What are some rainforest animals and how are they adapted to their enviroment?
Animals of the rain forests are provided with a variety of habitats in the different layers of the forest trees. Some live at the top of the tallest trees while others live in the lower zones. Some animals, live on the ground level or even below the surface and so we have this vast and complex pattern of plant and animal life which has been evolving steadily for millions of years. There are two species of two-toed sloth in S. America – Hoffman’s (or Unau) found in the forested regions of northern S. America from Ecuador to Costa Rica, and (Choloepus didattylus) in Brazil. Gorillas live in the dense forest of tropical Africa where observation of their daily life becomes extremely difficult. Despite recent successful observations of the mountain gorilla in Zaire, much of their life in the wild remains a mystery. In the tropical forests of Central and South America lives the giant anteater or antbear. The antbear can be seven feet in length from its long narrow snout to its bushy tail. It
