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Mexico
Axolotls in ancient canals, monarch butterflies in the highlands, and wildlife bridging two continents.
Wildlife overview
Mexico spans tropical rainforest, desert, and high-altitude plateau — a country where North meets Central America. The canals of Xochimilco hold the last wild axolotls, monarch butterflies overwinter in Michoacán's oyamel forests, and jaguars still prowl the southern jungles.
For Catch'Um collectors, Mexico offers extraordinary endemics — species tied to specific valleys, lakes, and forests found nowhere else.
Species to spot here
Popular discoveries
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Axolotl — The smiling salamander — a Mexican lake creature that never grows up and can regenerate its brain.
Rare species
Best places to spot wildlife
Lake Xochimilco
Mexico City
Ancient Aztec canal system — the last wild refuge of the axolotl among chinampas floating gardens.
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
Michoacán
Oyamel fir forests where millions of monarch butterflies overwinter from November to March.
Calakmul Biosphere Reserve
Campeche
Mayan rainforest — jaguars, toucans, and howler monkeys in one of Mexico's largest protected areas.
Sea of Cortez
Baja California
Jacques Cousteau's 'aquarium of the world' — whales, whale sharks, and sea lions in rich Pacific waters.
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