What Animals Live In The Rainforest

The tropical rain forest consists on less than 6 % of the surface of earth and according to the scientists at least half of the animal species of this world live in it. There are million of animal species living in rain forest including mammals, reptiles, insects, birds and amphibians. Well! The scientists are not able to count all species in rainforest. They discovered a lot of new rainforest species and most of them are insects. So it is very difficult to answer that what animals live in the rainforest and science will need many decades to answer it completely. Science already knows a lot of rainforest animals, birds and insects. The rainforest in world contain dense, dark and tall trees near the equator of earth that receive more than 50 inches of rain every year. Tropical rain forests are present in northern half of South America, Central America, Equatorial Africa and from Southern Asia across the South Pacific islands to the northern area of Australia.

Animals live in different rain forests from all over the world evolved thousand of miles with each other. Hence they vary from one continent to another and from one forest to another forest. All rainforest habitats and species are quite similar with each other living in different forests. They are alike in many ways even after living far away from each others. For example, all boast breathtaking bird species and bird species in many tropical rainforests have parrots. Parrots are number of bird species of huge macaws in South American forests and many Central America forest while the African rainforests are permanent home of these parrots including African grey which is very popular due to its beautiful mimic sounds including the human speech. South Pacific Island, Asian and Australian rainforests are home for cockatiels and cockatoos. What animals live in the rainforest? Usually there is two of big cat or species that lives by capturing and eating the other animals in forest. In tropical Central and South America rainforests, ecological niche is covered with the cougar and the jaguar. African rainforests are occupied by the leopards. Southern Asian rainforests are ruled by the leopards as well as tigers. Poisonous snakes present in all tropical rain forest, coral snakes and bushmasters lives in Central America and Central America rainforests. Cobra snakes live in both Asia and Africa rainforest. Many tropical rainforests are home for number of primate species from myriad monkeys of South America such as howler monkeys and spider monkeys to monkeys and apes of Africa including gorillas, bonobos and chimpanzees to monkeys and great apes of South Asia.