Silver-Tipped Myotis Myotis albescens	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	186
	Fuscous-blotched Treefrog Scinax fuscovarius	Amphibia Hylidae	171
	Black Myotis Myotis nigricans	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	158
	Leptodactylus chaquensis	Amphibia Leptodactylidae	141
	Myotis spec	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	138
	Drylands Laucha Calomys musculinus	Mammalia Cricetidae	137
	Chaco Treefrog Boana raniceps	Amphibia Hylidae	130
	Lesser Treefrog Dendropsophus minutus	Amphibia Hylidae	128
	Brachyhypopomus gauderio	— Hypopomidae	128
	big laucha Calomys callosus	Mammalia Cricetidae	124
	Lesser Snouted Treefrog Scinax nasicus	Amphibia Hylidae	124
	Aspidoptera falcata	Insecta Hippoboscidae	122
	Southern Yellow Bat Dasypterus ega	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	113
	Little Yellow-Shouldered Bat Sturnira lilium	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	107
	Barker Frog Physalaemus cuvieri	Amphibia Leptodactylidae	103
	Cope's Toad Rhinella diptycha	Amphibia Bufonidae	102
	Cope's Eastern Paraguay Treefrog Boana polytaenia	Amphibia Hylidae	96
	Weeping Frog Physalaemus biligonigerus	Amphibia Leptodactylidae	96
	Euler's Flycatcher Lathrotriccus euleri	Aves Tyrannidae	96
	Dotted Treefrog Boana punctata	Amphibia Hylidae	95
	Chaco Grass Mouse Akodon toba	Mammalia Cricetidae	94
	Black-footed Colilargo Oligoryzomys nigripes	Mammalia Cricetidae	92
	Brazilian Livebearer Phalloceros harpagos	— Poeciliidae	89
	Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus	Aves Parulidae	87
	Rufous Frog Leptodactylus fuscus	Amphibia Leptodactylidae	87
	Paratrichobius longicrus	Insecta Hippoboscidae	85
	Argentine Brown Bat Eptesicus furinalis	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	83
	Menwig Frog Physalaemus albonotatus	Amphibia Leptodactylidae	82
	Conotrachelus denieri	Insecta Curculionidae	79
	Fornes' Colilargo Oligoryzomys fornesi	Mammalia Cricetidae	79
	Two-colored Oval Frog Elachistocleis bicolor	Amphibia Microhylidae	75
	Lucilia eximia	Insecta Calliphoridae	75
	Jacare Caiman Caiman yacare	Crocodylia Alligatoridae	72
	Chaco Pericote Graomys chacoensis	Mammalia Cricetidae	71
	Variable Antshrike Thamnophilus caerulescens	Aves Thamnophilidae	70
	Yellow-bellied Liophis Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus	Squamata Colubridae	68
	Jamaican Laughing Frog Osteopilus ocellatus	Amphibia Hylidae	67
	Marbled White-lipped Frog Leptodactylus elenae	Amphibia Leptodactylidae	66
	Cope's Mabuya Notomabuya frenata	Squamata Scincidae	65
	Megistopoda aranea	Insecta Hippoboscidae	61
	Cayenne tick Amblyomma cajennense	Arachnida Ixodidae	61
	Lysapsus limellum	Amphibia Hylidae	60
	Dwarf Dog-faced Bat Molossops temminckii	Mammalia Molossidae	59
	Trichobius jubatus	Insecta Hippoboscidae	59
	Black-goggled Tanager Trichothraupis melanops	Aves Thraupidae	58
	Cephalotes pusillus	Insecta Formicidae	58
	Chacoan Colilargo Oligoryzomys chacoensis	Mammalia Cricetidae	57
	Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis	Aves Passerellidae	56
	White-browed Warbler Myiothlypis leucoblephara	Aves Parulidae	56
	Black Mastiff Bat Molossus rufus	Mammalia Molossidae	54