Tropical+Rainforest+Facts



Welcome to Tropical Rainforest Facts by Dishant and Rachel Here we will provide infomation on the Kingdoms in the Tropical Rainforest. First we'll start with Mononera. Moneran are single celled organism that often live in chains or clusters of cells. The Monera has no nucleus. The major groups in the Monera Kingdom include bacteria and cyanobacteria. //Anabaena spharaerica// ia an example of cyanobacteria. //Ababaena spharaerica// is found in fresh water. It is responsible for the green scum found in pounds of streams. Other cyanobacteria are the foodproducing organisms found in lichen. Bacteria are found in almost every habitat. It is also found in your body causing disease. **//Escherichia coli//** is the genus and speices name for bacteria found in warm blooded animals. The second Kingdom the Protist kingdom. These organisms are more complex than the monera. The Protist kingdom, unlike the Monera kingdom, have much larger cells and also contain nuclei and other organalls. This a picture of a paramecium(top). The scientific name for it is                        //Paramecium aurelia. The protists are found// in fresh water and are especially common in scums. Paramecium are atracted by acidic conditions. This is a picture of an amoeba(bottom). This protist is animal like. The scientific name for this protist is //Amoeba proteus.// These creatures are found in oceans, salt swamps, salty rivers and ponds. Protists can also live in hazardous environments.

**__Fungus Kingdom__** Now were on to the fungus kingdom. These are more complex than the moneran and protist kingdoms. They are multi-celled. Most Fungi are also visible unlike the protists and the moneran. Also, Fungi obsorb nutrients and do not have chlrophyl. This is an example of an ink //Coprinus comatus// which has fruiting bodies which appear like a mass of tiny umbrellas (with a diameter of less than 2cm). here it is growing on the broken tap root of an uprooted tree. The matured caps of this type of fungus dissolve into a "gooey" black mass containing the spores.
 * __ Ink Cap Fungus  __**

**Parsol Fungus** Shaped like tiny umbrellas of a half-centimetre across, these mushrooms are found in leaf litter. They have a leathery texture, and the long, thin stalks are also tough and wiry. The species shown here (//Marasmius// //alliaceus//) grows on dead leaves. Like other fungi in the tropical rainforest, //Marasmius// spp. are efficient decomposers recycling nutrients in dead leaves. __** Plant Kingdom **__ Now we move on to the plant kingdom,these organisms are more complex and multi celled.Also, plants make there own food by absorbing there nutrients from the sun and soil called photosythesis. The cells contain chlorophyl and organelles. Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom **Plantae**. They include familiar organisms such as trees, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae.
 * __Liverwort__**

Lunularia cruciata-a thallose liverwort Scientific Classifcaation For Lunulariaceae Kingdom-Plantae Division-Marchantiohyta Class-Marchantiopsida Family-Lunulariaceae Genus-Lunularia Speceis-cruciata


 * //Staghorn fern//**



Staghorns are tropical plants native to the Philippines, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Australia, Madagascar, Africa and America. In their native habitat they thrive, generally found growing on tree trunks, branches, or rocks. Tropical rains provide moisture and wash nutrients into the root area. The Classifacation for the Staghorn Fern Kingdom-Plantae(Plants) Division-Pteridophyta(Ferns) Class-Filicopsida Order-Polypodiales Family- Polypokiaceae(Polypody family) Genus- Platycerium Species- superbum (staghorn fern)
 * __    Moss     __**

This Moss grows on rocks in groupings with other mosses Kingdom: Plantae Division: Bryophyta Division: Bryopsida class: Dicranidae Order: Grimmiales Family: Grimmiaceae Genus: //Grimmia// Species:       **// pulvinata //

__Feild Horsetail__** lives mostly in wet places (swamps, marshes, murkey soil) like the fern it also has a vascular system. Kingdom: Plantae          Division: Sphenophyta           Class: Equisetopsida           Order: Equisetales           Family: Equisetaceae           Genus: Equisetum           Species: arvense

__**Mango Tree**__ The mango is indigenous to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia in many tropical regions

Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class:Magnoliopsida Order: Sapindales Family: Anacardiaceae Genus: Mangifera Species: altissima Blanco  Whisk ferns like the warm weather of the tropics and subtropics. They are native to the southeastern region of the United States, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. In the United States, whisk ferns can be found in swamplands and dry rocky cliffs from North Carolina to Oklahoma. Whisk Ferns form large clumps in crooks and nannies of trees and are occasionally terrestrial in moist hammocks and well-mulched flower beds.

Kingdom: Plantae Division: Psilophyta Class: Psilopsida Order: Psilotales Family: Psilotaceae Genus: Psilotum Species Nudum

__**Hornwort**__ Hornworts may be found world-wide, though they tend to grow only in places that are damp or humid. Some species grow in large numbers as tiny weeds in the soil of gardens and fields.

Kingdom: Plantae Division: Anthocerotophyta Class: Anthocerotopsida Order: Anthocerotales Family: Anthocerotaceae Genus: Phaeoceros Species: laevis

Diet-top canopy of trees(leaves, staghorn fern), epiphytes, fruits Herbavor __Gorilla Classification__ Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Homimidae Gernus: Gorilla Species: Bwindi Gorillas have no scientifec name



Diet- nuts,fruit, Flowers,leaves, and buds Habitat: argentenia, Bolivia, Brazil, puarguay Herbavore Kingdom:Animalia Phylum:Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Atelidae Genus: Aloutta Species: Caraya

Carnivore Diet-howler monkeys, sloths, opposms, large reptiles(iguanas), large rodents, other birds Habitat: found in tropical lowlands from the southeastern Mezico to northern Arginteina to southern Brazil Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves (birds) Order : Falconiformes Family: Accipitridae Genus: Harpia Species: harpyja



Brazilian jaguar}- Diet-- Howler mokeys, Medium sized bird, deer, capybara, tapirs, peccaries, dogs, foxes, and sometimes even anacondas and caiman. However, the cat will eat any small species that can be caught, including frogs, mice, birds, fish, sloths, monkeys, turtles


 * Kingdom: || Animalia  ||
 * Phylum: || Chordata  ||
 * Class: || Mammalia  ||
 * Order: || Carnivora  ||
 * Family: || Felidae  ||
 * Genus: || // Panthera  // ||
 * Species: || //**onca**// ||




 * Kingdom: || Animalia  ||
 * Phylum: || Chordata  ||
 * Class: || Reptilia  ||
 * Order: || Squamata  ||
 * Suborder: || Serpentes  ||
 * Family: || Boidae  ||
 * Subfamily: || Boinae  ||
 * Genus: || // Eunectes // ||
 * Species: || //**notaeus**// ||

Prefers mostly aquatic habitats including swamps, marshes, and brush covered banks of slow moving rivers and streams They have also been known to prey on fish, turtles, small-sized caimans, lizards, birds eggs, small mammals and fish carrion

Habitat: found in forests, but also in medows and poorly maintained pastures Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Acari Family: Ixodidea Genus: Ixodes species: //ricinus// Orange-winged Amazon  

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: chordata Class: Aves Order: Psittaiformes Family: Psittacidae Genus: Amazona species: amazonica Diet: Seeds, nuts, fruits, and berries, flowers, and buds. Habitat: Wet forest, swamps, in canopy of trees 

Green Iguana Omnivores Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Squamata Family: Iguanidae Genus: Iguana Species: iguana **Habitat:** Iguanas live in tropical rainforest areas, generally in lower altitudes in areas near water sources, such as rivers or streams. They spend most of their time high in the forest **Diet:** Green iguanas are Omnivores so they eat both plants and meat. They tend to eat mostly plants, though, especially leaves and fruits. Sometimes green iguanas (especially young ones) will eat eggs, insects, and small vertebrates. Carnivore Kingdom: animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: hylidae Genus: Litoria Speccies: gracilenta Habitat: May be found on floating vegetations, on reeds in swamps and streams or in shrub or tree foliage along rivers //**Diet:**// Mainly insects and other arthropods.

Carnivore Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Hylidae Genus: Litoria Species: genimaculata
 * Habitat**:Found in the rainforest, close to streams and seepages associated with damp mosses and lichens.
 * Diet**: insects

Found almost everywhere especially on low forest plats. their diet primarily consists of small invertebrates, large mantises have been observed eating small vertebrates such as lizards , mice , snakes , and small birds such as hummingbirds. This Insect is strictly a carnivore.




