Tropical forests are home to a huge number of animals. First of all, it’s the monkeys. Species of narrow-nosed monkeys live in India and Africa, and broad-nosed monkeys live in America. Their tail and limbs allow them to skillfully climb trees, where they get their livelihood.
mammals
narrow-nosed monkeys
broad-nosed monkeys
Rainforests are home to predators such as leopards and cougars.
Leopard
puma
An interesting species is the American tapir, somewhat reminiscent of a horse and a rhinoceros.
Tapir
Nutria can be found in reservoirs. People are hunting for this species of large rodents, because they have valuable fur.
Nutria
In the South American rainforests, you can find sloths that look like monkeys. They have fairly long and flexible limbs that cling to trees. These are slow animals, they move slowly along the branches.
Sloth
Armadillos with a powerful shell live in the forests. During the day they sleep in their burrows, and after dark they crawl out to the surface and are nocturnal.
Battleship
The anteater is a rainforest inhabitant. He moves without problems on the ground, and climbs trees, eats ants and various insects.
Ant-eater
Among the marsupial species, opossums can be found here.
opossums
Elephants and okapi, which are relatives of giraffes, live in the African rainforests.
Elephant
Okapi
Giraffe
Lemurs live in Madagascar, which are considered semi-monkeys.
Lemurs
Crocodiles live in some water bodies, among which the Nile crocodile is the most famous. In Asia, long-snouted crocodiles are known, which mainly swim in the Ganges. Its body length reaches 7 meters.
Nile crocodile
There are rhinos in the rainforests, and hippos in the waters.
Rhinoceros
Hippopotamus
In Asia, you can meet the tiger, sloth bear and Malay bear.
Malayan bear
sloth bear
rainforest birds
Many birds fly in the forests. Hoatzins, hummingbirds, and over 160 species of parrots live in South America.
Hoatzin
hummingbird
There are large populations of flamingos in Africa and America. They live near salt lakes and on sea coasts, feed on algae, worms and mollusks, and some insects.
Flamingo
There are peacocks in Asia and nearby islands.
Peacock
Wild bush chickens are found in India and the Sunda Islands.
bush hens
Insects and reptiles of the forests
There are many snakes (pythons, anacondas) and lizards (iguanas) in the rainforests.
Anaconda
Iguana
In the reservoirs there is a variety of species of amphibians and fish, among them the most famous in South America are piranhas.
Piranha
The most important inhabitants of the rainforest are ants.
Ant
Spiders, butterflies, mosquitoes and other insects also live here.
Spider
Butterfly
Mosquito
Insect
