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Explore Northern Plains

Costa Rica’s Northern Plains connect rural communities with rivers, forests and the wider Arenal landscape. Places such as La Fortuna, Guatuso and Los Chiles offer different ways to learn about life shaped by water and land. Explore with curiosity, learn from local people and help care for the landscapes and traditions that make this place special.

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Mexican Hairy Porcupine

This tree-dwelling porcupine has dark coarse hair that can hide many of its protective quills.

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Coyote

An adaptable wild canid that uses woodland edges and open country.

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Variegated Squirrel

A daytime tree-dweller whose colors vary across its range.

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Honduran White Bat

A tiny fruit-eating bat that shelters beneath leaves shaped into tents.

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White-nosed Coati

A long-snouted forest forager often seen with its tail held upright.

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Central American Agouti

A quick forest-floor rodent that stores seeds for later.

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Lowland Paca

A spotted nocturnal rodent that shelters in burrows near wooded watercourses.

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Collared Peccary

A hoofed forest mammal with a pale collar across dark bristly fur.

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White-lipped Peccary

A social forest mammal whose large herds need connected habitat.

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White-tailed Deer

A browsing mammal whose raised tail reveals a white underside.

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Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth

A slow-moving leaf eater whose fur can blend with the green canopy.

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Northern Tamandua

A climbing anteater with a dark vest pattern and a long sticky tongue.

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