Overview of the rainforest in Brazil. The forest and the Amazon is characterized by a special biodiversity.
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Tamarins live in southeastern Brazil. They are diurnal. They sleep in tree holes or in the jungle.
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The Toco Toucan also lives in southeastern Brazil. This Toucan is the only one living in a semi-open terrain.
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This parrot lives in many places in South America. They live in tree caves and need a dense tree population.
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The iguana is diurnal and lives primarily arboreal. They prefer a dense vegetation in wetlands. Thats why they live in the Pantanal one of the largest inland wetlands in the world.
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The flooding areas of the Rio Solimoes (upper Amazon) is often only accessible by boat. Flooded soils are eutrophic.
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The Amazon river dolphin lives in the tributaries of the Amazon. Fishing nets, as well as water pollution and dams threaten the existence of freshwater dolphins.
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The caiman lives also in Pantanal, the huge wetland in western Brazil.
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In Pantanal, the giant water lily floating on the water surface. This species appear only in South America.
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