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The wildlife of Brazil comprises all naturally occurring animals, plants, and fungi in the South American country. Home to 60% of the Amazon Rainforest , which accounts for approximately one-tenth of all species in the world, [ 1 ] Brazil is considered to have the greatest biodiversity of any country on the planet.
Brazil has the largest mammal diversity in the world, with more than 600 described species and more likely to be discovered. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature , 66 of these species are endangered, and 40% of the threatened taxa belong to the primate group.
Brazil, [b] officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, [c] is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America. It is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh largest by population, with over 203 million people. Brazil is a federation composed of 26 states and a Federal District, which hosts the capital ...
The rufous-bellied thrush is the national bird of Brazil. Brazil has one of the richest bird diversities in the world. The avifauna of Brazil include a total of 1860 confirmed species of which 238 are endemic. Five have been introduced by humans, 93 are rare or vagrants, and seven are known or thought to be extinct or extirpated. An additional ...
T.C.S. Avila-Pires, Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Until now (November 2011) there are 732 recognized reptile species that naturally occur and reproduce in Brazil: 36 turtles, 6 alligators, 248 lizards, 67 amphisbaenas, and 375 snakes.
A Brazilian scientist has identified fossils of a small crocodile-like reptile that lived during the Triassic Period several million years before the first dinosaurs. The fossils of the predator ...
Animals in Brazil (2 C) E. Endemic fauna of Brazil (7 C, 19 P) Extinct animals of Brazil (13 P) F. Fauna of Brazil by ecoregion (5 C) I. Invertebrates of Brazil (5 C ...
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -The Brazilian state of Parana, the country's biggest poultry producer, said on Tuesday it has declared an animal health emergency due to the detection of avian flu cases in ...