Childrens Illustrated Animal Atlas

Southeast

Asian rain forest

The Southeast Asian rain forests are some of the

oldest on Earth, and they are home to hundreds

of animal species. As the rain forests are cut down,

however, amazing animals like the Sumatran

rhinoceros become rarer and rarer.

Bornean orangutan

Fruit-eating orangutans live in trees.

They bend branches into nests to sleep

in at night. Orangutans live alone,

unlike other

great apes.

Female orchid mantises look like flowers.

Males are smaller and duller in color.

VIETNAM

CAMBODIA

LAOS

CHINA

MYANMAR

INDIA

THAILAND

MALAYSIA

Bangkok

Phnom Penh

Nay Pyi Daw

Hanoi

Putrajaya

Jakarta

Kuala Lumpur

Special skin stretched

over extra-long ribs lets

this lizard glide through

the rain forest.

This frog jumps from

tree to tree, using its

webbed feet and loose

skin like a parachute.

Its foxlike

face gives

this large fruit

bat its name.

This rare,

endangered

rain-forest

rhino has

two horns.

Gibbons sing in the

treetops every morning

to tell other gibbons

where their territory is.

This is the biggest

single flower in the

world. It smells

like rotting flesh!

Water buffalo

Common

flying dragon

Sumatran

rhinoceros

Large

flying fox

Wallace’s

flying frog

Purple

sunbird

Lar gibbon

Rafflesia

flower

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Orchid mantis
This insect disguises itself as a pink-
and-white orchid flower. When other
insects land nearby, they are caught
unaware as the mantis strikes.
The domesticated
water buffalo
is widely used to
plough paddy
(rice) fields.
Vientiane
Adult sunbirds drink
nectar with their
long, curved bills.
They feed their
chicks insects.
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