Editing Cayman Islands (section)

===Fauna===
{{See also|List of mammals of the Cayman Islands|List of birds of the Cayman Islands|List of butterflies of the Cayman Islands}}
[[File:Blue iguana (Cyclura lewisi) male.JPG|thumb|Blue iguana]]
The [[mammal]]ian species in the Cayman Islands include the introduced [[Dasyprocta punctata|Central American agouti]]<ref name = MSW3>{{MSW3 Hystricognathi | id = 13400244 | page = 1558}}</ref> and [[Bats of the Caribbean#Grand Cayman|eight species of bats]]. At least three now extinct [[List of rodents of the Caribbean#Cayman Islands|native rodent species]] were present until the discovery of the islands by Europeans. Marine life around the island of the Grand Cayman includes [[tarpon]], silversides (''[[Atheriniformes]]''), [[French angelfish]] (''Pomacanthus paru''), and [[giant barrel sponge]]s. A number of [[List of cetacean species|cetaceans]] are found in offshore waters. These species include the [[Ziphius cavirostris|goose-beaked whale]] (''Ziphius cavirostris''), [[Blainville's beaked whale]] (''Mesoplodon densirostris'') and [[sperm whale]] (''Physeter macrocephalus'').

Cayman [[birds|avian fauna]] includes two [[endemic]] subspecies of ''[[Amazona]]'' parrots: ''Amazona leucocephala hesterna'' or [[Cuban amazon]], presently restricted to the island of [[Cayman Brac]], but formerly also on [[Little Cayman]], and ''Amazona leucocephala caymanensis'' or [[Grand Cayman parrot]], which is native to the Cayman Islands, forested areas of Cuba, and the [[Isla de la Juventud]]. Little Cayman and Cayman Brac are also home to [[Red-footed booby|red-footed]] and [[brown booby|brown]] boobies.<ref>[http://www.nationaltrust.org.ky/?p=872 Red-footed Boobies of Little Cayman – National Trust for the Cayman Islands] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002005239/http://www.nationaltrust.org.ky/?p=872 |date=2 October 2015 }}. Nationaltrust.org.ky. Retrieved on 12 April 2014.</ref><ref>[http://www.caymanislands.ky/aboutcayman/caymanbrac.aspx Cayman Brac | Caribbean Diving, Cayman Islands Vacation | Cayman Islands] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501151808/http://www.caymanislands.ky/aboutcayman/caymanbrac.aspx |date=1 May 2013 }}. Caymanislands.ky. Retrieved on 12 April 2014.</ref> Although the barn owl (''[[Tyto alba]]'') occurs in all three of the islands they are not commonplace. The Cayman Islands also possess five endemic subspecies of butterflies.<ref>Askew, R. R. and Stafford, P. A. van B. (2008) ''Butterflies of the Cayman Islands''. Apollo Books, Stenstrup. {{ISBN|978-87-88757-85-9}}.</ref> These butterfly breeds can be viewed at the [[Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park]] on the Grand Cayman.

Among other notable fauna at the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park is the critically threatened [[blue iguana]], which is also known as the Grand Cayman iguana (''Cyclura lewisi''). The blue iguana is endemic to the Grand Cayman<ref>[http://www.iucn.org/news_homepage/all_news_by_theme/species_news/?11299/Grand-Cayman-Blue-Iguana-takes-step-back-from-extinction Grand Cayman Blue Iguana takes step back from extinction] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111041424/http://www.iucn.org/news_homepage/all_news_by_theme/species_news/?11299%2FGrand-Cayman-Blue-Iguana-takes-step-back-from-extinction |date=11 November 2012 }}. IUCN (20 October 2012). Retrieved on 12 April 2014.</ref> particularly because of rocky, sunlit, open areas near the island's shores that are advantageous for the laying of eggs. Nevertheless, habitat destruction and invasive mammalian predators remain the primary reasons that blue iguana hatchlings do not survive naturally.<ref>[https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/0ary/44275/0] {{Dead link|date=December 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

The [[Cuban crocodile]] (''Crocodylus rhombifer'') once inhabited the islands.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Morgan|first=Gary |author2=Franz, Richard |author3=Ronald Crombie|year=1993|title=The Cuban Crocodile, ''Crocodylus rhombifer'', from Late Quaternary Fossil Deposits on Grand Cayman|journal=[[Caribbean Journal of Science]]|volume=29|issue=3–4|pages=153–164|url=http://www.redciencia.cu/geobiblio/paper/1993_Morgan_etal_The%20Cuban_Crocodylus%20rhombifer.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.redciencia.cu/geobiblio/paper/1993_Morgan_etal_The%20Cuban_Crocodylus%20rhombifer.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live}}</ref> And the [[American crocodile]] (Crocodylus acutus) is also believed to be slowly repopulating the islands from  Cuba. The name "Cayman" is derived from a [[Cariban languages|Carib]] word for the various crocodilians that inhabited the islands.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.ky/portal/page/portal/cighome/cayman/islands/history|title=The Cayman Islands – History|website=Gov.ky|quote=A 1523 map show[s] all three Islands with the name Lagartos, meaning alligators or large lizards, but by 1530 the name Caymanas was being used. It is derived from the Carib Indian word for the marine crocodile, which is now known to have lived in the Islands.|access-date=17 August 2018|archive-date=9 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909232014/http://www.gov.ky/portal/page/portal/cighome/cayman/islands/history|url-status=live}}</ref>
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[[File:Hurricane signs rum point.jpg|thumb|Signs at Rum Point commemorating landed and near-miss hurricanes]]