Santa Cruz de Tenerife Car Hire - Flora and fauna

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The Parque Rural de Anaga is the area with the greatest and most unique biodiversity in the city, and the entire archipelago. Twenty-one local endemic species and 64 species endemic to the archipelago exist in the city, mostly in the park.

The greatest diversity of fauna in the municipality is also concentrated around the rural settlements in Parque Rural de Anaga. According to the park’s Invertebrate Fauna database, this area holds 1,910 species, 512 of which are exclusive to the Canaries, furthermore, 239 species are endemic to Tenerife and 95 are only found in the park itself.