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Artibeos incometatus
Bassariscus Sumichristi
Cacomistle
cabassous centralis
Armadillo
Armadillo
Caluromys derbianus
Guazalillo Dorado
Chironectes minimus
Tacuzin de Agua
Water opposum
Cryptotis hondurensis
Musaraa hondurea
Scientific Name
Dasyprocta ruatanica
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Guatuza de Roatan
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Ruatan Island agouti
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Geocapromys brownii
Hutia de Roatan
Jamaican coney
Lutra longicaudis
neotropical otter
Mazama americana
red brocket
Micoureus alstoni
Guazalo
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Oso caballo
giant anteater
Scientific Name
Crax rubra
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Pajuil
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great curassow
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Ara ambigua
Guara verde
Amazilia luciae
Honduran Emerald
Tapirus bairdii
Danto, tapir
Baird's tapir
Puma concolor
cougar
Panthera onca
Jaguar
jaguar
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Trichilia breviflora
Limoncillo
Trichilia breviflora
Swietenia humilis
Caoba
Bombacopsis quinata
Ceiba
Pachira quinata
Blakea brunnea
Sirin, uva
Blakea brunnea
Aegiphila fasciculata
Vara blanca
Aegiphila
Abies guatemalensis
Pinabete
Guatemalan fir
Source: B. Maldonado y C. Alix. 1998. Manual de Dendrologia del Bosque Latfoliado. IV Edicin. C. Nelson. 2000. Nociones de Taxonomia Vegetal. Editorial Universitaria. Estudio de Racionalizacin del SINAPH.2002. Volumen IV: Especies de Preocupacin Especial. J R. McCraine y F. Castaeda. 2007. Gua de Campo de los Anfibios de Honduras. Available from : http://www.fecomol.org/pdf/ESPECIES_DE_ANIMALES_EN_PELIGRO_EN_HONDURAS_IUNC.pdf
source: Charpentier & Media 2008. Coral Reefs in Honduras. [internet 3-17-2014]
Available from: http://traveltips.usatoday.com/coral-reefs-honduras-1112.html
polluted by different human aspects such, agricultural actions, Fishing and problem with sewage. Also there occurs naturals disasters like hurricanes, etc . I'm interested in this topic because the Caribbean Coast is the most famous touristic place in Honduras by having one of the larger Coral Reef in the world and we as a Honduran we have to protect them.
Marck Pollut Bull . 2001.Honduras Caribbean Coast. NCBI. Available in internet from:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11827108
Daniel C. Afzal . 2001. Honduras Carebbean Coast. Pergamon. Available in internet from: http://www.marinespatialecologylab.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/harborneetal_2001.pdf
AVIAN DIVERSITY IN THE MOSKITIA REGION OF HONDURAS (Scientific Article) This article is about the conservation of la Moskitia in Honduras, it say that La Moskitia has an high value in terms of avian diversity in the country, in this article you will find data that several scientific has done there. Source: ORNITOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL 15: 447482, 2004. Avian Diversity in the Moskitia Region of Honduras. Available in internet from: http://ocean.otr.usm.edu/~w440035/Materials/AndersonONITNEO2004.pdf
Observations of Rough-Toothed Dolphins (Steno bredanensis) off the Coast of Utila, Honduras (Scientific Article)
This is about a observations that some fishermen and operators have see that rough-toothed dolphins are off the coast in Utila Honduras. It talk about the study that they have been doing, and what they are doing now in order to know more about the Dolphins behavior.
Source: Kuczaj II, S. A., & Yeater, D. B. "Observations of Rough-Toothed Dolphins (Steno bredanensis) Off the
Coast of Utila, Honduras." Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 87.1 (2007): 141148. also available in internet from : http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/psych_fac/36/
This article shows data from Central America about all of disasters risk that they have suffered during the last decades. It show information about Hurricanes, storm flood and all kind of natural disaster, however it include a litter bit about economy as well. Source: The World Bank. Disaster Risk Management in Central America. Available in internet from: http://www.gfdrr.org/sites/gfdrr.org/files/Honduras_DRM.pdf