Watson's climbing rat

Watson's climbing rat

Tylomys watsoni

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
at Tikal National Park
1 Verified sightings at Tikal National Park From 2019 to 2026
16 Verified sightings across all 6 parks From 2019 to 2026
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted Active throughout day and night

About the Watson's climbing rat

Watson's climbing rat (Tylomys watsoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
2 Pico Bonito National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
Insufficient data
3 Tikal National Park 🇬🇹 Guatemala
Insufficient data
4 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
5 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
6 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
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