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Jamaican Moist Forests
The Jamaican moist forests is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ecoregion in Jamaica. Geography Jamaica is the third-largest island in the Caribbean, lying south of Cuba and west of Hispaniola. The Jamaican moist forests ecoregion covers an area of 8,192 km, and covers 85% of the island of Jamaica. It includes the Blue Mountains and John Crow Mountains in eastern Jamaica, and Cockpit Country further to the west. The highest peak on Jamaica is Blue Mountain Peak at 2,256 meters elevation. Two-thirds of the island's land surface has a limestone substrate. The rest of the island is composed of igneous rocks, sedimentary shale, and alluvium. The John Crow Mountains are mostly limestone. In Blue Mountains the limestone has mostly eroded away, exposing shale, igneous, and metamorphic rocks. The island's central region, which covers most of the island, is covered in limestone. In the central Cockpit Country the limestone has eroded into a rugged karst landscape with s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cockpit Country
Cockpit Country is an area in Trelawny and Saint Elizabeth, Saint James, Saint Ann, Manchester and the northern tip of Clarendon parishes in Jamaica. The land is marked by steep-sided hollows, as much as deep in places, which are separated by conical hills and ridges. Maroons who had escaped from plantations used the difficult territory for its natural defences to develop communities outside the control of Spanish or British colonists. History In the late seventeenth century, the Cockpit Country was a place of refuge for Jamaican Maroons fleeing slavery. During the course of the First Maroon War, there were two Leeward Maroon communities - Cudjoe's Town (Trelawny Town) and Accompong Town. Cudjoe's Town was located in the mountains in the southern extremities of Saint James Parish, Jamaica, close to the border of Westmoreland Parish. Accompong is situated just to the south of Cudjoe's Town, on the border between Westmoreland and Saint Elizabeth Parish. When the Leeward Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euneornis
The orangequit (''Euneornis campestris'') is a species of passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae and is the only member of the genus ''Euneornis''. It is endemic to Jamaica where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest. Breeding The Orangequit's breeding season is between the months of April and June. The species will build nests out of grass and plant fiber and place them in trees almost six meters above the ground. The female will typically lay 2-4 eggs at a time and will incubate. The appearances differs according to their sex and age. Taxonomy The orangequit was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his '' Systema Naturae'' under the binomial name ''Motacilla campestris''. Linnaeus based his description on the "American Hedge-Sparrow" that George Edwards had described and illustrated in his 1750 work, ''A Natural History of Uncommon Birds'', fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sphaerodactylus Semasiops
''Sphaerodactylus semasiops'', also known as the Cockpit eyespot sphaero or Cockpit least gecko, is a small species of gecko endemic to Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His .... References {{Taxonbar, from=Q3493185 Sphaerodactylus Endemic fauna of Jamaica Reptiles of Jamaica Reptiles described in 1975 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sphaerodactylus Richardsonii
''Sphaerodactylus richardsonii'', also known Common name, commonly as Richardson's least gecko or the northern Jamaica banded sphaero, is a small species of lizard in the Family (biology), family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is Endemism, endemic to Jamaica. Etymology The Specific name (zoology), specific name, ''richardsonii'', is in honor of Scottish naturalist John Richardson (naturalist), John Richardson. The Subspecies, subspecific name, ''gossei'', is in honor of English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse. Subspecies Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies. *''Sphaerodactylus richardsonii gossei'' *''Sphaerodactylus richardsonii richardsonii'' Habitat The preferred habitats of ''S. richardsonii'' are forest and shrubland. Description For its genus, ''S. richardson'' is stockily-built and long. Adults may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of and a tail length of . All the dorsal scales are large, Keeled scales, keeled, and imb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaican Hutia
The Jamaican coney (''Geocapromys brownii''), also known as the Jamaican hutia or Brown's hutia, is a small, endangered, rat-like mammal found only on the island of Jamaica. About the size of a rabbit, it lives in group nests and is active at night to feed on fruit, bark, and other plant matter. It is currently endangered by habitat loss, hunting, and non-native species; it persists only in remote mountains. The Jamaican coney belongs to the hutia subfamily ( Capromyinae) and is the only surviving native mammal on Jamaica. Description The Jamaican coney is generally about the size of a cottontail rabbit, and mature adults usually weigh between 1 and 2 kg.' It is reddish brown/yellowish brown in colour, and ranges in size from about 330 to 445 mm in length. It has the smallest tail of all the species in the genus (approximately 45mm). It has a large head (the largest in the genus), short legs, short tail, and short ears and neck, which gives it a somewhat squat appearanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaican Fruit Bat
The Jamaican, common or Mexican fruit bat (''Artibeus jamaicensis'') is a fruit-eating bat native to Mexico, through Central America to northwestern South America, as well as the Greater and many of the Lesser Antilles. It is also an uncommon resident of the Southern Bahamas. Populations east of the Andes in South America are now usually regarded a separate species, the flat-faced fruit-eating bat (''A. planirostris''). The distinctive features of the Jamaican fruit bat (which however are shared by some of its relatives) include the absence of an external tail and a minimal, U-shaped interfemoral membrane. Description The Jamaican fruit bat is a medium-sized bat, having a total length of with a wingspan and weighing . It has broad but pointed and ridged ears with a serrated tragus. Its prominent noseleaf has an array of sebaceous glands. The lower lip is littered with warts with a relatively large one in the center. Sebaceous holocrine glands can be found in both lips. On the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Brown Bat
