| Name: | Red-Lored Amazon Parrot |
| Description: | They are often a green color. There are many different species os this bird, which means there are different sizes. The females will normally lay 2-8 eggs. You will most likely see them in a flock. |
| Habitat: | They are found in many different rainforests in South Anmerica, incullding the Amazon. |
| Diet: | Feeds on nuts, berries, fruit, buds, and seeds |
| Predators: | Snakes and
some animals. Sometimes humans and birds.Animals
Of The Rainforest"Red-lored
Amazon (lilacine)" Amazona autumnalis lilacina Photo courtesy © R.A. Hill |
| Name: | Fruit Bat |
| Description: | Can be multi-colored. Some are known to sleep in fruit trees. Almost prefect eyesight. Not much dependence on echolocation as other certain bats are. Two layers of skin which are very thin. |
| Habitat: | Lives in countries other than South America. Mostly in rain forest caves. Other countries include Asia, Africa, Central America and Australia. |
| Diet: | Eat almost all fruits but not cirtus ones. |
| Predators: | Mostly
humans."Tent-making
Fruit Bat" Artebius sp. Photo © Michael & Patricia Fogden/CORBIS, courtesy Ron Kalasinskas |
| Name: | Pygmy Hippopotamus |
| Description: | Wiegh 400-600 pounds and can be 5 feet long. Are very threatened by poachers. Are exellant swimmers. They can stay underwater for 5 minutes. These hippos have wonderful eyesight and hearing. Their life can be up to 35 years before they die. |
| Habitat: | Parts of Africa, brush, rivers, and rainforest. |
| Diet: | Fruit, shoots, and plants. |
| Predators: | Mostly
humans who are poachers.Animals Of The Rainforest"Pygmy Hippopotamus" Choeropsis liberiensis Photo courtesy/copyright The Edinburgh Zoo |