Amazon Rainforest Animals And Plants

Amazon Rainforest Destruction and Deforestation.

Amazon rainforest animals and plants. Amazon Pink River Dolphin. Produces 20 of the worlds oxygen. The Amazon rainforest is the home to many other unique creatures such as the Harpy Eagle the Peanut Head Bug the Kinkajou the Giant Armadillo the Giant River Otter the Ocelot the Puma the South American Tapir the Squirrel Monkey and the Pygmy Marmoset.

Whether its high up in the rainforest canopy or all the way down where the worms move under ground the Amazon abounds with life. Amazon plants and trees play critical roles in regulating the global climate and sustaining the local water cycle. The Amazon is the most biodiverse terrestrial place on the planet.

A a Z de Animais da Amazônia Thanks for visiting my Animals page. Boa more than 400 amphibians eg. A study in 1999 found one square kilometer 247 acres of Amazon rainforest.

The Amazon is filled with 311 mammals 1000 birds species 1800 types of butterflies and 2000 fish species Chandler 2008. The forests they form are home to the huge variety of animals found in the Amazon. Jaguar anteater and giant otter 1300 birds eg.

Why are thousands of acres of rainforest being destroyed. Some of the plant and flower species of the Amazon include. Want more natural history and wildlife videos.

Harpy eagle toucan and hoatzin 378 reptiles eg. The biodiversity of plant species is the highest on Earth with one 2001 study finding a quarter square kilometer 62 acres of Ecuadorian rainforest supports more than 1100 tree species. Ad This is the newest place to search delivering top results from across the web.