Rainforest Animals List And Facts

List of Rare Rainforest Animals.

Rainforest animals list and facts. Tropical rainforests are located in Central and South America Africa Asia and Australia. Rainforest animals may inhabit the tropical rainforest which receives at least 66 inches of rain a year and has monthly temperatures of at least 64 degrees Fahrenheit at times much greater. Other Rainforest animals featured at Animal Corner.

Arthropods in rainforest. The brown throated three-toed sloth is probably the ultimate rainforest animal. Rainforests are believed to be the oldest ecosystems of our planet owing to their immense biodiversity.

One of the most interesting facts about the rainforest is the fact that there is an abundance of animal species living there. Rainforest Animals A-Z. Animal Location Golden Lion Tamarin New World Monkeys King Cobra Venomous Snakes Black Caiman Reptiles Duck Billed Platypus Venomous Mammals Gorilla Wildlife Iguanas Galapagos Wildlife Manatee Marine Rhinoceros Beetle Insects and Bugs Sumatran Rhinoceros Wildlife.

They spend about 98 of their lives high up in the rainforest canopy and only go down to the forest floor to relieve themselves - about once a week. They eat the other insects that they find in the forest. This animal has fur covered with green algae which is perfect camouflage in the forest canopy.

Rainforest plants such as large trees beautiful orchids strange-looking flowers and tasty fruits just add to the rainforest biome. Rainforest mammals may include primates wildcats and tapirs and there are also numerous reptiles including snakes turtles and lizards. The notable type of ants in the rainforest is the army ants.

They always march in line to hunt for foods. It is so because the trees above provide shelter from the wind and rainfall. Amphibians such as poison dart frogs and the red-eyed tree frog.