CONZUMEL

ENDEMIC FAUNA OF

CONZUMEL IS HIGHLY

ENDANGERED BY

INVASIVE SPECIES

Cozumel is a Mexican island in the Caribbean that has a popular cruise port and famous for its dive sites.

Turistic zones

Problems

Fauna and Flora

Ecological tourism

Water park

Restaurants

Lighthouse

Farm

Mayan ruins

Museum

Coral reef

Has

Beaches with crystal clear water

Endemic Cozumel flora and fauna have been undermined up to 70%

Decrease in animals in the area

Coati

Collared peccary

Pygmy raccoon

Dolphins

Manatees

Causes

The arrival of other kinds of fauna like boas, turtles, and rats

Human activities

The change of floor use of natural areas to build hotels

Data

Researcher Ella Vazquez Dominguez, a member of the mexican academy of sciences, has stressed through a report that it was in the 1970 when the boa imperator began to be present in the area, which could be the reason of the limited presence of the mouse

One of the most concerning cases in the community is that of the peromyscus leucopus cozumelae mouse, an emblem of the island and that has not been seen on decades although it used to be everywhere 50 years ago