Wet Jungle Animals

 

Wet Jungle

Mammals such as monkeys, anteaters and raccoons also inhabit this ecosystem; birds, among which the solitary eagle, the royal toucan and the green parakeet stand out; and a great variety of reptiles and amphibians such as boas, frogs and salamanders.

In the wet jungle of Mexico, 444 species of orchids grow that are endemic, as an example, vanilla. Likewise, the cocoa tree, which gives rise to chocolate, and the sapote tree, from where it is obtained, originate from the humid jungle. the gum.

Mexico has extensions of this vegetation in some areas of the south of the country, such as Oaxaca, Veracruz, Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo.