Iguana

The iguana has many scales,is green,2 meters long,and weighs 5 km.

The iguana lives in the tree tops of the Amazon forest.

Iguanas eat green beans,peas or pea pods.

Deforestation will not only destroy it's home but also destroy it's food.

Peccary

The peccary is mostly furry. It also has no tail.and it has a pig like snout. 
This animal lives on the ground where the mud is and roots.
This particular animal eats pumpkin,pear cactus and roots .
And here is how deforestation effects this animal, if they cut down the trees this effects it's food supply with rotten roots.

Coati

 

 Coatis are usually black and brown striped with spots and travel in groups of 10to20 coatis.


The coati lives in Brazil and south of the Amazon rainforest,


They eat snakes, lizards, eggs, plants, and other animals.

Deforestation gives them no home no food and no safety.

Graviola Tree

 
The graviola tree is green and as spikes all over it. The graviola tree grows in the trees of the Amazon.The graviola tree helps us because its medicine that helps with cancer. Deforestation isn't good for the tree because  then we wont have any more medicine to help cancer.

Tree Porcupine

It has lot of spikes that look like spiky fur. In a Forest in the united states and Mexico. It eats leaves, twigs, and green plants.

The Problem of Deforestation

The Amazon is decreasing at an alarming speed. In fact, experts estimate the rainforest could disappear in the next 40 years. This is a huge problem because once the Amazon is gone, we will lose all nearly 1/10th of the earth's wildlife species. Our class is looking at various species found in the Amazon and posting information about the animals and their dependency on the rainforest. We hope that you will become aware that losing the trees means losing all these magnificent plants and animals as well!