Download Rainforests - Marwell Zoo

Rainforests
Rainforest Animals at Marwell Zoo.
The following sheets contain large images of some of the rainforest animals that can
be seen on a visit to Marwell Zoo. The children can find and identify the different
species and then think about which layer of the rainforest the animal is from. There is
a ‘layers of the forest’ picture to aid with this.
Each animal picture is accompanied by additional information on the reverse of the
image when printed double sided.
Okapi
Which layer?
Forest floor
Okapi come from the rainforests of central Africa. They are closely
related to giraffes.
Okapi eat leaves, grasses, fruits and fungi.
Western black and white colobus monkey
Which layer?
Canopy
Western black and white colobus monkeys come from western
Africa.
Western black and white colobus monkeys mainly eat leaves but
will also eat fruit, flowers and woody twigs.
Ring-tailed coati
Which layer?
Forest floor
+
Understorey
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Canopy
Ring-tailed coatis come from South America.
The coati is an omnivore and eats a variety of fruit and
invertebrates, including insects, spiders, scorpions, crabs,
centipedes and millipedes. They eat tarantulas after rolling them
around to remove their irritating hairs.
Black and white ruffed lemur
Which layer?
Canopy
Black and white ruffed lemurs come from Madagascar.
Black and white ruffed lemurs eat fruit, seeds, leaves and nectar.
Ocelot
Which layer?
Forest floor
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Understorey
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Canopy
Ocelots come from South and Central America.
Ocelots are good swimmers and climbers. Most hunting and
travelling takes place on the ground but they often rest up in the
trees. They eat a variety of small mammals, birds and reptiles
(including iguanas, tortoises and snakes), as well as fish and also
land crabs. Larger prey, such as armadillos, monkeys and deer are
also an important part of the ocelot diet.
Pygmy hippo
Which layer?
Forest floor
Pygmy hippopotamus come from Africa.
The pygmy hippo spends the day in water, and comes out at
night to feed on fruits, leaves, roots and grasses.
Siamang gibbon
Which layer?
Canopy
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Emergent
Siamang gibbons come from Malaysia and Sumatra.
Siamang gibbons eat fruit and leaves, and sometimes insects and
flowers. Up to half of the siamang’s diet consists of fruit, with figs
being especially important.
Rainforest Floor
Understorey
Madagascar tree boa
Beaded lizard
Tokay gecko
Canopy
Black and white ruffed
lemur
Tamarins
Ring-tailed coati (Forages on the ground, but also climbs trees to look for fruit)
Bongo
Green and black poison
dart frog
Sulawesi crested macaque
(also forages on the
rainforest floor during the
day)
Ocelot (can climb trees)
Okapi
Giant anteater
Collared peccary
Pygmy hippo
Lowland anoa
Brazilian tapir
Congo buffalo
Jungle nymph
Siamang gibbon
Western black and white
colobus monkey
Forest floor
Understorey
Canopy
Emergent