Brazil

• Brazil is home to at least 103,870 animal species and between 43,000 and 49,000 plant species

• Each year about 700 new animal species are discovered in Brazil!

Brazil Facts

• Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world and the largest country in South America

Brazil

• Amazon

• Atlantic forest

• Caatinga

• Cerrado

• Pantanal

Amazon• The Amazon rainforest is the largest rainforest in the world.

• The Amazon is home to one in ten of all animal and plant species.

• Lots of the Amazon has been cut down - an area the size of three football pitches is disappearing every minute.

Animals found in the Amazon

Jaguar Boto

Green anacondaDyeing poison frog

Animals found in the Amazon

Atlantic forest

• Atlantic forest is found in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina

• Home to lots of plants and animals

• Lots of the Atlantic forest has been cut down

Atlantic forest

Maned three-toed sloth Atlantic royal flycatcher

Caatinga• The Caatinga is a dry forest area in Brazil.

• The Caatinga is home to lots of bird species .

• Many of the plants in the Caatinga are not found anywhere else in the world.

Animals found in the Caatinga

Lear's macaw Brazilian three-banded armadillo

Cerrado• The Cerrado is the largest woodland-savannah in South America.

• 5% of all known species in the world and three in ten Brazilian species are found here.

• It is one of the most threatened areas in Brazil.

Cerrado

Maned wolf Giant anteater

Pantanal• The Pantanal is the world’s largest wetland.

• The Pantanal is home to lots of animals and plants.

• In the rainy season over 80% of the Pantanal is flooded.

Pantanal

Capybara Hyacinth macaw

Activities

We are going to do two activities:

1. Picture matching – you need to match the name of the habitat to its picture.

2. Mask making – you are going to make a mask of an animal from Brazil.

Activity 1 - Answers

Cerrado

Atlantic Forest

Caatinga

Amazon

Pantanal

Activity 2 – make a mask!

Pick one of the Brazilian animals from below and make a mask!

Maned wolf

Jaguar

Dyeing poison frog Green anaconda

Brazilian three-banded armadillo

Capybara