Animal Info - The Bahamas
Contents
Threatened Species, Environmental
and Social Data (Mammals, Biodiversity/Ecosystems,
Population, Area/Land Use, Protected Lands, Economy), References
and Links
Threatened Species
Threatened Species: The following list
includes all mammals which occur in the Bahamas and are rated as
Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.
Environmental and Social Data
Mammals
Total number of species: 12 (Groombridge
& Jenkins 1994)
Number of endemic species: 3 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of threatened species: 1996: 4
(33 % of total species) (IUCN 1996);
2000: 5 (42 % of total species) (IUCN 2000)
Biodiversity/Ecosystems
The Bahamas contains portions of the Greater Antilles & Bahamian Marine
Ecosystems Global 200
Ecoregion (Olson & Dinerstein 1998,
Olson & Dinerstein 1999)
The Bahamas contains portions of the Antilles Global
Biodiversity Hotspot (Cons. Intl. 1999a)
Population
Population in 1995: 276,000 (Natl.
Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population density in 1995: 19.8 people/sq km (51.3 people/sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population in 1998: 279,833 (World
Almanac 1999)
Area/Land Use
Area: 13,939 sq km (5,382 sq mi) (Natl.
Geog. Soc. 1995)
Percentages of primary world ecosystem types:
- Other Coastal Aquatic: 40 %
- Grass and Shrub: 40 %
- Crop and Settlements: 20 %
(Groombridge 1992)
Protected Lands
Area: 1,230 sq km (475 sq mi) (Groombridge
1992)
Percent of land protected: 8.77 % totally protected; 0.13 % partially protected;
8.9 % totally or partially protected (Groombridge
1992)
Economy
Per capita GDP ($ U.S.) (1996): $18,700 (World Almanac 1999)
References and Links
References: Cons. Intl. 1999a, Groombridge 1992, Groombridge
& Jenkins 1994, IUCN 1994, IUCN 1996,
IUCN 2000, IUCN
2004, Natl. Geog.
Soc. 1995, Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999, World Almanac 1999
General Links (After you get to one of these sites, click on the link
for Bahamas): CIA
World Factbook, Foreign
Embassies of Washington, D.C., Library
of Congress - Country Studies, University
of Texas - Country Maps, Washington
Post - Countries, World
Resources Institute - Country Profiles; Links for Bahamas: The
Nature Conservancy - Bahamas
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