Childrens Illustrated Animal Atlas

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

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Red howler monkey
Red howlers live up to their name.
They are the loudest animals on
land, and their howls can be heard
3 miles (5 km) away!

Jaguar
Jaguars are so good at hiding that
scientists don’t know how many exist
in the wild. They are found throughout
Central America and
the northern
half of South
America.

Red-bellied
piranha

Electric
eel

Tocos are the
largest type of
toucan. They use
their big bills to
pick and peel fruit.

Razor-sharp teeth make
piranhas fierce-looking
predators, but insects
and fish are their
usual foods.

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Location
Most of the Amazon is
found in Brazil, but it
extends into eight other
countries. It is very hot and
wet—it rains more than
200 days a year here.

Red howler monkeys eat


leaves and fruit.


Emerald
tree boa

Baby emerald
tree boas are red
or orange. They
change to green
as they grow up.

Related to raccoons,
coatis travel in
groups of up to
65 individuals.

Ring-tailed
coati
Army ant

Army ants form
“swarm raids”
of over 200,000
individuals, which
kill any creature that
can’t move away.

Harpy eagle

Found from Mexico to
the top of Argentina,
the harpy eagle has
talons longer than a
grizzly bear’s claws.

Goliath
birdeater

The heaviest spider in
the world, this tarantula
actually rarely eats
birds. It prefers insects
or earthworms.

This giant blue
butterfly has
a wingspan of
5–8 in (13–20 cm).


Brasília

To c o
toucan

This long, snakelike
fish has special
organs that give an
electric shock to prey.

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