Tropical Rainforest Animals And Plants
A rainforest is a lovely place due to its abundance of plants and animals.
Tropical rainforest animals and plants. Half of all the animal and plant species known to man live within the tropical region. Epiphytes are plants that live on other plants. A tropical rainforest gets more than 60 inches.
The animals use the tall trees for shelter hiding places from their predators and as a source of food. Gorillas live in the tropical forests of Africa on either side of Congo river while orangutans are restricted to the forests of Borneo and Sumatra. Sep 1 2016 - Explore Sandee Dusbibers board Animals and plants that live in the rainforests followed by 176 people on Pinterest.
Other primates include the orangutan spider monkey squirrel monkey black and red. Some unique species of plants found in tropical rainforests are orchids epiphytes amazon water lily silky oak bromeliads and so on. Among the mammals the largest predators include jaguar and cougar.
Tropical rainforests such as the Amazon Rainforest in South America Daintree Rainforest in Australia and the Congo Rainforest in Africa are home to an incredible number of plants. See more ideas about rainforest rainforest animals animals. Rainforest plants such as large trees beautiful orchids strange-looking flowers and tasty fruits just add to the rainforest biome.
Tropical rainforests form a lush green band around the equator between the two latitudinal lines of the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. The average temperature of the tropical rainforest is usually no higher than 93ºF and falls no lower than 68ºF. The scientific named for the poison dart frog is Dendrobatidae.
Some of the birds of rainforest Insects of tropical rainforests. Epiphytes are plants that live on other plants. Tropical Rainforest Animals Tropical Rainforests house living organisms more than any other biome in the world.