Billions of animals, birds, and insects live in the tropical rainforest. Why do living things love to live in this environment? It is because they can find all the food they need to live. They can also find the kind of habitat they need to make a safe home and raise their young.

Here are a few animals and insects from the tropical rainforest.

MAMMALS Bats Chimpanzee Jaguar Lemur Leopard Mice Opossum Sloth Squirrel

REPTILES Lizard Snake Turtle

AMPHIBIANS Frog Salamander

BIRDS Bird of Paradise Cockatoo Eagle Hummingbird Macaw Parrot Peacock Toucan

INSECTS Ant Beetle Butterfly Snail Spider Termite

Animals and insects live in all the layers of the rainforest. Some prefer the emergent layer, some the canopy. Others thrive in the understory, or the forest floor.


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