Rainforest Animals
I. Mammals
Mammals are warm-blooded, have a vertebrae and a four-chambered heart. They also have hair, in which covers the skin. Also, all mothers produce milk for nourishing their young; milk is produced by mammary glands. Mammals range from an inch and a half (bumble bee bat) to 108 feet (blue whale).
A. Bengal Tiger
B. Gorilla
II. Reptiles
All reptiles are cold-blooded and lay eggs. They are covered in leathery, like skin, such as, horny plates or scales. Reptiles are able to breathe by means of lungs. This group of animals transport by slivering, crawling, and creeping.
A. Boa Constrictor
B. Anaconda
III. Amphibians
Amphibians are cold-blooded animals that have smooth skin. They hatch an aquatic larva to produce their young. When amphibians hatch, they transform and have gills. After full development, amphibians are capable of living on land or water and have both gills and lungs.
A. Poison dart Frog
B. Red-eyed tree Frog
IV. Arthropods
Arthropods can be found in every environment; land, trees, water, and the ground. Arthropods have an exoskeleton and segmented bodies, as well as jointed appendages. Arthropods happen to be the largest animal group. This group consists of: insects, arachnids, and crustaceans. All arthropods have six or more legs.
A. Blue Morpho Butterfly
B. Leafcutter Ant
V. Birds
Birds are bipedal, meaning they have two feet. All birds are warm-blooded and lay eggs. All birds have feathers, as well as wings to help them fly. Birds can range from 2 inches to 9 feet tall.
A. Parrot
B. Toucan
1. This bird lives in holes of hollow trees.
2. Toucans
are located in Central and South America in
tropical and sub-tropical rainforests.
***Activities***
- Color sheets to remember the colors of the animals
- Make an ant farm
- Guess the Rainforest animal sound
- Bingo
- Create paper plate animals
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