Rainforest Animals Ks2 Facts
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Rainforest animals ks2 facts. One of the most interesting rainforest facts for kids is that there are more insects than animals in the rainforest. Perfect for learning interesting rainforest habitat facts. Some common animals that live in the rainforest are jaguars howler monkeys sloths anacondas alligators and apes.
Giant Anteater or Antbear Central and South America. This collection includes Blue Morpho Butterflies Chimpanzees Golden Mantella Frogs Jaguars Two-toed Sloths Tapirs Reticulated Python Ring-tailed Lemurs Cassowary and Sumatran Orangutans. Rainforest is home to millions of plants and animals.
The anaconda also known as the green anaconda is the worlds largest and heaviest snake although not the longest. This includes 40000 plant species 1300 bird species and more than 400 different types of mammal. Is the tapir a mix of wild boar and anteater.
Reptiles such as caimans and the green anaconda. The Amazon is the worlds largest rainforest and is bigger than the next two largest rainforests in the Congo Basin and Indonesia combined. Spectacled bears Andean bears have been spotted in two of our reserves in Ecuador and Peru.
Some animals like the Giant Armadillo and the Giant River Otter can only be found in the AmazonUnfortunately many of the species that cohabit the huge South American rainforest are under constant threat particularly in the Brazilian Amazon of wildfires deforestation and poaching. Most temperate rainforest animals live on or near the forest floor as the trees above offer protection from the wind and rain. The biggest rainforest is the Amazon rainforest.
Many lizards inhabit dry deserts and thrive there. It contains a PowerPoint and 6 fact files about animals which live in tropical rainforests - the potoo jaguar macaw frog emerald tree boa and sloth. This opens in a new window.