Living Things and Their

Habitats
The Amazon rainforest is the world's
biggest rainforest. The forest spans
sections of Brazil, Peru, Colombia,
Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Guyana
in South America. It is home to a diverse
range of fauna, including around 30,000
plant and animal species.

Animals to Search
Amazon For
Mammals Amphibians Birds
Rainforest Jaguar
Giant River Otter
Red Howler Monkey
Poisonous dart
frog
Macaw
Cock of the rock
Harpy eagle
Capybara Reptiles Toucan
Black-capped Black caiman Paradise tanager
squirrel monkey Green anaconda Potoo bird
Collared anteater Side-necked turtle
Sloth
Fish
Pink river dolphin Piranhas
The Amazon Rainforest contains a Electric eel
Puma
wide range of habitats for many Paiche
Bearded emperor
creatures. The varied amounts of
tamarind
elevation found inside the forest
Amazonian tapir
distinguish these ecosystems. Higher
Mantee
altitudes offer colder temperatures
and less rainfall than lower elevations,
resulting in a climate more suitable for
creatures such as monkeys and sloths,
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who prefer cooler climes to dwell in.
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Amazon rainforest
layers
The Amazon Rainforest has four natural
layers: emergent layer, canopy layer,
understory layer and forest floor layer.
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The emergent layer is the topmost part of the

rainforest where there are no trees or shrubs
Nature
because it's too high up for them to grow. The
canopy layer is made up of tall trees that have "Preserve and cherish the
leaves that block out sunlight from reaching
anything below them so they can thrive in this pale blue dot, it's the only
environment. The understory layer consists of
shorter trees and shrubs that live between the home we've ever known."
canopy and forest floor layers because they
need more sunlight than what they get from