Rainforest Animals Adaptations List

Some of these animals find most or all of their food high in the trees of the canopy so that they will rarely if ever need to go to the rainforest floor.

Rainforest animals adaptations list. The canopy tallest tress in the rainforest can release 200 gallons of water each year into the atmosphere. Rainforest animals include mammals such as sloths tapirs jaguars tigers howler monkeys spider monkeys and orangutans. Jaguars usually hunt alone and use the height of the trees to narrow down their targets and attack them.

Animals in tropical rainforests can be as diverse as exotic birds colorful frogs large insects and large cats. And birds such as toucans macaws and the harpy eagle. A collaborative activity in groups of four pupils on how animals are adapted to live in the rainforest.

The jaguar is a deadly predator and can crush the skull of an animal with its bite. The prehensile tail plays the role of fifth arm and is often used for balance or just hang out. One is used with a rainforest video which can be used with videos from YouTube.

Animals of the rain forests are provided with a variety of habitats in the different layers of the forest trees. Despite the rich vegetation and animal life found in the rainforest many adaptations have had to occur to allow these species to remain alive. Starting with looking at photographs and discussing any adaptations they can see pupils then gather adaptation information from fact sheets around the room and return to their groups to share their findings.

Amphibians such as poison dart frogs and the red-eyed tree frog. Our family of Goeldis Monkeys are another rainforest specialist. Two-toed sloths are nocturnal which enables them to avoid diurnal or active during the day predators by sleeping during the day.

Glass Frogs family Centrolenidae Unusual animals. Reptiles such as caimans and the green anaconda. Like their cousins in the deciduous forest temperate rain forest animals must spend much of the warm seasons preparing for winter.