Experience the Wildlife of Brazil

Brazil has the world's largest number of terrestrial vertebrates and invertebrates due to its geographical extent covering vast ecosystems such as the jungles of the Amazon, the world's largest wetland of Pantanal, Cerrado, which is the greatest biological diversity in Savannah world, the Atlantic Forest, where the mangrove forests, tropical savannas, tropical dry forests and tropical and subtropical moist forests and scrub of the Caatinga. With its vast natural habitat, Brazil is home to a great variety of fauna of mammals, amphibians, birds, reptiles and fish.




Wild canids are in Brazil and gray foxes, bush dog, dog ears short, crab, pampas fox and maned wolf. There are a variety of primate species, such as tamarisk howler monkeys, capuchin monkeys, squirrel and marmoset monkeys. Cats are puma, ocelot, jaguar, ocelot and jaguarandi. There are also exotic animals like giant anteaters and varieties of sloths, armadillos, coati, pampas deer, swamp deer, tapirs, peccaries, giant otters and the world's largest rodent called capybara. A number of species of birds found here, such as brightly colored parrots, flamingos, toucans, trogons, vultures, hawks, owls, eagles, hummingbirds and a bird flying ratites called Rhea is the largest bird found in Brazil. Among the more than three thousand identified species of freshwater fish is the piranha, probably the most famous and dangerous fish found in Brazil, in the Amazon rainforest. In the same area, is the paiche (largest fish in the world's fresh water), the attractive and intelligent pink dolphins call buttons (which are extraordinarily friendly and sensitive mammals) and controversies world's largest snakes - anacondas.

Needless to say that all these animals are friendly to tourists and is available for consultation. But watching exciting wildlife, some unpleasant activities can include bird watching in the Pantanal, which offers hundreds of species of birds to look at the color mode. You can also see giant river otters, jaguars and South American alligators called caimans. If you want more excitement and careful of alligators, canoe riding on an alligator jungle unforgettable dark eyes shining in the light beams. If you happen to visit Niagara Falls, to see the amazing spectacle of water, try to see the many species of colorful butterflies that match perfectly with the endless stream of noisy waters often delivered sky. If you are in Bay, somewhere between February and April is a time of hatching turtles. Go to Tamar Turtle Project Forte and see baby turtles crawling in eggs and wiggle their way to the ocean for their first bath