Tropical Rainforest Animals Facts

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Tropical rainforest animals facts. African Tropical Rainforest Animals African tropical rainforests are known for the smartest primates in the world - gorillas and chimpanzees. Harpy eagle With a wing span of 2m 66ft this is the largest rainforest bird of prey feeding on monkeys and sloths in the canopy. And countless other animals such as hippopotamuses rhinos crocodiles elephants.

They support 90000 of the 250000 plant species. Jungles are simply warm forests that are very densely vegetated at the forest floor. Tropical and temperate rainforests host an estimate of 30 to 50 million species of plants and animals.

An example of this is the South American three-toed sloth. Amphibians such as poison dart frogs and the red-eyed tree frog. Having these strong and long limbs help this animal to be one of the best equipped arboreal living in the trees animals found the rainforest.

But there are also many different species of monkeys. Other animals use camouflage to hide in wait for prey. Flowering tree In tropical rainforests some trees flower and others produce fruit all year ensuring plentiful food for the many animals.

You are likely to find a lot of beautiful butterflies during the rainy season flying aimlessly around green tall grass. Tropical rainforest also spelled tropical rain forest luxuriant forest found in wet tropical uplands and lowlands around the Equator. Bengal tigers and orangutans live in Asias rainforests and chimpanzees live in the rainforests of Africa.

A spider monkey is named for its long and thins arms legs and tails. Jaguars toucans parrots gorillas and tarantulas all make their home in tropical rainforests. Tropical rainforest are the home to a large number of animals and some of them are as follows.