1. By: Heather Catalanatto
The Rainforest
By:
Heather Catalanatto

2. What lives in the Rainforest?
Rainforests are populated with insects, arachnids, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals
There are also several species of plant life that thrive here

3. Insects and arachnids
Most of the animal species found in the rainforest are insects
Some include butterflies, beetles, grasshoppers, and caterpillars
Arachnids that live in the rainforest include scorpions, spiders, and tarantulas

4. Insects

5. Arachnids

6. Reptiles and Amphibians
Tropical rainforests are home to a huge diversity of reptiles and amphibians
Some reptiles are snakes, lizards, turtles, and crocodiles
Some amphibians include frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians.
These are found in virtually all rainforest habitats, ranging from the high canopy to streams and creeks.
Many of these are endangered species

7. Reptiles

8. Amphibians

9. Birds -Tropical rainforests are home to many kinds of birds
- Some include parrots, hornbills, toucans, and raptors like eagles, hawks, and vultures. -Some migratory birds live in rainforests during the winter and return to cooler regions during the spring and summer.
Some of the migratory birds travel to the United States , and Central America
Many of these birds are on the endangered species list

10. Birds

11. Mammals
Tropical rainforests are home to many kinds of mammals ranging in size
The large mammals include jungle cats like: tigers, jaguars, and leopards
Primates in the rainforest include monkeys and apes
Most rainforest mammals are small, nocturnal, and inconspicuous some are bats and rodents
Even though we think of the large mammals when we think of the rainforest the small mammals are the most abundant
As with most of the creatures in the rainforest most of the mammals are on the endangered species list

13. Plant Life Plant life is extremely abundant in the Rainforest
Most modern medicine is derived from Rainforest plants
Some include the blue gum, the bromeliad, ferns, banana and cacao trees, ginger, orchids, the passion flower, plumerias, and rubber trees
The plants here contribute to most of the worlds oxygen supply

14. Climate The Rainforest climate is very humid and warm all year round.
It is part of the tropical moist climate zone.
The average rainfall is anywhere from 100 to 260 inches a year.
The average daily temperature is about 77 degree Fahrenheit.

15. Location
The Rainforest is located near the Earths equator, it covers only six percent of the Earth, but is home to more species of plants and animals than anywhere else in the world.
There are Rainforests in Central America, Africa, the Amazon, Australia, and Southern Asia.
Rainforest are only found in a specific part of the world
They are located anywhere from the Tropic of Capricorn south of the equator to the Tropic of Cancer which is north of the equator.

16. Locations of the Rainforests

17. Resources www.rainforestanimals.net www.Blueplanetbiomes.org

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