Tropical Rainforest Animals And Plants
Small animals such as monkeys birds snakes rodents frogs and lizards are common in the tropical rainforest biome.
Tropical rainforest animals and plants. Animals And Plants In The Tropical Rainforest Some of the animals of the rainforest include chimpanzee gorilla bison elephant okapi leopard pigs etc. Tropical Rainforest Animals Tropical Rainforests house living organisms more than any other biome in the world. Gorillas live in the tropical forests of Africa on either side of Congo river while orangutans are restricted to the forests of Borneo and Sumatra.
The animals use the tall trees for shelter hiding places from their predators and as a source of food. An estimate is that approximately half of the worlds animal species live in rain forests. A mazon rainforest alone is home to 427 different species of mammals till date.
Poison Dart Frogs. Some unique species of plants found in tropical rainforests are orchids epiphytes amazon water lily silky oak bromeliads and so on. Many toxic animals can be located in the rain forest including the most commonly known poison dart frog.
Lianas - these are woody vines that have roots in the ground but climb up the trees to reach the sunlight. See more ideas about rainforest rainforest animals animals. Common animals found in tropical rainforests include.
Half of all the animal and plant species known to man live within the tropical region. The following adaptations allow plants to survive in the conditions of the rainforest. Want more natural history and wildlife videos.
Tropical rainforests form a lush green band around the equator between the two latitudinal lines of the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Epiphytes are plants that live on other plants. Animals of tropical rainforest.