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-Animals
that Live in Rainforests: Ridiculously huge numbers
of animals live in rainforests, including microscopic animals,
invertebrates (like insects and worms), fish, reptiles, amphibians,
birds, and mammals. The different rainforests of the world support
different populations of animals. A few animals from each rainforest
are listed below:
| South
America |
| Insects-
morpho butterfly, Julia butterfly, Monarch butterfly, and
millions of other insects. |
| Mammals-
jaguar, ocelot, didelphid opossums, sloth, howler monkey,
spider monkey, capybara, many bats, marmosets, procyonids,
peccaries. |
| Birds-
quetzal, macaw, tinamous, curassows, hoatzins, hummingbirds,
eagles, ovenbirds, antbirds, flycatchers, puffbirds, toucans,
jacamars, tanagers, tapirs, troupials, honeycreepers, cardinal
grosbeaks, xenops. |
| Reptiles-
anaconda, caiman, iguanas, lizards, microteiid lizards,
boas, and coral snakes. |
| Amphibians-
poison arrow frog, etc. |
| Fish- electric
eel, piranha. |
| Southeast
Asia |
| Mammals-
tarsiers, orangutans, Siamangs, gibbons, colobine monkeys,
tigers, tree shrews, binturong, moonrats, most flying foxes,
colugos, bamboo rats, Oriental dormice. |
| Birds-
tree swifts, leafbirds, fairy bluebirds, fantails, whistlers,
flowerpeckers, wood swallows. |
| Insects-
Queen Alexandra's Birdwing butterfly, Goliath Birdwing butterfly,
Saturn Butterfly. |
| West Africa |
| Mammals- antelopes,
bonobo, chimpanzee, gorilla, Mandrill, scaly-tailed squirrels,
otter shrews, duikers, okapi, hippopotamus, Cercopithecus
monkeys, bushbabies, pygmy hippo, duiker. |
| Birds-
Congo peafowl, African Gray Parrot. |
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