Some animals of the Amazon

Animal
What It Eats
Endangered?

Spider Monkey: Grows up to 2 ft. tall not including tail. Enjoys hanging around by its tail.

Fruits, seeds, and leaves

no

Sloth: Enjoys hanging upside down. Rarely comes down from the tree. Loves to sleep.

Fruits, leaves, bugs

no

Giant River Otter: Grows up to 6 ft. long and weighs around 70 pounds. Biggest of its kind in the world.

Fish, small reptiles, small birds

Yes, highly

Capybara: biggest rodent on Earth. 2 ft. tall and 100 pounds! This giant rodent is a great swimmer and it even swims underwater. capybara

Grass, aquatic vegetation, melons, squashes

Yes, the capybara is endangered for two main reasons. One reason is that it is hunted for its prize meat by humans, jaguars, caimans, anacondas, ocelots, and more. But the number one reason is deforestation. This big rodent is losing its home.

Amazon Pink River Dolphin: local don’t kill them because they think it is bad luck.

Fish, they get them from ripping open fisherman’s nets

No, becoming endangered fast

Toucan: colorful beak, can grow from about 7 inches to over 2 ft.

It is a herbivore

No

Macaw: largest of the parrot family, height ranges from 1 ft. to 3 ft.

Nuts, fruits, and seeds

Yes, because of poaching, and deforestation

Black Caiman: largest predator in the Amazon river. No enemy other than human. Grows up to 20 ft. long and weighs up to 3,000 pound!

Capybara, piranha, giant river otter, humans, and basically anything else it wants

yes

Anaconda: reaching up to 37 ft. long and 600 pounds this snake squeezes its prey until it suffocates than swallows it whole.

It doesn’t eat often but when it does it eats things from capybara to human

No

Jaguar: one of the most dangerous animals in the Amazon. An amazing hunter that reaches 6 ft. long and can weigh up to 250 pounds

Small crocodiles, fish, turtles, dear, bird, ect.

No