Mr. Kemp s Class Rainforest Animals

1. Mr. Kemp�s Class Rainforest Animals

2. Poison Dart Frogby Abby Greazel The poison dart frog can have many different colors like orange, blue, yellow, and red. They can grow up to one inch long. They are carnivores and they eat ants, termites, and beetles. They live in marshes, streams, and rivers. They live in South America and some parts of Central America

3. Blue Morpho Butterflyby Aeriel D.Nelson-White It is one of the world�s largest butterflies. It has reflective blue wings with brown on the underside making it look as if it is appearing and disappearing when it flutters its wings. Some of the several varieties of food it eats are: rotting fruit, wet mud, and tree sap. It lives in the rainforests of Latin America from Mexico to Columbia.

4. Malaysian TapirBy Alex Murra It�s six feet long and has a white saddle that extends to it�s rump, the rest is black. It has a short trunk and weighs 550 to 1000 pounds. The Tapir eats branches, leaves and fruit. They live in the underbrush in the southeast Asian jungle. Because of it�s large size the only predator is human beings. They are endangered because of the loss of it�s habitat and being hunted.

5. The Ocelotby Alyce Loring The ocelot looks like a house cat but twice as big. The fur color is reddish yellow to smokey white. Females are a little smaller than the male. The ocelot eats mice, wood rats, rabbits, snakes, lizards, birds, young deers, and monkeys. Ocelots live in Central America and live on the ground but hunt in trees. Their predators are humans.

6.  The male is glittering emerald green, and his head has a wide crest of golden green. The brown buff colored female has no long tail feather. They weigh about 7 to 8 pounds.

7.  Chimpanzees grow to be about three to five feet tall. Their bodies are covered with dark hair. Also their front limbs are longer than their hind limbs. They don�t have tails. They like to eat fruits, leaves, seeds, stems, ants, bird eggs, termites and sometimes other animals. Chimpanzees mainly live in forests. They mostly spend their days in trees and sleep in tree nests at night.

8. AnacondaBy Collin O�Meara The anaconda grows up to 30 feet long. It is the biggest South American snake. It is olive green with rings or spots. It can weigh up to 550 lbs. Baby snakes are two feet long. It eats birds, small mammals, wild pigs, deer, turtles, capybara, caimans, and sometimes jaguars. It lives in tropical South America. Human are the anaconda�s predators

9. Orangutanby Conrad Donnelly The Orangutan is a large red haired ape. It has long arms and curved fingers. The males are twice as big as females. They eat mainly figs, fruits leaves, bark and insects. They live on an island called Borneo in southeast Asia. They live in the high trees of the rain forest.

10. Jaguar By: Daniel S.R. Jaguar�s grow up to 8.5 feet long and the tail can grow that big. The Jaguar eats deer, fish, turtles, wild pigs, peccaries, crocodiles and other animal�s that walk on the ground. They live in the Southwestern United States, central, rain forests, grasslands, shrubby areas and deserts. Humans hunt them for fur.

11. Gorilla by Elizabeth Goss Gorillas have hug shoulders and a broad chest with long arms and short legs and a thick bone above their eyes. When male gorillas stand they can be about 6 feet tall and weigh around 450 pounds. Females weigh half as much as males. Some Gorillas colors are brown, black, and silver. Some gorillas live in Africa, South America and Asia. Their homes are tree branches and the ground.

12. Howler Monkeyby: Emi Bergman-Corbet The Howler Monkey has a 30-36 inch body and a 30-36 inch tail. It can weigh 12-20 pounds. It has brown, black or reddish fur. The Howler Monkey eats leaves and some flowers. The Howler Monkey lives high in the trees in about every rain forest.

13. Budgie by Eric Green The Budgies are found in a large variety of colors; including green, blue, white, or yellow feathers. They stand about four inches. They have spot by their beak. It is blue but only budgies can see it. Their diet consists of seeds and fruits. Predators of the Budgie include snakes, hawks, and humans. Other facts about the Budgie are that they can talk like humans. The Budgie is not endangered.

14. Kinkajou By Hysa Rodriguez The Kinkajou has a slim body, yellow-brown fur, a round head and small ears. It is also 3 feet tall and its tail is 15 to 30 inches long. The Kinkajou eats fruit, insects and honey. The Kinkajou lives in the upper canopy of the rainforest from Mexico to Brazil.

15. Iguanaby Jesus Dejesus The iguana has sharp claws and a long tail. It is 4-6 feet long and the tail can be half there size. Iguana�s have green colored black stripers that can be other colors too. They eat fruits flowers and leaves and insects. The live in trees deserts and dry areas. They sometimes travel two miles to find the right place to make a nest. They can live to be 30 years old..

16. Squirrel Monkey by Joe Morris The Squirrel Monkey stands 14-16 inches tall, is 10-14 inches long, and the tail is 5-14 inches long. The male weighs about 33 ounces and the female weighs about 22 ounces The Squirrel Monkey eats fruits, branches and insects. They live in Central and South America, Costa Rica, and Bolivia.

17. Toucan By Johnny Roberts The Toucan are 33 inches long. The Toucan�s bill colors are blue, brown, green, red, white, yellow or mixed colors. The biggest Toucan is the Taco Toucan. Toucans eat fruit, insects, small lizards and spiders. Toucans live in holes of hollow trees. They live in South and Central America in the canopy of rain forests.

18. The Slender Lorisby Machlen Polfliet It can grow from 8-10 inches long, and weighs 10.5-12 oz. They usually have gray or silver colored fur. It eats fruit, insects, young birds, and bird eggs. They live in the tropical rainforests of Southern India and Sri-Lanka They are endangered.

19. The SlothOwen Proeller The sloth barely has any tail or ears, the sloth has a blunt nose and peg-like teeth. It has long rough fur and hook-like claws. It can grow to 2�6� and weighs 8-9 lbs. The sloth is a herbivore, that means he only eats plants, such as leaves, buds, young twigs and fruit. The sloth lives in the canopy of the rainforest.

20. Tamarin Lion Monkeyby Reagan Grieser- Yoder The Tamarin Lion Monkey has a mane of long silky fur on their head that is bright orange. They can grow up to 12 in. long and their tail is 17 in. long. They weigh up to 20 ounces. Tamarin Lion Monkeys eat fruit, insects, frogs, small lizards and the gums of a tree. (the sap) The Tamarin Lion Monkey lives in the coastal forests of Brazil. The Tamarin Lion Monkey�s predators are hawks, cats, and snakes Tamarin Lion Monkeys are in danger of extinction. Urban growth has destroyed most of their habitat.

21. Tarantula  by Sam Fast The tarantula is 10 inches across. Its fangs move from side to side and it lives from 2-28 years. There are more than 700 different kinds of species. The tarantula eats cockroaches, crickets, beetles, moths, mice, and even small birds.

22. CapybaraBy Sydney DeBoer The Capybara has red-brown, gray and yellow brown, coarse hair. A large head and blunt square muzzle. They also have a short tail and can weigh up to 120 lbs. and are three to four feet long. Capybaras eat water plants, plants from the forest floor and various fruit. The Capybara lives in South America, Panama and the Amazon. They live near wetlands, lakes, streams and rivers.