Animals of the rain forests are provided with
a variety of habitats in the different layers of
the trees.
Layers of the forest
Emergent layer
Harpy eagles, sparrowhawks, pygmy
gliders, lesser dawn and lots more.
Canopy layer
Insects, birds, monkeys, frogs and sloths.
Understory layer
Insects, bees, stick insects, bullet ants,
beetles and butterflies.
Forest floor
Insects, jaguars, agouti, gorillas,
leopards, tigers and lots more.
Two-toed sloth
 Two-toed Sloth: Choloepus Hoffmanni-Central &
South America.
 There are two species of two-toed sloth in S. AmericaHoffman’s (or Unau) found in forested regions of
northern S. America from Ecuador to Costa Rica,
Linnaeus (Choloepus didattylus) in Brazil.
What layer does a sloth habitat on
Canopy layer
Mountain Gorillas
 Gorilla gorilla-Central west Africa
 Gorillas live in the dense forest of tropical Africa where
observation of their daily life becomes extremely
difficult.
 Despite recent successfully observations of the
mountain gorilla in Zaire, much of their life in the wild
remains mystery.
 Gorillas in spite of their-self eat leaves.
No! It is a herbivore.
Is a gorilla a carnivore?
Dodo Bird
 The dodo bird disappeared so quickly off the face of
the earth, 3000 years ago, that it has become the poster
bird for extinction: “as dead as a dodo”.
 As sudden and swift as the Dodo’s demise was, though,
this unfortunate bird holds important lessons for
endangered animals that are just barely avoiding
extinction in the present day.
When was a dodo bird extincted?
3000 years ago
Sabre tooth tiger
 The name sabre tooth tiger is a little bit misleading.
 This prehistoric mammal has another name and t is
called Smilodon.
 In the olden days, people used to say that there was no
sabre tooth because say it was just a legendary.
What is another name for a sabre tooth tiger?
Smilodon
Black rhinos
 Us humans wanted to kill the rhinos to se it’s horn for
medicine.
 The northern white rhino shows exactly what can
happen when poaching is left unchecked.
Why do they want the rhinos horn?
For medicine
Elegant frog
 Elegant frogs are amphibians by the order Anura
 The species is often located in Australian
rainforests at high elevtions.
What habitat does a frog come in?
An amphibian
What you have learnt
Today you have been learning about animals in the
rainforest that have been extinct e.g. like this dead
orinoco crocodile.
What have you learnt today?
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING!
Thank you for watching. I hope you enjoyed it.
By
Mia Godfrey