Amazon rainforest animals

Probablyno other place on Earth is more critical for human survivalthan the Amazon. Nearly the size of the continental United States, the Amazon spans nine countries (Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname), but 60% of it lies in Brazil. The Amazon rainforest is the largest remaining tropical forest on our planet. It is home to: · 1/3 of the world's species; · 1/4 of the world's · 1/5 of the world's forests; · 48 billion tons of carbon dioxide in its trees; · 200 The Brazilian Amazon is also home to 21 million people (the population of London, New York and Los Angeles combined), including 200 indigenous communities. While the Amazon rainforest is one of the most important places on Earth, it is also one of the most threatened. Brazil has already lost 20% of its rainforest to deforestation, making the country one of world’s biggest contributors to greenhouse gases and global climate change. The Nature Conservancy is working with a diverse array of partners to ensure a sustainable future for people and nature in the Amazon What the Conservancy Is Doing The Conservancy works on four main focus areas in the Amazon: • Smart infrastructure. Roads, farms, dams — development is happening throughout Brazil, including the Amazon rainforest.The Nature Conservancy is working with partners to guide sustainable development in places like the Tapajos River, one of the Amazon’s largest and most diverse tributaries. • Sustainable farming. Brazi...

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Protecting One of the Most Diverse Areas on Earth The western Amazon harbors the greatest known richness of species on the planet and offers millions of plants and animals a refuge from climate change. To stop protecting this habitat would be to turn our backs on the thousands of species who depend on a healthy forest for survival. Direct habitat protection: creating conservation areas and helping manage forest lands sustainably for the sake of wildlife Ensuring that wildlife has a place to live and strive is central to our work. We partner with local governments, individual landowners, indigenous communities, and others to create a network of protected lands in Peru and Bolivia for the purpose of conservation. We also work in the buffer zones of major conservation areas (such as national parks) to strengthen forest-friendly land management practices and protect them against external threats. Creating conservation corridors to connect vital areas for species’ survival We protect landscapes with an eye toward the big picture of connecting tracts of protected areas over time, magnifying our impact for biodiversity conservation. Our impact goes beyond the boundaries of the conservation areas we help create. We work in the vast land between conservation areas to ensure connectivity among them. In other words, we ensure animals can move across uninterrupted patches of tropical forests, which is vital for species preservation. Stopping threats to the homes of wildlife An importa...

The Amazon Rainforest is a rich, dense, tropical rainforest found in South America. It stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Andes Mountains and from the Guiana highlands in the north to the Brazilian central plateau in the South. It has the richest biodiversity of anywhere on Earth. There are over three million species of Amazon Rainforest animals that call this region home, from tiny amphibians the size of your fingernail to big cats and exotic birds. The dense vegetation of the Amazon Rainforest is made up of over 2,500 tree species, and countless species of fungi and other plants. Sadly, this incredible ecosystem is facing destruction. Logging, intensive agriculture and farming, as well as human expansion, are all contributing towards the destruction of the Amazon Rainforest, causing declines in wildlife populations. We need to start protecting this majestic rainforest before it’s too late! 1. Black-capped Squirrel Monkey © Dreamstime These cute little squirrel monkeys are just nine to 15 inches long! They are named after the black, circular patch of fur on the top of their heads that looks just like a hat. Black-capped squirrel monkeys have yellowish-green fur and white faces. They lead arboreal lives, spending their time up in the canopy away from the reach of predators. Highly social creatures, these 2. Black Caiman © Dreamstime Black caimans are the largest alligator species on Earth. They are aquatic reptiles that live in shallow, freshwater rivers, streams, an...

