List of animals in the Galápagos Islands
This is a list of animals that live in the Galápagos Islands. The fauna of the Galápagos Islands include a total of 9,000 confirmed species. Of them, none have been introduced by humans, and seventeen are endemic. Due to amphibians intolerance of saltwater, no amphibians naturally occur on the Galapagos Islands.
Gastropods
- Allopeas gracile
- Bulimulus achatellinus
- Bulimulus acutus
- Bulimulus adserseni
- Bulimulus allynsmithi
- Bulimulus amastroides
- Bulimulus approximatus
- Bulimulus asperatus
- Bulimulus bauri
- Bulimulus calvus
- Bulimulus calvus caryonis
- Bulimulus canaliferus
- Bulimulus chemnitzioides
- Bulimulus cinerarius
- Bulimulus cucullinus
- Bulimulus curtus
- Bulimulus deridderi
- Bulimulus duncanus
- Bulimulus eschariferus
- Bulimulus eschariferus pileatus
- Bulimulus galapaganus
- Bulimulus gilderoyi
- Bulimulus habeli
- Bulimulus hemaerodes
- Bulimulus hoodensis
- Bulimulus invalidus
- Bulimulus jacobi vermiculatus
- Bulimulus jervisensis
- Bulimulus josevillani
- Bulimulus krameri
- Bulimulus kublerensis
- Bulimulus nilsodhneri
- Bulimulus nucula
- Bulimulus nux incrassatus
- Bulimulus nux asperatus
- Bulimulus nux nuciformis
- Bulimulus nux basiplicatus
- Bulimulus nux perchloris
- Bulimulus nux verrucosus
- Bulimulus nux monotoenius
- Bulimulus ochsneri
- Bulimulus perspectivus
- Bulimulus pinzonopsis
- Bulimulus prepinguis
- Bulimulus prepinguis
- Bulimulus rugatinus
- Bulimulus rugulosus infuscata
- Bulimulus rugulosus
- Bulimulus snodgrassi
- Bulimulus steadmani
- Bulimulus tanneri edenensis
- Bulimulus tanneri bartolomensis
- Bulimulus tortuganus
- Bulimulus trogonius
- Bulimulus tuideroyi
- Bulimulus ustulatus venustus
- Bulimulus ustulatus pallescens
- Bulimulus ustulatus phlegonis
- Bulimulus ustulatus
- Bulimulus vanmoli
- Bulimulus ventrosus
- Cecilioides acicula
- Deroceras laeve
- Ellobium stagnale
- Gastrocopta clausa
- Gastrocopta duncana
- Gastrocopta munita
- Guppya bauri
- Helicina nesiotica
- Helicina ochsneri
- Melampus trilineatus
- Naesiotus adelphus
- Naesiotus akamatus
Mammals
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Rodents
- Galápagos rice rat, (Aegialomys galapagoensis)
- Santiago Galapagos mouse, (Nesoryzomys swarthi)
- Fernandina rice rat, (Nesoryzomys fernandinae)
- Nesoryzomys swarthi
- Darwin's Galapagos mouse,(Nesoryzomys darwini)
- Indefatigable Galapagos mouse,(Nesoryzomys indefessus)
- Galapagos giant rat,(Megaoryzomys curioi)
Pinnipeds
- Galápagos fur seal, (Arctocephalus galapagoensis)
- Galápagos sea lion, (Zalophus wollebaeki)
Bats
- Hoary bat, (Lasiurus cinereus)
- Southern red bat, (Lasiurus blossevillii)
- Galapagos red bat, (Lasiurus blossevillii brachyotis)
- Galapagos hoary bat, (Aeorestes villosissimus)
Cetaceans
- Blainville's beaked whale, (Mesoplodon densirostris)
- Common bottlenose dolphin, (Tursiops truncatus)
- Cuvier's beaked whale, (Ziphius cavirostris)
- Sperm whale, (Physeter macrocephalus)
- Bryde's whale, (Balaenoptera brydei)
- Blue whale, (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda)
- Humpback whale, (Megaptera novaeangliae)
- Orca, (Orcinus orca)
- Spinner Dolphin, (Stenella longirostris)
- Risso's Dolphin, (Grampus griseus)
- Minke whale, (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
- Sei whale, (Balaenoptera borealis)
- Fin whale, (Balaenoptera physalus)
- Short-finned pilot whale, (Globicephala macrorhynchus)
- Indo-Pacific beaked whale, (Indopacetus pacificus)
- Fraser's dolphin, (Lagenodelphis hosei )
- Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, (Mesoplodon ginkgodens)
- Melon-headed whale, (Peponocephala electra)
- Spinner dolphin, (Stenella longirostris)
- Striped dolphin, (Stenella coeruleoalba)
- Cuvier's beaked whale, (Ziphius cavirostris)
Reptiles
Birds
- American flamingo
- American yellow warbler
- Blue-footed booby
- Brown noddy
- Brown pelican
- Cattle egret
- Darwin's finches
- Flightless cormorant
- Galápagos dove
- Galápagos flycatcher
- Galapagos shearwater
- Galapagos martin
- Galápagos hawk
- Galápagos penguin
- Great blue heron
- Great egret
- Great frigatebird
- Lava gull
- Lava heron
- Magnificent frigatebird
- Nazca booby
- Osprey
- Peregrine falcon
- Red-billed tropicbird
- Red-footed booby
- Striated heron
- Swallow-tailed gull
- Waved albatross
- Yellow-crowned night heron
- Galapagos mockingbird
- Hood mockingbird
- Floreana mockingbird
- San Cristobal mockingbird
- Galapagos rail
Fish
Insects
Beetles — Coleoptera
There are around 200 beetle species including:
Ants, bees and wasps — Hymenoptera
There are about twenty native ant species, a few wasps and only one bee in the Galápagos, including:
- Carpenter ant (Camponotus sp.)
- The introduced little fire ant (Wasmannia)
- Carpenter bee (Xylocopa darwini)
Butterflies and moths — Lepidoptera
Eight species of butterfly and many species of moth are known from the Galápagos.
- Galápagos sulphur butterfly (Phoebis sennae marcellina)
- Galápagos silver fritillary (Agraulis vanillae galapagensis)
- Painted ladies (two species, Vanessa carye and V. virginiensis)
- Monarch butterfly
- Queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus)
- Galápagos blue butterfly (Leptotes parrhasioides)
- Large-tailed skipper (Urbanus dorantes)
- Green hawkmoth (Eumorpha labruscae)
- Hawkmoth (Hyles lineata florilega)
- Rustic sphinx (Manduca rustica calapagensis)
- Footmen moths (Utetheisa spp.)
- Noctuid moth (Ascalapha odorata)
Grass insects
- Praying mantis (Galapagia solitaria)
- Grasshoppers, locusts, katydids and crickets—Orthoptera
Other arthropods
- Galápagos scorpion (Centruroides exsul)
- Common yellow scorpion (Hadruroides lunatus)
- Several species of centipedes, including (Scolopendra galapagensis)
- Sally Lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus)
- Galapa baetri
- Galapa bella
- Galapa floreana
Over fifty species of spiders, including the giant crab spider (Heteropoda venatoria), the smaller Selenops and Galapa, the endemic Lathrodectes apicalis, Argiope argentata and Neoscona oaxacensis (syn. N. cooksoni)
References and sources
- "Galapagos Species Checklist". Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- "About Galapagos Animals". Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- "Lecture, John Merck, The terrestrial community". Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- "TerraQuest - Virtual Galápagos: Wildlife - Island Life - Insects". Retrieved 14 January 2015.