 * Kingdom: || Animalia  ||
 * Phylum: || Arthropoda  ||
 * Class: || Insecta  ||
 * Order: || Mantodea  ||
 * Family: || Mantidae  ||
 * Genus: || // Tenodera // ||
 * Species: || //sinensis// ||

Grasshoppers are arthropods that are herbivores and their diet maily consists of grasses,leaves It lives by large rocks.

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 * ~ //Romalea guttata// ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Grasshopper_2.JPG/240px-Grasshopper_2.JPG width="240" height="160"]]
 * ~ Scientific classification ||
 * || Kingdom: || Animalia  ||
 * Phylum: || Arthropoda  ||
 * Class: || Insecta  ||
 * Order: || Orthoptera  ||
 * Family: || Romaleidae  ||
 * Genus: || // Romalea // ||
 * Species: || //**guttata**// ||  ||


 * ~ Turtle ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Florida_Redbelly_Turtle_KSC00pp0306.jpg/240px-Florida_Redbelly_Turtle_KSC00pp0306.jpg width="240" height="162" align="center" caption="Florida Redbelly Turtle Pseudemys nelsoni"]]

Florida Redbelly Turtle Pseudemys nelsoni ||
 * ~ Scientific classification ||
 * || Kingdom: || Animalia ||
 * Phylum: || Chordata ||
 * Class: || Sauropsida ||
 * Order: || Testudines ||  ||


 * ~ Common Chameleon ||
 * = [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Gew%C3%B6hnliches_Cham%C3%A4leon.jpg/180px-Gew%C3%B6hnliches_Cham%C3%A4leon.jpg width="180" height="135" align="center"]]

|| || fish, amphibians, reptiles, and water birds. Older animals are capable of taking larger, mammalian prey (e.g. wild pigs).
 * ~ Scientific classification ||
 * =  || Kingdom: ||  Animalia  ||
 * = Phylum: || Chordata  ||
 * = Class: || Reptilia  ||
 * = Order: || Squamata  ||
 * = Suborder: || Sauria  ||
 * = Family: || Chamaeleonidae  ||
 * = Genus: || // Chamaeleo // ||
 * = Species: || //**chamaeleon**// ||  ||
 * ~ Collared Aracari ||
 * = [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Pteroglossus-torquatus-001.jpg/256px-Pteroglossus-torquatus-001.jpg width="256" height="160" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pteroglossus-torquatus-001.jpg"]]
 * ~ Scientific classification ||
 * =  || Kingdom: || Animalia ||
 * = Phylum: || Chordata ||
 * = Class: || Aves ||
 * = Order: || Piciformes ||
 * = Family: || Ramphastidae ||
 * = Genus: || //Pteroglossus// ||
 * = Species: || // **torquatus** // ||  ||
 * = Species: || // **torquatus** // ||  ||


 * ~ Spectacled Caiman ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Caiman_crocodylus_crocodylus.jpg/220px-Caiman_crocodylus_crocodylus.jpg width="220" height="74" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Caiman_crocodylus_crocodylus.jpg"]] ||
 * Kingdom: || Animalia  ||
 * Phylum: || Chordata  ||
 * Class: || Sauropsida  ||
 * Order: || Crocodilia  ||
 * Family: || Alligatoridae  ||
 * Genus: || // Caiman // ||
 * Species: || //**crocodilus**// ||

small river fish and shrimps


 * Kingdom: || Animalia  ||
 * Phylum: || Chordata  ||
 * Class: || Aves  ||
 * Order: || Phoenicopteriformes  ||
 * Family: || Phoenicopteridae  ||
 * Genus: || // Phoenicopterus // ||
 * Species: || //**P. ruber**// ||




 * Kingdom: || Animalia ||
 * Phylum: || Chordata ||
 * Class: || Aves ||
 * Order: || Trochiliformes ||
 * Family: || Trochilidae ||
 * Genus: || //Campylopterus// ||
 * Species: || //**hemileucurus**// ||




