Central America bioregion

The bioregion covers the southern portion of Mexico, all of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, and all but easternmost Panama.The resulting Great American Interchange of animals and plants shaped the flora and fauna of the Central America bioregion.These include the genus Ticodendron (Ticodendraceae), Matudaea (Hamamelidae), Trigonobalanus excelsa of Colombia (Fagaceae), and Nyssa talamancala (Cornaceae).[3] Large mammals include the white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari), Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii), white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), Central American red brocket (Mazama temama), Yucatan brown brocket (Odocileus pandora), giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus), jaguar (Panthera onca), cougar (Puma concolor), and ocelot (Leopardus pardalis).[citation needed] Central America's freshwater fish and invertebrates are mostly of South American origin.
biogeographicMexicoCentral AmericaBelizeCosta RicaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaPanamatropicstropical moist broadleaf foreststropical dry broadleaf foreststropical coniferous forestsmontane forestsgrasslands and shrublandsNorth AmericaSouth AmericaIsthmus of PanamaGreat American InterchangealdersTicodendronMatudaeaTrigonobalanus excelsaWeinmanniaDrimyswhite-lipped peccaryBaird's tapirwhite-tailed deerCentral American red brocketYucatan brown brocketgiant anteaterbrown-throated slothjaguarcougarocelottropical garclupeidsDorosomacatostomidIctiobusictaluridIctalurusTropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forestsCayos Miskitos–San Andrés and Providencia moist forestsColombiaCentral American Atlantic moist forestsCentral American montane forestsChiapas montane forestsChimalapas montane forestsCocos Island moist forestsCosta Rican seasonal moist forestsEastern Panamanian montane forestsIsthmian–Atlantic moist forestsIsthmian–Pacific moist forestsOaxacan montane forestsPantanos de CentlaPetén–Veracruz moist forestsSierra de los TuxtlasSierra Madre de Chiapas moist forestsTalamancan montane forestsVeracruz moist forestsVeracruz montane forestsYucatán moist forestsTropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forestsBajío dry forestsBalsas dry forestsCentral American dry forestsChiapas Depression dry forestsJalisco dry forestsPanamanian dry forestsRevillagigedo IslandsSierra de la Laguna dry forestsSinaloan dry forestsSouthern Pacific dry forestsVeracruz dry forestsYucatán dry forestsTropical and subtropical coniferous forestsBelizean pine forestsCentral American pine–oak forestsMiskito pine forestsSierra de la Laguna pine–oak forestsSierra Madre de Oaxaca pine–oak forestsSierra Madre del Sur pine–oak forestsTrans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine–oak forestsTropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublandsClipperton IslandFranceFlooded grasslands and savannasCentral Mexican wetlandsMontane grasslands and shrublandsTalamancan páramoZacatonalDeserts and xeric shrublandsMotagua Valley thornscrubSan Lucan xeric scrubTehuacán Valley matorralMangroveAlvarado mangrovesBelizean Coast mangrovesBelizean reef mangrovesBocas del Toro–San Bastimentos Island–San Blas mangrovesGulf of Fonseca mangrovesGulf of Panama mangrovesMarismas Nacionales–San Blas mangrovesMayan Corridor mangrovesMexican South Pacific Coast mangrovesMoist Pacific Coast mangrovesMosquitia–Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast mangrovesNorthern Dry Pacific Coast mangrovesNorthern Honduras mangrovesPetenes mangrovesRía Lagartos mangrovesRio Negro–Rio San Sun mangrovesSouthern Dry Pacific Coast mangrovesTehuantepec–El Manchón mangrovesUsumacinta mangroves