Rainforest Animals List With Pictures, Facts: Interesting Rainforest Species
Rainforests are home to a vast number of unique species; on this page you’ll find pictures and interesting facts on iconic rainforest animals from all around the world.
Introduction
Despite covering only between 6 and 7% of the world’s land surface, rainforests are home to more than half of all the world’s animal and plant species.
In addition to the vast number of known rainforest animals, biologists estimate that there are millions of species living in rainforests that are still to be discovered!
Animals that live in the rainforest include mammals such as sloths, tapirs, jaguars, tigers, howler monkeys, spider monkeys and orangutans; reptiles such as caimans and the green anaconda; amphibians such as poison dart frogs and the red-eyed tree frog; and birds such as toucans, macaws and the …
