Biodiversity of the Amazon Rainforest:
40,000 plant species, of which the majority are not found anywhere else. It is also home to more primate species anywhere in the world, possibly more insects as well. There are 1.7 million known plant and animal species on the Earth. This is only a small fraction of the many species believed to exist -- estimated to total somewhere between 10 to 12 million distinct species.
PLANTS:
-White Trillium
-Cinchona Tree
-Foxglove
-Opium Poppy
-Coca
-Buttercups
-Castor Beans
ANIMALS:
-Spider Monkey
-Golden Lion Tamarin
-Sloth
- Giant Anteater
- Ginat River Otter
-Capybara
-Amazonian Manatee
-Toucan
-Macaw
-Amazon Pink River Dolphin
-Electric Eel
40,000 plant species, of which the majority are not found anywhere else. It is also home to more primate species anywhere in the world, possibly more insects as well. There are 1.7 million known plant and animal species on the Earth. This is only a small fraction of the many species believed to exist -- estimated to total somewhere between 10 to 12 million distinct species.
PLANTS:
-White Trillium
-Cinchona Tree
-Foxglove
-Opium Poppy
-Coca
-Buttercups
-Castor Beans
ANIMALS:
-Spider Monkey
-Golden Lion Tamarin
-Sloth
- Giant Anteater
- Ginat River Otter
-Capybara
-Amazonian Manatee
-Toucan
-Macaw
-Amazon Pink River Dolphin
-Electric Eel