Fauna of the Amazon rainforest

The Amazon rainforest is a species-rich biome in which thousands of species live, including animals found nowhere else in the world. To date, there is at least 40,000 different kinds of plants, 427 kinds of mammals, 1,300 kinds of birds, 378 kinds of reptiles, more than 400 kinds of amphibians, and around 3,000 freshwater fish are living in Amazon.[1][2]

The Amazon river dolphin is a species endemic to the Amazon

The Amazon rainforest covers 6.7 million square kilometre, accounting for over 40% of the planet's remaining tropical forests.[3] Since 2000, rainfall has declined across 69% of the Amazon. The WWF estimates that 27% Amazon will be without trees if deforestation continues at its current rate.[4]


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