The big brown bat (''Eptesicus fuscus'') is a species of vesper bat distributed widely throughout North America, the Caribbean, and the northern portion of South America. It was first described as a species in 1796. Compared to other microbats, the big brown bat is relatively large, weighing and possessing a wingspan of . Big brown bats are insectivorous, consuming a diverse array of insects, particularly night-flying insects, but especially beetles. Some of the beetles it consumes are serious agricultural pests, including cucumber beetles. They are nocturnal, foraging for prey at night and roosting in sheltered areas during the day such as caves, tunnels, tree cavities, and human structures. Their breeding season is in the fall, shortly before their annual hibernation. After hibernation ends in the spring, females form maternity colonies for giving birth to young. Oftentimes only one offspring is produced per litter, though twins are common in the Eastern US. Lifespans o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaican Flower Bat
The Jamaican flower bat (''Phyllonycteris aphylla'') is a critically endangered species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is endemic to Jamaica. Taxonomy and etymology It was described by American zoologist Gerrit Smith Miller Jr. in 1898. He initially placed it in the genus ''Reithronycteris'', which is now synonymous with ''Phyllonycteris''. The specimen that he described was collected in Jamaica; the date of collection and the exact location are unknown. The type specimen used to describe the species has since been lost. Its species name ''aphylla'' was derived from the Ancient Greek word áphullos, meaning "leafless." This is likely in reference to its small nose-leaf. Description It weighs . Its total body length is . Its forearm is long. On the dorsal side of the forearm, its skin is pink. Its ears are long and wide. The tragus is . It has a disc-shaped, basic nose-leaf at the end of its snout. The fur is short, with individual hairs approximately long on its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaican Fig-eating Bat
The Jamaican fig-eating bat (''Ariteus flavescens'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is the only living species in the genus ''Ariteus''. The scientific name translates as "yellowish and warlike". There are no recognised subspecies. Description Jamaican fig-eating bats are relatively small, with a total length of as adults. Females are noticeably larger than males, weighing an average of , compared with for males. They have short, broad, wings, and no discernible tail. They have a large and prominent nose-leaf, with a unique twisting shape that allows them to be distinguished from all other species of bat. The fur is reddish brown over most of the body, fading to a paler shade on the underside. The only markings are white patches on each shoulder. Apart from the shape of the nose-leaf, and a smaller overall size, they are said to closely resemble the tree bats of the Antilles. Biology The bats are endemic to the island of Jamaica where they inhabit prim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaican Petrel
The Jamaican petrel (''Pterodroma caribbaea'') is a small possibly extinct seabird in the gadfly petrel genus, '' Pterodroma''. It is related to the black-capped petrel (''P. hasitata''). Conservation This species was last collected in 1879, and was searched for without success between 1996 and 2000. However, it cannot yet be classified as extinct because nocturnal petrels are notoriously difficult to record, and it may still occur on Dominica and Guadeloupe. If it is extinct, the most likely cause is due to predation by introduced mongooses and rats Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents. Species of rats are found throughout the order Rodentia, but stereotypical rats are found in the genus ''Rattus''. Other rat genera include ''Neotoma'' ( pack rats), ''Bandicota'' (bandicoot .... Parasites Several species of lice are known to have parasitized the Jamaica and black-capped petrels. If the former is extinct, one of these lice, the phtilopterid '' Saemund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piping Plover
The piping plover (''Charadrius melodus'') is a small sand-colored, sparrow-sized shorebird that nests and feeds along coastal sand and gravel beaches in North America. The adult has yellow-orange-red legs, a black band across the forehead from eye to eye, and a black stripe running along the breast line. This chest band is usually thicker in males during the breeding season, and it is the only reliable way to tell the sexes apart. The bird is difficult to see when it is standing still, as it blends well with open, sandy beach habitats. It typically runs in short, quick spurts and then stops. There are two subspecies of piping plovers: the eastern population is known as ''Charadrius melodus melodus'' and the mid-west population is known as ''C. m. circumcinctus''. The bird's name is derived from its plaintive bell-like whistles which are often heard before the bird is visible. Total population is currently estimated to be between 7600 - 8400 individuals. Intensive conservation ef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plain Pigeon
The plain pigeon (''Patagioenas inornata'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in the four Greater Antilles: Cuba, Hispaniola (in the Dominican Republic and Haiti), Jamaica, and Puerto Rico. Its natural habitats are forest, woodland, coastal desert, mangrove and swampy areas. It is threatened by habitat loss and illegal hunting. Description The plain pigeon is a large-bodied bird (38 cm 5 in that superficially resembles the common city pigeon. At a distance it appears pale blue-gray overall. The head, hindneck, breast, and part of the folded wing are colored with a red-wine wash. When folded, the wing shows a white leading edge; in flight, it forms a conspicuous wing bar. Legs and feet are dark red. The female is slightly smaller and duller than the male. Juveniles are browner overall, with pale wing margins and dark eyes. Taxonomy The plain pigeon is thought to represent a fairly recent island adaptation of the red-billed pigeon (''P. flavirostria' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