 * Kingdom: || Animalia  ||
 * Phylum: || Chordata  ||
 * Class: || Aves  ||
 * Order: || Pelecaniformes  ||
 * Family: || Pelecanidae  ||
 * Genus: || // Pelecanus // ||
 * Species: || //**philippensis**// ||



Flatworm carnivor Habitat : host actinopterygian and chondrichthyan fishes Diet: actinopterygian and chondricthyan fishes Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Monopisthocotylea Class: Turbellaria Order:Tricladida Family:Planariidae Genus: Polycelis spicies: nigra Flatworm carnivor Habitat: Amazon rainforest Diet: earthworms
 * Kingdom:** //Animalia//
 * Phylum:** //Platyhelminthes//
 * Class:** //Turbellaria//
 * Order:** //Tricladida//
 * Family:** //Geoplanidae//
 * Genus:** //Geoplana//
 * species:** //sanguinea//

Roundworm Decomposer Diet: bacteria, protozoa, fungal spores, and each other Habitat: wet soil, other wet environments Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Nematode Class: Adenophorea Order: Dorylaimida Family: Longidoridae Genus: //**Paralongidorus**// Species: //maximus

Roundworm carnivor Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Nematoda Class: Order: Family: Genus:Capillostrongyloides species: arapaimae Habitat:// Host fish Arapaima fish in the anterior part of intestine and pylocric careca Diet: Arapaima fish

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 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Regenwurm1.jpg/250px-Regenwurm1.jpg width="250" height="251" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Regenwurm1.jpg"]]
 * ~ Scientific classification ||
 * || Kingdom: || Animalia  ||
 * Phylum: || Annelida  ||
 * Class: || Clitellata  ||
 * Subclass: || Oligochaeta  ||
 * Order: || Haplotaxida  ||
 * Family: || Lumbricidae  ||
 * Genus: || // Lumbricus // ||
 * Species: || //**terrestris**// ||  ||

|| || || || The snakes diet is small rodents such as rats and mice
 * ~ //Dendrobates tinctorius// ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Dendrobates.tinctorius.7037.jpg/180px-Dendrobates.tinctorius.7037.jpg width="180" height="120" caption="Dendrobates t. tinctorius" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dendrobates.tinctorius.7037.jpg"]]
 * ~ Scientific name ||
 * Dendrobates //tinctorius//
 * ~ Scientific classification ||
 * || Kingdom: || Animalia  ||
 * Phylum: || Chordata  ||
 * Class: || Amphibia  ||
 * Order: || Anura  ||
 * Family: || Dendrobatidae  ||
 * Genus: || // Dendrobates // ||
 * Species: || //tinctorius// ||  ||
 * ~ //Eisenia fetida// ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Redwiggler1.jpg/240px-Redwiggler1.jpg width="240" height="176"]]
 * ~ Scientific classification ||
 * || Kingdom: || Animalia  ||
 * Phylum: || Annelida  ||
 * Class: || Clitellata  ||
 * Order: || Haplotaxida  ||
 * Family: || Lumbricidae  ||
 * Genus: || // Eisenia // ||
 * Species: || //fetida// ||  ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Micrurus_tener.jpg/180px-Micrurus_tener.jpg width="180" height="116" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Micrurus_tener.jpg"]]
 * ~ Scientific classification ||
 * || Kingdom: || Animalia  ||
 * Phylum: || Chordata  ||
 * Class: || Reptilia  ||
 * Order: || Squamata  ||
 * Suborder: || Serpentes  ||
 * Family: || Elapidae  ||
 * Genus: || // Micrurus // ||
 * Species: || //tener// ||  ||

||
 * ~ //Python molurus// ||
 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Python_molurus_molurus_2.jpg/180px-Python_molurus_molurus_2.jpg width="180" height="174" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Python_molurus_molurus_2.jpg"]]
 * ~ Scientific classification ||
 * || Kingdom: || **Animalia**  ||
 * **Phylum:** || **Chordata**  ||
 * **Subphylum:** || **Vertebrata**  ||
 * **Class:** || **Reptilia**  ||
 * **Order:** || **Squamata**  ||
 * **Suborder:** || **Serpentes**  ||
 * **Family:** || **Pythonidae**  ||
 * **Genus:** || // **Python** // ||
 * **Species:** || //**molurus**// ||  ||

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