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It became a charity in 2024, adopting the name Amazon Rainforest Conservation Centre. [ 1 ] The collection is based around the animals of the Amazon rainforest and as such features a variety of exotic animals from South America , including Giant Anteaters , Ocelots , Armadillos , Sloths , Capybara and Tapirs .
In the animal kingdom, there is general consensus that Brazil has the highest number of both terrestrial vertebrates and invertebrates of any country in the world. [8] This high diversity of fauna can be explained in part by the sheer size of Brazil and the great variation in ecosystems such as Amazon Rainforest, Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, Pantanal, Pampas and the Caatinga.
Amazon River rain forest in Peru. Tropical rainforests are hot and wet. Mean monthly temperatures exceed 18 °C (64 °F) during all months of the year. [4] Average annual rainfall is no less than 1,680 mm (66 in) and can exceed 10 m (390 in) although it typically lies between 1,750 mm (69 in) and 3,000 mm (120 in). [5]
The largest tropical rainforest, the Amazon Rainforest covers much of northwestern Brazil and stretches into other South American countries. ... is a leafy oasis where rare animals roam and plant ...
A tropical rainforest typically has a number of layers, each with different plants and animals adapted for life in that particular area. Examples include the emergent, canopy , understory and forest floor layers.
The Amazon rainforest is a species-rich biome in which thousands of species live, including animals found nowhere else in the world. To date, there is at least 40,000 different kinds of plants, 427 kinds of mammals, 1,300 kinds of birds, 378 kinds of reptiles, more than 400 kinds of amphibians, and around 3,000 freshwater fish are living in Amazon.
The Amazon rainforest, [a] also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km 2 (2,700,000 sq mi), [ 2 ] of which 6,000,000 km 2 (2,300,000 sq mi) are covered by the rainforest . [ 3 ]
Poison dart frogs are endemic to humid, tropical environments of Central and South America. [5] These frogs are generally found in tropical rainforests , including in Bolivia , Costa Rica , Brazil , Colombia , Ecuador , Venezuela , Suriname , French Guiana , Peru , Panama , Guyana , Nicaragua , and Hawaii (introduced).