Belize
I backpacked through Belize in 1989 and spent a night at the Bermudan Landing Howler Monkey Sanctuary. A great little place, set up to protect the Guatemalan Black Howler Monkeys that were easily seen. I also saw Proboscis Bats, roosting on a tree stump at the edge of the river. At other times of year, the villagers told me that Tapirs, Peccaries and even Jaguars are around, and I saw what was probably a Bottlenose Dolphin en route to Caye Caulker.
Community Reports
Lamanai Outpost Lodge (Belize) and a bit of Quintana Roo and Guatemala, 2025: Matthew and Maureen Steer with 14 species including Northern Ghost Bat, Mexican Porcupine and Tayra.
Belize, 2024: Wildlife Watcher’s short report of a few days with mammals including a Manatee, Kinkajou and Central American Spider Monkeys.
Belize, 2021: Paul Carter’s notes 2 weeks & 40+ species including Baird’s Tapir and Hatt’s Vesper Rat.
Belize, 2018: Julio Balona, 10 days with species including Kinkajous, Black Howler Monkeys and a Woolly Opossum and some nice bats including Thomas’s Sac-winged Bat.
Belize, 2016: Robert Foster, 2 weeks & 20 species including Jaguarundi, Vesper Rat and Yucatan Black Howler, with evidence of over 20 others (alive and dead) including trail cam pictures of a Jaguar.
Central America, 2011 & 12: Dominique Brugiere, combined notes on two trips through the Yucatan, Guatemala, Honduras and Belize. Lots of mammals.
Belize, 2010: Alan Dahl, 1 week & 7 mammals including Red Brocket Deer and Grey Fox.
Belize, 2008: Alan Dahl, 1 week & 11 mammals including an Ocelot and a probable Jaguarundi.
Also See
Belize Bat ID needed, April 2025
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