The Amazon is domestic to extra species of plant life and animals than some other terrestrial surroundings on the planet -- possibly 30 percent of the world's species are discovered there. Its biodiversity — the period used to explain organic richness — is astounding: a single bush withinside the Amazon may also have extra species of ants than the whole British Isles, even as a lone hectare of forest (two-and-a-1/2 of acres) may also have an extra than 500 species of bushes and a single park will have extra than 1, four hundred butterfly species.
Take a examine a number of those examples of the Amazon's species richness:
- Mammals
- Birds
- Reptiles
- Amphibians
- Fish
- Insects
Amazon biodiversity by the numbers:
- 40,000 plant species
- 16,000 tree species
- 3,000 fish species
- 1,300 birds
- 430+ mammals
- 1,000+ amphibians
- 400+ reptiles
The most famous animals found in the Amazon rainforest:
- Mammals
- Jaguar
- Puma
- Capybara
- Sloth (multiple species)
- Giant river otter
- Giant anteater
- Tamarins and marmosets (several species)
- Spider monkey (several species)
- Woolly monkey
- Capuchin monkey (several species)
- Squirrel monkey (several species)
- Uakari monkey (several species)
- Titi monkey (several species)
- Howler monkey (several species)
- Saki monkey (several species)
- Amazon pink river dolphin
- Giant river otter
- Tapir
- Coatimundi
- Kinkajou
- Agouti
- Paca
Birds
- Hoatzin
- Macaws and other parrots (many species)
- Harpy Eagle
- Toucans (several species)
- Antbirds (antpittas, antshrikes, antwren, etc)
- Kingfishers (many species)
- Parakeets (many species)
- Flycatchers (many species)
- Woodpeckers (many species)
- Tanagers (many species)
- Manakins (many species)
- Cock-of-the-rock
- Guans (many species)
- Storks and herons (many species)
- Hummingbirds (many species)
- Oropendola
Herps (reptiles and amphibians)
- Anacondas and boa constrictors
- Venomous snakes
- Caiman (several species)
- Poison dart frogs (many species)
- Tree frogs (many species)
- Iguanas and other lizards
- Freshwater turtles
Fish
- Arapaima or Pirarucu
- Piranha
- Arowana
- Electric Eel
- Giant Catfish
- Neon tetras and other aquarium fish
- Discus and angelfish
