This section tells you about more than 100 of the diverse critters that live on Guam. Information includes a picture and/or a write up for each species, as well as pictures and descriptions of their habitats on land and in the sea. The basis for these pages is a set of fact sheets (about the original fact sheets). There are also several checklists of species and links to more electronic factsheets on U. Guam sites (see sidebar). Please see below for credits.

About the original fact sheets

May, 1994
Hafa Adai Students and Teachers:
The Department of Agriculture's Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources (DAWR), in collaboration with the Bureau of Planning's Coastal Management Program, is proud to present to you this set of 80 flyers depicting our island's native and more common terrestrial and marine vertebrates and invertebrates. A spin-off of the original 40 flyers which were produced in 1980-81 by the DAWR and printed by funds from the Coastal Management Program, this new set contains the Chamoru, English and scientific names for each animal, a concise description of the animal's habitat, life history and habits, its current status on Guam and key ecological concepts such as predator-prey relationships, causes for endangerment, and metamorphosis. Also included are descriptions of Guam's marine and terrestrial habitats.

Like the bird and fish poster sets, these flyers are intended for student/teacher reference and classroom use. You are free to duplicate the photos for use in cut-and-paste exercises or to illustrate divisions in the animal kingdom: mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians, crustaceans, insects and spiders. Chamoru teachers may translate the accounts into Chamoru to suit their curriculum. You are advised however, that the duplication of these flyers, either photo or text, is strictly for educational use and is not to be commercialized in any form or manner.

The DAWR wishes to express its sincerest Si Yu'os Ma'åse' to the Department of Education's Chamoru Studies Division for their expertise and help in providing us the proper spelling of the Chamoru names and references used in the flyers.

Inquiries may be sent to the Department of agriculture, 142 Dairy Road, Mangilao, Guam 96513 Telephone (671) 734-3944/3945.

Credits.
For the original factsheets (1994): Funded by the Federal Aid in Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration Programs administered by the Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources, Department of Agriculture, and the Guam Coastal Management Program, Bureau of Planning, Government of Guam pursuant to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Award No. NA270Z0331-01.

Many of the photos on the web are not the same as those on the original factsheets. Most of the marine life photos are from the Coral Reef CD (see the disc for credits). Many of the fish pictures in the factsheets, Coral Reef CD and this web are by Robert F. Myers.

The paintings of birds, from the two DAWR birds posters (1992), are by H. Douglas Pratt.