Mammals
Species reported by Dave Davenport, herpetologist, owner EcoQuest Travel
- Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth – Bradypus variegatus
- Central American Agouti – Dasyprocta punctata
- Central American Ring-tailed Cacomistle – Bassariscus sumichrasti
- Common Opossum – Didelphis marsupialis
- Deppe’s Squirrel – Sciurus deppei
- Forest Rabbit – Sylvilagus brasiliensis
- Hoffman’s Two-toed Sloth – Choloepus hoffmanni
- Long-tailed Weasel – Mustela frenata
- Mantled Howler Monkey – Alouatta palliata
- Olingo – Bassaricyon gabbii
- Richmond’s Squirrel – Sciurus richmondi
- Variegated Squirrel – Sciurus variegatoides
- Vesper Rat – Nyctomys sumichrasti
- Virginia Opossum – Didelphis virginiana
FEV in Oprah Magazine
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, David Zucchino, writes about his trip to FEV in the UU World, Fall, 2011.
The rutted road continues up a lush mountainside, past banana plants heavy with fruit and tree canopies inhabited by howler monkeys and sloths, to an outpost high in the rain forest. Carved out of the mountain 4,000 feet up, the setting offers spectacular views of the Dariense mountain range and the green valley far below.
FEV featured in latest Audubon Magazine
“Excerpted from “Gold Standard,” by T. Edward Nickens. First published in Audubon, May-June 2011. © 2011 by the National Audubon Society “Eduardo, toucan! Vienen aqui!” Come here! Omar Quintero’s pleas jolt me back to focus. I’m beat. Late yesterday, Smalling and I drove south from El Jaguar’s misty cloudforests toward Managua, past beneficios where coffee [...]