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natural resources Costa Rica Endangered Animals


Scientific name: Caretta caretta 

Inglés: Loggerhead It lives in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, and the Mediterranean. The female only come up short to the beach to spawn. The skin color varies from yellow to brown, and the shell is typically reddish­brown. The most obvious difference between adult males and females is that males have shorter females thicker tails and ascots.


Scientific name: Chelonia mydas Inglés: Green sea turtle Inglés: Green sea turtle

Inglés: Green sea turtle Inglés: Green sea turtle sxgb

Inglés: Green sea turtle

They are green because they have fat under its shell. Species recognized as endangered by the IUCN and CITES, its operation is protected in most countries of the world.


Scientific name: Ara macao 

is a species of bird belonging to the Psittacidae family. Furthermore, it is one of nine species of existing Ara, which is one of the largest, then reaches 90 cm in length and 1 kg. It is distinguished by its colorful plumage is mostly scarlet red, supplemented with some blue and yellow feathers on the wings and tail.


Scientific name: Alouatta palliata 

This species inhabits diverse environments that include secondary forests, cloud forests, dry forests, mountain forests, mangrove forests and cloud forests. They are diurnal, arboreal and relatively sedentary animals with little social activity. They live in groups of about 20 individuals


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