the corcovado national park is internationally known by ecologists for its biodiversity. visitors can see many different types of animals. an example is the big cats and tapirs. corcovado is the only park in costa rica where all four costa rican monkeys can be found. these include the white-headed capuchin, the mantled howler,the endangered geoffroy's spider monkey and the central american squirrel monkey. the squirrel monkey is found only on the pacific coast of costa rica and a small part of panama.