List of endemic fauna of Puerto Rico
This is a list of the endemic fauna of Puerto Rico. This list is sorted in alphabetical order by the scientific name of the species.
Birds
- Yellow-shouldered blackbird
- Puerto Rican parrot
- Green mango
- Puerto Rican nightjar
- Puerto Rican emerald
- Puerto Rican lizard‑cuckoo
- Puerto Rican pewee
- Adelaide's warbler
- Elfin-woods warbler
- Puerto Rican oriole
- Puerto Rican bullfinch
- Puerto Rican owl
- Puerto Rican woodpecker
- Puerto Rican flycatcher
- Puerto Rican tanager
- Puerto Rican spindalis
- Puerto Rican tody
- Puerto Rican vireo
- Puerto Rican euphonia
Crustaceans
Insects
- Camponotus kaura- was first described by Roy R. Snelling & Juan A. Torres
- Solenopsis torrei- was first described by Juan A. Torres
- Puerto Rican cave cockroach
Myriapoda
- Cylindromus uniporus
- Anadenobolus arboreus
- ''Rhinocricus parcus''
Reptiles/amphibians
- Puerto Rican racer
- Mona ameiva
- Desecheo ameiva
- Puerto Rican ground lizard
- Blue-tailed ground lizard
- Baker's worm lizard
- Puerto Rican worm lizard
- Schmidt's worm lizard
- Puerto Rican dryland worm lizard, North American worm lizard
- Guánica pallid anole, Cook's pallid anole, Cook's anole
- Puerto Rican giant anole
- Mona anole
- Dwarf anole, pygmy anole, Puerto Rican twig anole
- Ponce anole, which is the same as the Dryland grass anole
- Puerto Rican garden snake
- Puerto Rican crested toad, ridge-headed toad, lowland Caribbean toad, Puerto Rican toad and sapo concho
- Mona ground iguana
- Puerto Rican galliwasp
- Puerto Rican cave dwelling frog
- Common coquí
- Mottled coquí
- Golden coquí
- Mona coquí
- Melodius coquí
- Puerto Rican boa
- Mona Island boa
- Monito gecko
- Mona dwarf gecko
- Puerto Rico upland gecko
- Desecheo dwarf gecko
- Gaige's least gecko
- Townsend's dwarf gecko
- Nichols' dwarf gecko
- Puerto Rican dwarf gecko
- Isla Vieques dwarf gecko
- Roosevelt's dwarf gecko
- Mona blindsnake
- Puerto Rican wetland blind snake
Spiders
This is a list of all spiders endemic to Puerto Rico, according to Platnick.- Anyphaenidae
- Araneidae
- Clubionidae
- Corinnidae
- Ctenidae
- Dipluridae
- Gnaphosidae
- Hahniidae
- Ixodidae
- Linyphiidae
- Lycosidae
- Mimetidae
- Oonopidae
- Pholcidae
- Salticidae
- Scytodidae
- Sparassidae
- Tetragnathidae
- Theraphosidae
- Theridiidae
- Theridiosomatidae
- Thomisidae
- Uloboridae
Extinct animals
- Greater Puerto Rican ground sloth - The greater Puerto Rican ground sloth became extinct approximately 3000–4000 years ago.
- Lesser Puerto Rican ground sloth - The lesser Puerto Rican ground sloth became extinct approximately 3000–4000 years ago.
- Puerto Rican caracara
- Puerto Rican plate-tooth - The Puerto Rican plate-tooth, giant hutia or Puerto Rican paca became extinct approximately in the early 16th century.
- Greater Puerto Rican agouti
- Lesser Puerto Rican agouti
- Puerto Rican nesophontes - The Puerto Rican nesophontes became extinct approximately in the early 16th century.
- Corozal rat
- Puerto Rican parakeet, Mauge's parakeet
- Puerto Rican barn owl