mammal
There are 250 species of primates in the world, 75 of which can be seen in the Amazon jungle. In the jungle, there is a howler monkey known for its loud barking, which often defends its territory with loud roars.
howler monkey
In areas with a large population of howler monkeys, competition for living space is fierce, with screams and noises. Compared with howler monkeys, squirrel monkeys, which also live in the jungle, are much quieter. Unlike howler monkeys, which feed mainly on leaves, squirrel monkeys eat mainly insects and fruits.
Squirrel monkeys
Squirrel monkeys are common animals in the jungle, and they are the most peaceful of mammals. This small primate has white circles around its eyes and a head with black soft short hairs that look very petite and cute. There is also a strange-looking bald monkey in the jungle that is in danger of extinction due to the rapid shrinking of the swamp forest in which they inhabit.
The jaguar is the largest mammal in the Amazon jungle, weighing up to 118 kilograms and reaching 2.5 meters long.
jaguar
The jaguar's fur is very beautiful, some with spots, some completely black.
Jaguar (black)
Jaguars feed on other mammals such as capybaras, monkeys, sloths, deer, etc. As a nocturnal animal, the jaguar is nocturnal and acts alone. There are currently fewer than 1,000 jaguars and black jaguars living in the wild combined. Other large wild cats that live in the Amazon jungle include endangered mountain lions, tiger cats, american bobcats, and more. There may be more chances of spotting American bobcats because they are daytime active animals.
American Bobcat
The most peculiar mammals in the jungle are sloths, who sleep 18 hours a day and like to climb from one tree to another, hanging themselves upside down on branches to sleep. Sloths feed on leaves, live on trees, and only descend to the ground about once a week for the sole purpose of defecating.
The anteaters are also a peculiar mammal in the Amazon jungle. The anteater is a reclusive animal and one of the strangest-looking animals in the world. The anteaters lay tubular snouts on the openings and crevices of the holes, easily sucking ants and termites into their mouths. They can grow up to 2.5 meters long and weigh up to 64 kg. Anteaters have large claws and can be used to protect themselves from aggression when encountering larger predators such as jaguars or mountain lions.
There are also many smaller mammals in the jungle, such as wild boars. Wild boars hunt in flocks, with a group of more than 50 wild boars. Wild boars have sharp teeth and fierce temperament, and people often regard them as ferocious beasts, in fact they usually only prey on mammals smaller than them.
There is also a smaller mammal in the jungle, the capybara, which lives between lakes and streams and is the largest rodent in the world, weighing about 68 kilograms. They resemble large guinea pigs and are herbivores.
The most common mammal in the Amazon is the pink white-tipped dolphin
White-tipped dolphin
(The white-tipped dolphin is already endangered) and the Amazon manatee.
Amazon manatee
Unlike other dolphins, the white dolphin lives in a freshwater environment, has an unusually flexible neck, can turn its head around at will, and often hunts small fish in the water in groups of three or five, and the white dolphin in the Amazon is an endangered species. The Amazon manatee is also an endangered species and is a rare species in the Amazon. This herbivorous animal usually consists of a group of 4 to 8, and they eat algae equivalent to 8% of their body weight in a day, and store food energy in the body in the form of fat.
reptiles
There are many reptiles in the Amazon jungle, among which the Amazon viper is the longest venomous snake in the world.
Giant viper
The giant pit viper lives deep in the jungle, reaching up to 3.6 meters in length, with a tan in color, the entire back is covered with a diamond pattern, poisonous fangs can grow up to 3.5 cm long, and the main prey is mammals. Giant pit vipers are quite sensitive to heat and can feel an increase in temperature of 0.0025 °C, so it is easy to spot and catch prey, spewing out a lot of venom when preying. Other snakes in the jungle include pythons and forest hoppers (also called anacondas).
Both types of snakes wrap their prey tightly around their prey and squeeze it hard to suffocate it to death.
The large carnivorous reptiles in the jungle also include crocodiles, also known as caimans, which feed on a variety of insects, fish, birds and small mammals, and their huge teeth and jaws are powerful tools for their predation. Crocodiles like to hunt at night, and darkness is more conducive to their concealment. Due to the human desire for crocodile skin and crocodile meat, caimans are already in serious endangerment.
There are also about 20 species of turtles in the jungle, some of which have lived on Earth for 158 million years, making the Amazon turtles a priority protected species. Turtles are extremely sensitive to the effects of environmental change, fishermen casting nets on river beaches, and tourist holidaymakers picking turtle eggs at will, all pose a huge threat to the survival of sea turtles.
insect
It is no exaggeration to say that there are more insects in the Amazon jungle than anywhere else in the world. Walking in the jungle, insects of different sizes and colors and different living habits make people deeply feel the magic of nature's creation.
Leaf cutter ants
Probably one of the most well-known insects, the "mushroom farm" they created is famous all over the world. Leafcutter ants are exotic insects that cut leaves from trees and other plants, use the leaves to grow mushroom fungi, and then feed the larvae with the mushrooms that grow, with adults mainly sucking the sap of the chopped leaves. About 15% of the leaves of tropical forest plants are moved by leaf-cutting ants to human nests as raw materials for cultivating mushrooms. Leaf-cutting ants are a closely organized insect society centered on queens, with worker ants made up of female ants whose main task is to reproduce offspring.
There are more than 4,000 species of cockroaches in the jungle, the vast majority of which live on bat excrement, so a large number of cockroaches can often be found in bat caves. Cockroaches come in all sizes, with the largest cockroaches covering the entire palm of a person's hand! Cockroaches, despite their "bad reputation," are in fact not contagious to the disease, and only a few are forced to breed in human habitats.
Termites are also insects that come out at night, and they are always moving en masse, endlessly nibbling on trees and building nests. Termite societies have a tight hierarchical system, consisting of ant kings, worker ants, and soldier ants. Although termites look very similar to ants, they are more similar to cockroaches in terms of kinship.
birds
Rainforest canopy canopy is a paradise for birds. More than 3,000 species of birds in the Amazon jungle make their home on rainforest canopy. Some of these birds are native to the jungle, or some are migratory birds that migrate to the warmer parts of the Amazon from November to March to spend the winter. With shrinking forests and fewer bird habitats, many species of birds are endangered.
The most striking and well-known bird in the jungle is the colorful toucan,
toucan
Colorful birds' beaks are almost half of their bodies. Although the beak of the toucan is very striking, scientists have not yet discovered any practical use for such a large beak. Toucans have no migratory habits, they live together in pairs or in small groups, feeding mainly on fruits and sometimes insects and small lizards. The birds are afraid of people, but their calls are unusually loud, and people rarely get the chance to see toucans in the wild, but their calls can be heard from a long distance.
The largest bird in the jungle is the macaw, which can grow to 88 to 127 cm long.
macaw
Macaws have gorgeous feathers, feed on fruits and nuts, and sometimes even peck at laterite, to detoxify the body, because the leaves they eat contain certain toxins. Once the macaw finds a mate, it stays with them for life and never abandons them. The bird also has a strong "communication" ability, able to mimic human language.
One is called the horned eagle
Horn carving
The Tropical Eagles are the "best hunters" in the jungle, where they prey on monkeys, sloths and other birds. The horned eagles are about 100 cm long, with short wings and large claws, which facilitates their flexible travel between trees to catch prey. The horned eagle has been listed as an endangered species.