Flora Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve

jaguar

there 2 major mangrove ecosystems along coast: brus lagoon , iban lagoon. brus area 120 km² , brackish, , ibans area 63 km² , freshwater. mangroves valuable , fragile, significant part of value of reserve.

puma

further in, land becomes prairie , savannah pine , palm, depending upon availability of water. along watershed of rivers, vegetation thick wet forest, again, poorly studied.

giant anteater