| Herbivores
by Jennifer |
Herbivores eat only oganisms that
make there own food or producers. Some herbivores are:
the Douc Languar, the Fruit Bat, and the Two Toed Sloth.
They have to watch out for carnivores because they will
eat the herbivores.
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 all pictures from:
www.animalsoftherainforest.com
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| Name |
Douc
Langur. |
| Description |
They
are 55 inches long that is including their 2 foot
long white tail. They can weigh between 15-25
pounds. |
| Habitat |
They
live in tree tops in the Amazon. |
| Diet |
The
Douc Langur eats leaves, fruits, and seeds. |
| Predators |
Their
predators are hunters and habitat destruction
like clear-cutting. |
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| Name |
The
fruit bat |
| Description |
Some
fruit bats are multicolored, they are said to
have dog like faces. They have a wing span of
three feet. |
| Habitat |
It
lives in caves and in trees that make the fruit
that they eat. |
| Diet |
It
eats most fruits but not citrus |
| Predators |
Humans
and other animals are predators to the Fruit Bat. |
|
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|
 |
| Name |
The
two toed sloth. |
| Description |
Sloths
are only 1-3 inches high. The sloth is one of the
slowest animals traveling 13 feet an hour. They
live about 12 years if they are in the wild. They
can live much longer out of the wild. |
| Habitat |
The
sloth lives in the canopy of the Amazon
rainforest. |
| Diet |
It
eats fruits, leaves, and buds. |
| Predators |
Large
cats, snakes, and eagle are the Sloths main
predators. |
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