Amazon Animals

The Amazon is considerably one of the places with a rich flora and fauna in the world. Due to the vastness of the rain forest, and the resources that could be gathered from the Amazon River, the Amazon has become one of the earth’s sources of pride when it comes to having a rich biodiversity. But despite having the rich biodiversity, Amazon still has problems with some species of animals since their numbers are slowly dwindling down. Somehow, there are still species of animals in the Amazon that made it to the list of endangered animals. Although the rainforest of the Amazon is a very suitable ground for different species of animals to reproduce, the population of some animals still continually decreases somehow. There different reasons why some of the animals from Amazon happened to make it to the list of endangered animals. Some animals have lost their habitat; some are being poached by hunters; But most commonly, the declining population certain animals in the Amazon has been attributed to man’s doings. Listed below are the endangered animals from the Amazon.
Golden Lion Tamarins
The golden lion tamarins is a variant species of monkey that has an orange color. Unlike the typical monkeys, the golden lion tamarins are very small. These type of monkeys have an average weight of around 3 pounds. Usually, golden lion tamarins wander around the Amazon rainforest in packs of around 2-9 other golden lion tamarins. They live inside holes of big and hollow threes. The diet of the golden lion tamarins would include fruites, insects, and lizards. These monkey relatives have been included in the list of endangered animals as its population drastically declined due to the destruction of their habitat.

Three-toed Sloths
The three-toed sloth is a furry creature that could somehow be considered as distant relative of monkeys. From its name sloth itself, the creature spends most of its time sleeping while hanging on the branch of trees. Typically, its suitable habitat is the rainforest wherein the temperature is temperate. This number of the three-toed sloths is continually decreasing over the years since their habitat is being destroyed by loggers.
Hyacinth Macaws
These birds are typically in the family of parrots. These macaws would have different colors but usually, their color is blue. These parrots live on nests on treetops. The number of the hyacinth macaws though is decreasing due to the destruction of their forest habitat.

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