ലോകത്തിൽ വിവിധ ജീവികളിൽ നിന്നും കീടങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നുമേൽക്കുന്ന കുത്തിന്റെ തീവ്രത അടയാളപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന സൂചികയാണ് ഷ്മിറ്റ് പെയിൻ ഇൻഡെക്സ്. തന്റെ ജീവിതകാലം ഇതെപ്പറ്റി ഗവേഷണം നടത്തിയ എന്റമോളജിസ്റ്റ് ജസ്റ്റിൻ ഷ്മിറ്റാണ് ഈ സൂചിക തയാർ ചെയ്തത്. ഇതിൽ ഏറ്റവും മുകളിൽ വരുന്നത്, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഏറ്റവും വേദനാജനകമായ കുത്തുള്ളതായി ഷ്മിറ്റ് പറഞ്ഞിരിക്കുന്നത് ഒരിനം ഉറുമ്പുകളെയാണ്. ബുള്ളറ്റ് ഉറുമ്പുകൾ എന്നറിയപ്പെടുന്ന ഇവ ആമസോണിലാണ് താമസം. Green Heroes ആമസോണിന് കാവലാളായി ഹെലേന! കാടിനെ സംരക്ഷിക്കുന്ന പെൺകരുത്ത്, ഇവൾ ചില്ലറക്കാരിയല്ല 3000 വരെ എണ്ണമുള്ള കോളനികളിലായാണ് ബുള്ളറ്റ് ഉറുമ്പുകളുടെ താമസം. വലുപ്പമുള്ള ഉറുമ്പുകളായ ഇവയുടെ ഉറുമ്പിൻകൂട് ആക്രമിക്കാൻ തക്കം പാർത്ത് നിരവധി ജീവികൾ നടപ്പുണ്ട്. പക്ഷികൾ മുതൽ പല്ലികൾ, തവളകൾ, കുരങ്ങുകൾ എന്നിവയെല്ലാം ഇതിൽ ഉൾപ്പടും. എന്നാൽ അത്ര ആക്രണമണകാരിയായ ഒരു ജീവിയല്ല ബുള്ളറ്റ് ഉറുമ്പെന്ന് ഗവേഷകർ പറയുന്നു. തന്നെ വേട്ടയാടാൻ വരുന്ന ജീവിക്ക് താക്കീതൊക്കെ ഇതു നൽകാറുണ്ട്. ശബ്ദം വഴിയും, പ്രത്യേക ഗന്ധം പുറപ്പെടുവിച്ചും ശരീരത്തിന്റെ നിറം മാറ്റിയുമൊക്കെയാണ് ഈ താക്കീതുകൾ നൽകുന്നത്. എന്നാൽ പിന്നീടും ആക്രമിക്കുന്നവരെ ബുള്ളറ്റ് ഉറുമ്പുകൾ കൂട്ടം കൂടി ആക്രമിക്കും. എന്നാ‍ൽ ഈ ആക്രമണത്തി‍ൽ നിന്ന് മരണം സംഭവിക്കാൻ സാധ്യത വളരെ കുറവാണ്. എന്നാ‍ൽ കടിയേറ്റിടത്ത് വേദന 24 മണിക്കൂർ വരെ നിലനിൽക്കും. വേറെയും അപകടകാരികളായ ജീവികൾ ആമസോണിലുണ്ട്. ആമസോണിലെ ഏറ്റവും വലിയ വേട്ടക്കാരൻ ബ്ലാക്ക് കെയിൻമാൻ എന്നറിയപ്പെടുന്ന മുതലയാണ്. വെള്ളത്തിൽ ജീവിക്കുന്ന ആമകൾ, മീനുകൾ, പക്ഷികൾ, കരയില‍് ജീവിക്കുന്ന വിവിധ മൃഗങ്ങൾ തുടങ്ങിയവയെയൊക്കെ ഈ മുതല വേട്ടയാടും. ബനാന സ്പൈഡർ എന്നുമറിയപ്പെടുന്ന ബ്രസീലിയൻ വാണ്ടറിങ് സ്പൈഡർ മനുഷ്യർക്കറിയാവ...

✕ • Rainforests • • • • Rainforest topics • • • • • • • • • • • Rainforest news • • • • • Twitter • Facebook • instagram • email • • • • Amazon Mammals By April 1, 2019 Read more The Amazon is home to more species of plants and animals than any other terrestrial ecosystem on the planet -- perhaps 30 percent of the world's species are found there. • More than 430 species of mammal are found in the Amazon, the majority of which are bats and rodents. • The Amazon is home to the world's largest rodent, the capybara which can weigh 200 pounds (91 kg). • Two species of freshwater dolphin live in the Amazon river. • Edentates -- including • In 2013, scientists announced the discovery of Dusky Titi Monkey (Callicebus spp.) Taken by Capybara leaving water with a bird on its back Taken by Jaguar (Panthera onca) Taken by Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) Taken by Pair of tapirs in water Taken by Tayassu tajacu Taken by Common woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagotricha) Taken by Taken by Common Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus) List of selected mammals from the greater Amazon region Note: this list is not comprehensive. Some species may live outside the Amazon rainforest biome. Common name Latin name Family IUCN status Black-headed night monkey Aotus nigriceps Aotidae LC Spix's night monkey Aotus vociferans Aotidae LC Mantled howler Alouatta palliata Atelidae LC Venezuelan red howler Alouatta seniculus Atelidae LC White-fronted spider monkey Ateles belzebuth Atelidae VU Brown woolly monk...

