Costa Rica

The country's mammalian diversity consists of 257 living and 1 extinct species in 12 orders, 45 families, and 158 genera.

Notes: The list excludes widespread and domesticated species. Extinct species are based on records in the past 500 years.

Subclass

Infraclass

Order

Families

Genera

Living species

Extinct species (last 500 years)

Theria

Marsupialia

1

6

11

0

Theria

Placentalia

2

2

3

0

Theria

Placentalia

4

5

5

0

Theria

Placentalia

1

1

1

0

Theria

Placentalia

3

5

5

0

Theria

Placentalia

1

1

3

0

Theria

Placentalia

8

29

50

0

Theria

Placentalia

1

1

5

0

Theria

Placentalia

9

64

118

0

Theria

Placentalia

7

21

24

1

Theria

Placentalia

1

1

1

0

Theria

Placentalia

7

22

31

0