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WildlifeJamaica
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Promoting knowledge, appreciation & conservation the of Jamaica's unique wildlife 🇯🇲 https://linktr.ee/wildlife_jamaica
Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi)
Great Bay, Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth #Jamaica 21/04/2025 was accidentally caught in a net & released by the fishermen
March 27, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The Jamaican Hutia (Geocapromys brownii) aka the #Jamacian #Coney / Grazzie / Mountain rabbit. Is the only living terrestrial mammal endemic to the island of #Jamaica besides🦇. ⁠⁠

A rodent in the group #Caviomorpha which includes Capybara ,Guinea pig ,Agouti ect
📸 Jamaican Caves Organisation (JCO)
January 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The whale #shark (Rhincodon typus) seen in #Jamaican waters 🇯🇲, 08/11/2024
endangered due to impacts of fisheries, by-catch losses, & vessel strikes. The largest extant #fish species.
Filter feeder 🦐
Harmless
Majestic
📸 Tiktok @dan._peng
#wildjamaica
November 14, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Tropical Buckeye (Junonia zonalis)⁠
🐛🌱: Larval host plants include blue porterweed (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis). Adults nectar on variety of flowering plants 
Range: Florida, the Caribbean,, Central America, & tropical South America
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 #wildjamaica #jamaicanbutterfly #nature #butterfly #jamaica
November 14, 2024 at 5:05 AM