The Amazon is a vast biome that spans eight rapidly developing countries—Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Suriname—and French Guiana, an overseas territory of France. The landscape contains • about one in 10 known species on Earth • 1.6 billion acres of dense forests, around half of the planet's remaining tropical forests • 20% of the world's liquid freshwater • 2.7 million square miles in the Amazon basin, about 40% of South America There is a clear link between the health of the Amazon and the health of the planet. The rain forests, which contain an estimated 150-200 billion tons of carbon, help stabilize the local and global climate. Deforestation releases significant amounts of this carbon, which is having negative consequences around the world. The Amazon contains millions of species, most of them still undescribed, and some of the world's most unusual wildlife. It is one of Earth's last refuges for jaguars, harpy eagles, and pink river dolphins, and home to thousands of birds and butterflies. Tree-dwelling species include southern two-toed sloths, pygmy marmosets, saddleback and emperor tamarins, and Goeldi's monkeys. The diversity of the region is staggering: • close to 50,000 plant species • about 2,400 freshwater fish species • more than 370 types of reptiles To protect these species, WWF works with local communities, partner nongovernmental organizations, corporations, and governments to ensure that deforestation and degradation of...

Just try to find two trees of the same species within a few minutes in the Amazon rainforest, and the term ‘massive biodiversity’ will take a new meaning: you keep walking across different species. Just the western part of the Amazon River Basin has the highest diversity of trees in the world 1. Many species, few specimens Tropical rainforests set records in biodiversity: anywhere between 40 to 100 species of tree can be found in a 1-hectare plot of land. Take the Cocha Cashu Biological Station in the The Amazon is home to as many as 80,000 plant species from which more than 40,000 species play a critical role in regulating the global climate and sustaining the local water cycle. richness of species is one thing, and abundance another. While there may be many species in tropical rainforests, these often exist in low numbers over large areas. Amazon plants and trees play critical roles in regulating the global climate and sustaining the local water cycle. The forests they form are home to the huge variety of animals found in the Amazon. But their greatest riches yet may be the compounds they produce, some of which are used for medicine and agriculture. For Amazon people, both indigenous and recent arrivals, plants are a food source and raw matter for non-timber forest products. A tight arms race between Amazon plants and invertebrates Because most rainforest insects feed on plants, these have had to evolve survival abilities to defend themselves. Such techniques involve sec...

Email From slithering anacondas to fluttering blue morpho butterflies, rainforests teem with life—in fact, these precious ecosystems are home to 1. Mountain gorillas are the largest living primates on earth! Along with chimpanzees, orangutan, and bonobos, they are the closest living relatives of humans, with mountain gorillas having the most developed brain of the four. They live primarily on the lush mountain sides of national parks in Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo in Central Africa.Mountain gorillas live in groups of roughly 30 members, with one dominant, male troop leader called a ‘silverback’ for the silver colorin his coat. 2. With its brilliant, iridescent blue wings, the blue morpho butterfly flutters through the rainforest canopy. The many “eyespots” on its brown underside trick predators into thinking the butterfly is a large predator. 3. The striking okapi—the closest living relative of the giraffe—lives in the dense tropical Ituri Forest of Central Africa. A master of camouflage, its striped hindquarters and brown hide helps it “disappear” into the filtered light of the forest. 4. The slow-moving sloth, weighing only eight or nine pounds, lives exclusively in trees, feeding on leaves, twigs, and fruit. It moves so slowly that its fur takes on a green tinge from the algae that grows on it. It can take a month to digest a single meal. 5. Jaguars are famous for their beautiful spotted coats, which help them hide amongst the grasses, bushes, a...